A 7-module FLEXITY split a switch on G:link yesterday. This is very unlikely to happen on ION, thankfully, since all of our switches are trailing-point, except for two at each terminus, which are traversed at very low speed.
(“Splitting the switch” is what happens when the blades of track which flex from one side to another aren’t fully locked in one position, or another - or they move when the train is partway across. It means one set of wheels takes one path, while another is forced the other way. Most recently in Canada this happened on VIA’s “The Ocean” resulting in a massive derailment.)
(“Splitting the switch” is what happens when the blades of track which flex from one side to another aren’t fully locked in one position, or another - or they move when the train is partway across. It means one set of wheels takes one path, while another is forced the other way. Most recently in Canada this happened on VIA’s “The Ocean” resulting in a massive derailment.)