[Northern Light]

Maybe it's time to review the reviewers.

AoD

The reports are invariably imperfect and sometimes worse than that.

But most often, they're pretty good.

The issue is more often that:

a) The TTC keeps the bulk of them confidential so you don't even know what the recommendations were or why.

b) The TTC feels free to implement only those changes they find easy/convenient/essential and discard any others as optional.

 

[Bordercollie]

And what will replace the T1s which are still needed for service?

The H4s that were converted to work service were only done in the last decade or so, post-retirement in January 2012. There was one that I even photographed undergoing conversion as late as 2019- note the original number plate, meaning that the car had not yet seen any use as a work car.

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If they received an appropriate level of TLC prior to being cleared for work service, it would be far too soon to discuss their replacement.

Considering that a replacement is 5-10 years out it would make sense to start determining a spec now. Plus they were already 30 years old when they were converted.

 

[T3G]

Plus they were already 30 years old when they were converted.

They could last another 30 with a comprehensive refurbishment.

I don't know what degree of work they actually got, but age alone, without further context about their condition, is not a very meaningful statistic.

 

[81-717]

Plus they were already 30 years old when they were converted.

They could last another 30 with a comprehensive refurbishment.

The H4s, or the T1s?

(only 1 T1 was converted so far, which was in 2018, so it would not have been 30 when converted).

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

They re-gauged the TTC SRT 3026 and Chicago Transit Authority 48 to roll along at the Halton County Railway Museum.

From https://hcry.org/collection/rapid-transit/

The TTC could re-gauge retired subway, streetcar, light rail vehicles from elsewhere in North America to use as work cars.

 

[Bordercollie]

They re-gauged the TTC SRT 3026 and Chicago Transit Authority 48 to roll along at the Halton County Railway Museum.

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From https://hcry.org/collection/rapid-transit/

The TTC could re-gauge retired subway, streetcar, light rail vehicles from elsewhere in North America to use as work cars.

Running it for a museum on weekends and relying on it every night to carry workers is a totally different thing.

 

[T3G]

The H4s, or the T1s?

(only 1 T1 was converted so far, which was in 2018, so it would not have been 30 when converted).

H4s.

 

[EYorker]

They re-gauged the TTC SRT 3026 and Chicago Transit Authority 48 to roll along at the Halton County Railway Museum.

TTC 3026 has not been re-gauged. It is currently sitting on a makeshift temporary panel track.

 

[max]

TTC 3026 has not been re-gauged. It is currently sitting on a makeshift temporary panel track.

Unless they plan to add a reaction rail to their tracks, the linear induction motors aren't going to move it anywhere so not sure the re-gauging makes sense.

 

[ShonTron]

The only reason to regauge the SRT car is to allow it to be towed on HCRY tracks and repositioned. It’s never moving under its own power again.