[turbanplanner]

And as I've mentioned before, the simplest solution to such annoyances is to wear noise cancelling headphones. Why do so many complain when an obvious solution is widely available?

I have a lot of courses I do on the side, noise cancelling headphones cancel low level "mechanical" noises like the drone of the exhaust. It's really frustrating having a 1.5 hour ride each way, and basically not being able to accomplish any sort of studying.

And like T3G said, there is still tons of other shitty behavior that you see, like littering, feet on seats etc.

With respect, this is actually a very bad solution.

If you have headphones on that are good enough to eliminate most or all ambient noise, you just made yourself a mark.

I'm astounded daily at this and watching the risks that ensue, not only from headphones/earbuds but also people just buried in their phone, while walking.

Its not merely that you look like easy prey for a criminal, its that you can't hear the oncoming vehicle when you're stepping into the road, its you're obliviousness to the cyclist in the bike lane, or to the person worker who dropped something off the edge of a construction site yelling 'look out below'.

You need to be aware of your surroundings, accidents happen, fires, other emergencies and criminal behavior. I know someone who got mugged in a popular, 'safe' park in Toronto, thing is, he had headphones on, was on a bench, and immersed in his phone...he was made for a mark and got hit from behind and his bag taken.

I thought crime/assaults don't happen on the TTC, as you mentioned every single time I shared a story?

 

[generalcanada]

from reddit looks like one of the trains in the davisville yard derailed

 

[Jonny5]

from reddit looks like one of the trains in the davisville yard derailed

New RSZ coming into effect shortly!

 

[81-717]

*Fearmongering around line 2 intensifies*

Any idea what caused it? Was it due to thick snow, or an issue with the train/track itself?

 

[Northern Light]

New RSZ coming into effect shortly!

Pretty sure the yard track is a perpetual slow zone.....but good line just the same!

 

[crs1026]

Looks like a "picked switch" - tail end truck took the wrong route at a facing point switch, and the car tried to go down two routes at once.

- Paul

PS - Am I seeing this correctly - train is on the southbound track? To pick the switch, the train would have to be moving north. Hmm

 

[Steve Munro]

Looks like a "picked switch" - tail end truck took the wrong route at a facing point switch, and the car tried to go down two routes at once.

- Paul

PS - Am I seeing this correctly - train is on the southbound track? To pick the switch, the train would have to be moving north. Hmm

The train is on a yard track, not the main line. There is no "northbound" or "southbound" here.

 

[evandyk]

50 cm of snow in a week is a lot, but it's something Toronto deals with every couple of years. You'd think the TTC could deal with it without having to close a big chunk of its line for two full days.

 

[2323]

How feasible would it be at this point to just cap the remaining ditched sections of Line 1?

 

[Northern Light]

How feasible would it be at this point to just cap the remaining ditched sections of Line 1?

For sections that are fully below grade, so most of Davisville to Eglinton and Summerhill to Rosedale, very feasible......

Maybe even under active consideration.....

For Davisville to St. Clair, it would more complcated, same for Rosedale to Bloor. Not not do-able, but the relationships to grade are more of an issue than some other sections as noted.a

On the former, there is also the matter of the Yellow Creek tunnel running under there. While on the latter, Castle Frank Brook is in the mix somewhere.

****

For the trains in the median of The Allen, you could cover them, its not complicated, but you really need to decide what you want to do with Allen before thinking about that.

Line 2 doesn't have much open cut in ditches, it tends to be at or above grade for the most part.

 

[nfitz]

50 cm of snow in a week is a lot, but it's something Toronto deals with every couple of years. You'd think the TTC could deal with it without having to close a big chunk of its line for two full days.

Less frequent than that I think. Twice a decade maybe?

 

[81-717]

Looks like a "picked switch" - tail end truck took the wrong route at a facing point switch, and the car tried to go down two routes at once.

In order for that to happen, the switch would have to be flipped while the train is already passing over it, though. So either a malfunction caused the switch to activate on its own, or it was mistakenly activated at the wrong time.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

For sections that are fully below grade, so most of Davisville to Eglinton and Summerhill to Rosedale, very feasible......

Maybe even under active consideration.....

For Davisville to St. Clair, it would more complcated, same for Rosedale to Bloor. Not not do-able, but the relationships to grade are more of an issue than some other sections as noted.a

On the former, there is also the matter of the Yellow Creek tunnel running under there. While on the latter, Castle Frank Brook is in the mix somewhere.

****

For the trains in the median of The Allen, you could cover them, its not complicated, but you really need to decide what you want to do with Allen before thinking about that.

Line 2 doesn't have much open cut in ditches, it tends to be at or above grade for the most part.

Cover the open air tracks with angled solar panels. The snow could slide off as the sun heats it and then power the trains.

 

[crs1026]

In order for that to happen, the switch would have to be flipped while the train is already passing over it, though. So either a malfunction caused the switch to activate on its own, or it was mistakenly activated at the wrong time.

Given the weather, one has to wonder if ice or snow affected the operation of the points.

It's also possible that the train ran over the switch, dislodged the points somehow (running through the switch while lined in the opposite direction and then reversed with the points dislodged being one possibility).


- Paul

 

[smallspy]

In order for that to happen, the switch would have to be flipped while the train is already passing over it, though. So either a malfunction caused the switch to activate on its own, or it was mistakenly activated at the wrong time.

There is another possibility.

The switch was not closed fully. While most of the trucks were able to go through fine, the trailing truck was able to find the small gap between the point and the stock, rail, and lifted itself up and over. It's in the yard, so those switches are not interlocked.

Dan