02-08-2018, 08:10 AM
(02-07-2018, 10:41 PM)jamincan Wrote: Where is the assembly hall? I assumed it was the large building near the tracks, but now I see that Google has that labeled as some other company.
It's this:
The building was much smaller before, and the expansion for the FLEXITY programme meant building an entire new hall out back with several parallel bays (I can't remember how many, I think it's 6). The original hall out front is connected to the ICTS test loop and was part of the original facility when it was built in the 70's. It's a bit hard to see from the road, but here's a shot from my last visit, where you can see one of our LRV's, being stored out front of the original building:
(Sorry, I just spent probably entirely too long trying to search through my photos and I don't seem to have anything that shows the new hall out back. It's silver, though, and the roofline is different. Any of the shots you've seen recently in the media are generally from the new hall. It's white and very well illuminated (compared to the dark and dingy Thunder Bay).