Well, poop. I'm hearing some rumblings that might indicate that the reason that the Cameron Heights crossover (and KCI) are stalled is because they might have to take a (really big) step backward before moving forward again.
One word: Rebar.
Also, I meant to post this before because it's been bothering me since I'm OCD-picky about design stuff, and that is that there's been a minor change to the colour scheme of our LRV's...
So, both the Metrolinx Pilot/Crosstown Final LRV's and ours were to have identical designs, but just different colours.
Metrolinx (Crosstown), Grey:
ion, Blue:
When the first photos of the Metrolinx Pilot LRV broke, I noticed that the headlight panel is now black (not colour coded), and the colour stripe extends further down, one additional panel... and the front panel isn't coloured - so the additional length of stripe doesn't blend in. Ehhhh... not happy about that, but assumed that the panel below the headlights would get painted:
Looks like that hasn't happened:
Photo: Bryan Martyniuk
Worse, it looks like our trains have the same treatment:
Photo: Tom Galloway
I also found this updated rendering, which matches the Pilot colour scheme, as-shipped:
So, I guess I have to live with it. But I don't really like it.
One word: Rebar.
Also, I meant to post this before because it's been bothering me since I'm OCD-picky about design stuff, and that is that there's been a minor change to the colour scheme of our LRV's...
So, both the Metrolinx Pilot/Crosstown Final LRV's and ours were to have identical designs, but just different colours.
Metrolinx (Crosstown), Grey:
ion, Blue:
When the first photos of the Metrolinx Pilot LRV broke, I noticed that the headlight panel is now black (not colour coded), and the colour stripe extends further down, one additional panel... and the front panel isn't coloured - so the additional length of stripe doesn't blend in. Ehhhh... not happy about that, but assumed that the panel below the headlights would get painted:
Looks like that hasn't happened:
Photo: Bryan Martyniuk
Worse, it looks like our trains have the same treatment:
Photo: Tom Galloway
I also found this updated rendering, which matches the Pilot colour scheme, as-shipped:
So, I guess I have to live with it. But I don't really like it.