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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Sample radio chatter, I think you get the idea what a clusterfuck this all is:

22:59 513 stuck near Seagram Drive with no line voltage. Operator needs a bathroom break.
23:02 506 stuck nearby, operator will also need a bathroom break soon. Control tells them to lock their LRVs and meet up to find a bathroom.
23:07 2 LRVs stuck near Mill crossover
23:22 514 about to be coupled to a shunter to be towed back to OMSF
23:35 504 battery voltage 22.1V. Attempting to proceed to Borden. Control says something about switches being stuck locked.
23:37 506 operator back from bathroom break. Line voltage 830V. Attempting to get to Willis Way.
23:38 503 heading from car wash to couple with 508.
23:39 506 managed to move about 10 feet before the line voltage dropped to 8.5V and it came to a halt. Attempting to move backwards towards Erb and Caroline.
23:42 506 line voltage even lower, operating lowering and raising pantograph in an attempt to get a better connection.
23:43 503 stuck half way out of car wash. Requesting permission to move back and forth to "get a bit of a run".
23:44 506 completely dead, stuck 3 feet into Father David Bauer intersection.
23:46 506 randomly came back to life, still attempting to reverse out of intersection.
23:50 506 still attempting to maneuver around so crossing arms aren't stuck on.
23:50 512 stuck, can only move an inch at a time.
23:51 510 stuck with fault codes.
23:54 505 operator meeting maintenance at Overland Dr gate with keys to unlock it manually.
23:56 Rail crossing signal at Union is stuck on, bus driver requests permission to proceed.
23:56 513 battery at 22.1V, stuck on tracks north of Fairway, no line voltage.
23:58 Control asks line maintenance to scrape track in front of 513.
00:02 Control tells 512 to go into ECU recovery mode
00:04 512 worked for "half a second" then line voltage dropped to 12V.
00:05 503 coupling with 508
00:05 505 fault codes cleared, attempting to move.
00:06 Control tells 512 to change ends and move back and forth to attempt to get propulsion.
00:08 Union rail crossing still stuck on, another bus stuck there.
00:10 512 raised and lower pantograph 4-5 times and has no line voltage.
00:13 512 stuck waiting for power to come back on.
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RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit - by Bob_McBob - 02-17-2023, 01:14 AM
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