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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
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#10,336
12-18-2017, 03:15 PM
Another week goes by, another week of no powered testing.
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12-18-2017, 03:52 PM
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#10,338
12-18-2017, 05:03 PM
(12-18-2017, 03:15 PM)Canard Wrote: Another week goes by, another week of no powered testing.

I have a feeling they are waiting for the next vehicle and for the work to be done on Northfield.
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#10,339
12-18-2017, 07:04 PM
(12-17-2017, 09:07 AM)Canard Wrote: According to a gentleman who works on the project, “ties were cracked” on the Northfield bridge. Yikes!

Yeah, I saw some pretty heavy equipment on the Northfield bridge and a bunch of concrete 'ties' on the tracks which I thought was odd (with pending testing).  Better to find it now than later, I suppose.
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#10,340
12-19-2017, 11:13 AM
Do winter conditions make testing more difficult? (I assume yes?)
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#10,341
12-19-2017, 12:10 PM
Power testing today - https://twitter.com/rideIONrt/status/943146156644712453

Who is going to be the first one to post a video? (I'm stuck at work)
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#10,342
12-19-2017, 12:12 PM
A close look at that Twitter photo shows it's 504 under test, and its pantograph is indeed in contact with the overhead.
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#10,343
12-19-2017, 12:18 PM
(12-19-2017, 12:12 PM)KevinL Wrote: A close look at that Twitter photo shows it's 504 under test, and its pantograph is indeed in contact with the overhead.

And it's lights are on, so it is receiving power
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#10,344
12-19-2017, 02:35 PM
The door chime https://twitter.com/vidman/status/943163463173656576
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#10,345
12-19-2017, 02:51 PM
CTV has already aired a piece on it:

https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1287875
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#10,346
12-19-2017, 03:47 PM
Wow, the Region sure is working to do damage control on their image - being super-secretive about testing or what’s going on next, and then inviting CTV out to come inside the OMSF. Amazing!
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12-19-2017, 04:09 PM (This post was last modified: 12-19-2017, 04:35 PM by Canard.)
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here's another photo from today's testing <a href="https://t.co/7uJf0F1RHz">pic.twitter.com/7uJf0F1RHz</a></p>&mdash; ION (@rideIONrt) <a href="https://twitter.com/rideIONrt/status/943211433671639040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2017</a></blockquote>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And another Smile <a href="https://t.co/QJnL0FQJQz">pic.twitter.com/QJnL0FQJQz</a></p>&mdash; ION (@rideIONrt) <a href="https://twitter.com/rideIONrt/status/943218167081398272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2017</a></blockquote>
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#10,348
12-20-2017, 12:38 PM
Great news! I also saw on CTV that the next train is expected to arrive in a few days?
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#10,349
12-20-2017, 12:49 PM
Not too surprising, 503 was ready to go last I heard.

Four trains by Christmas? Not bad.
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#10,350
12-20-2017, 12:52 PM
503 was loaded yesterday onto the flatbed railcar.
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