[DSCToronto]

‘Unusually high’ number of TTC oil leaks blamed on aging equipment, lack of proper maintenance: Report

The third-party probes also found the country’s largest transit system doesn’t have proper measures in place to track maintenance work to prevent leaks.

www.thestar.com

 

[Northern Light]

From the latest CEO's Report to the next meeting of the TTC:

 

[Northern Light]

From the same (as above)

 

[Northern Light]

I know @DSC has been closely following plans King Station.............they get passing mention in the latest Major Projects Report to next week's TTC mtg:

From: https://cdn.ttc.ca/-/media/Project/...3d6672b&hash=BCDF7B276F2C82F39288C40E02EDB4D9

 

[picard102]

Wonder how long till busses end up with fully separate cabs like the streetcars and subway.

 

[APTA-2048]

Wonder how long till busses end up with fully separate cabs like the streetcars and subway.

I can see with increased demand, North American manufacturers may start to design fully integrated solutions like European manufacturers.

 

[DSCToronto]

I know @DSC has been closely following plans King Station.............they get passing mention the latest Major Projects Report to next week's TTC mtg:

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From: https://cdn.ttc.ca/-/media/Project/...3d6672b&hash=BCDF7B276F2C82F39288C40E02EDB4D9

Yes. I am on the stakeholder group' for the King project - though we have not met for several years they send us updates but not about this.

 

[Bordercollie]

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‘Unusually high’ number of TTC oil leaks blamed on aging equipment, lack of proper maintenance: Report

The third-party probes also found the country’s largest transit system doesn’t have proper measures in place to track maintenance work to prevent leaks.

www.thestar.com

This is unacceptable that there is no maintenance procedures in place for work cars. The fact that they didn't even have anything in place is mindboggling. Completely asleep at the wheel.

 

[dowlingm]

Steve Munro's report on the work car issue:

Subway Hydraulic Fluid Spills – Investigative Report

The TTC has released the reports investigating the cause of the hydraulic fluid spills from subway work cars during the first half of 2024. Work Car Hydraulic Leak Incidents Update This report cont…

stevemunro.ca

 

[Bordercollie]

Steve Munro's report on the work car issue:

Subway Hydraulic Fluid Spills – Investigative Report

The TTC has released the reports investigating the cause of the hydraulic fluid spills from subway work cars during the first half of 2024. Work Car Hydraulic Leak Incidents Update This report cont…

stevemunro.ca

The first incident should have triggered them to look at all of the hoses on all of the work cars.

Who's genius idea was it to tow a car leaking oil back to greenwood.?

With the retirement of the T1's will some be kept as work cars? This would allow the retirement of the H cars from the maintenance fleet. This would only work if the T1's can be connected to flat cars.

 

[T3G]

The first incident should have triggered them to look at all of the hoses on all of the work cars.

Who's genius idea was it to tow a car leaking oil back to greenwood.?

With the retirement of the T1's will some be kept as work cars? This would allow the retirement of the H cars from the maintenance fleet. This would only work if the T1's can be connected to flat cars.

Hard to say. The simplistic electrical outfit of the H4s might work in their favour compared to the space age T1s, though those would undoubtedly be in better shape.

I fully expect some of the H4s at least to survive. Some of the conversions were done quite late - car 5630 was being shopped during the Greenwood open house in September 2019. I really can't see them junking it unless the T1 retirement comes very late indeed.

 

[JasonParis]

From the same (as above)

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This feels like a waste. Just merge it with Metrolinx's which is already superior.

 

[Bordercollie]

Hard to say. The simplistic electrical outfit of the H4s might work in their favour compared to the space age T1s, though those would undoubtedly be in better shape.

I fully expect some of the H4s at least to survive. Some of the conversions were done quite late - car 5630 was being shopped during the Greenwood open house in September 2019. I really can't see them junking it unless the T1 retirement comes very late indeed.

But T1 circuit board components may become hard to source.

 

[81-717]

With the retirement of the T1's will some be kept as work cars?

Some already were.

This would allow the retirement of the H cars from the maintenance fleet.

Shhh don't give them any ideas.

the space age T1s

It's the H5s and H6s that are most deserving of the "Space Age" title, much like the R44 and R46 in New York (actually even more so).

I do wonder how/why an H4 sat around the yard unused and fully intact for 7 whole years after retirement before being converted into a work car. That one should've been preserved while its passenger interior was intact.

 

[smallspy]

But T1 circuit board components may become hard to source.

The circuit boards and other components in the H4s already are.

Dan