[howl]

So if I'm reading this right:

7pm: Lea lift out of hole
9pm: Eglinton shuts down
9pm-11pm: Lea transfer to flatbed transporter
2am-5am: Drive to Other shaft

Is that about right? Just trying to decide when to go, Kitchener is a bit of a hike to there and back at those hours.

Eglinton is shut down all weekend.

 

[nfitz]

Eglinton is shut down all weekend.

If driving from Kitchener, I'd park at free (weekend) parking lot at Wilson, and just take the subway to Eglinton West, right in the centre of the action. Well, when I lived there, I'd park at Yorkdale ... but the TTC lot is still closed for a few more months.

 

[M II A II R II K]

Lol. Anybody who made it out there are the ultimate transit nerds.

And I thought watching streetcar testing at 3 am was bad.

 

[ehlow]

My exciting yet boring evening!!! Well worth it... The whole street lost internet last night and im not good at posting photos from my phone... anyways one down and one to go.

Thanks for posting! Way more people than I would've thought. Huge sign of transit progress, a 10km tunnel on Eglinton is a huge deal for Toronto.

 

[BB ON]

Here's a time lapse I made:

[video=youtube;NZv6QYAwIxE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZv6QYAwIxE[/video]

The movement happened in about 10 minutes. The remainder was crazy slow. They got it about half underground before 5:30 am.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Thanks for posting! Way more people than I would've thought. Huge sign of transit progress, a 10km tunnel on Eglinton is a huge deal for Toronto.

Did you make it there?

 

[JayBeeGooner]

Or perhaps just lived nearby. If it was a 10-minute walk, I'd have walked over. Otherwise ... I'm sure the pictures will tell a good story.

Lots of locals, for sure.

I live right at St. Clair West, so it was easy to get there at night.

 

[Marcanadian]

I took a ton of pics, but here's a small sample from this morning:

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr


The move begins!

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr


Time to go to bed!

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

 

[TheTigerMaster]

So how long will it be before Dennis and Lea reach Yonge?

 

[M II A II R II K]

And they actually bothered to name them.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

So how long will it be before Dennis and Lea reach Yonge?

Tunnelling started at Black Creek on June 5, 2013. See link. The breakthrough at the Allen Road shaft happened in January. So I would give them around 1½ years. Depending upon when they start up the machines again.

 

[ehlow]

So how long will it be before Dennis and Lea reach Yonge?

I think that both sets of TBMs will launch this summer and all four will reach Yonge in 2016 (I'd guess mid to late).

If I remember correctly non-tunnelling work (stations, eastern part) could begin late this year or next year.

 

[torontopeter]

Wow! Amazing videos and photos. Thanks for sharing.

 

[someMidTowner]

I think that both sets of TBMs will launch this summer and all four will reach Yonge in 2016 (I'd guess mid to late).

If I remember correctly non-tunnelling work (stations, eastern part) could begin late this year or next year.

According to Metrolinx President and CEO Bruce McCuaig, Dennis and Lea will be relaunched in June.

 

[drum118]

April 18
Here are my videos.

Took about 15 minutes to move the TBM from West to East.

Lot of problems and the need for cutting torch before the TBM could be move to the hole and lowering it. I gave up at 4:30 am after the lowering issues and behind schedule at this point.

The wheels were very close to the edge on the north side and the best location to get any shots and videos. They had tape up by the north fence around 5 pm on my way home.

The ramp over TTC tunnel was about 3 feet above the road.

About a few 100's out to watch this move with most on the south side.

Photos will follow this week since I shot 870 today and need to tag them as well stitch some of them. Giving my Canon D7 Mark II a test run this weekend, since I got it on Friday with a 18-300 zoom on it. Not the same as my Nikon D7000 and more thing to learn on it.

Don't get a change in a life time to see this. When you do, you go for it.

[video=youtube_share;mMFK8U5Um90]http://youtu.be/mMFK8U5Um90[/video]

http://youtu.be/lLNXXuGrmHM

http://youtu.be/XoXgUshXs9U

http://youtu.be/oWyYLgEIfRo

http://youtu.be/tNzEJbR4joY