01-20-2018, 09:00 PM
(01-20-2018, 06:23 PM)trainspotter139 Wrote:(01-20-2018, 05:43 PM)Canard Wrote: I talked to one of the construction workers at Borden and Charles today while biking by.
- The rails are out of position in the curve by a few millimetres.
- The massive half-tube tent over top of the curve is so they can keep working on it in the winter.
- There is about 150 mm of concrete absent on both sides of the outboard rail.
- didn’t ask him about timeline, but he did confirm it has delayed testing, and they’re reworking their plans (lots of paperwork) and focusing their efforts now on the Northern part of the line (watch for LRV testing on Northfield to Conestoga next week).
(Not sharing this on Facebook or twitter.)
That would explain the gauge checking on the other curves.
It is a good thing that they found this no matter when it was found. a curve that is out by a few millimetres would cause too much wear on the bogies, make a lot of squealing noise or cause a train to derail.
My question would be why is this finally getting detected and fixed now. Given that service was supposed to start last year, shouldn’t the tracks and other system components have been ready for LRVs in advance of the originally-planned opening day? Gauge checking should have been done at most weeks after the initial track installation and the corrections could have been made a year ago. Why the lack of urgency throughout this entire project? This part isn’t Bombardier’s fault.