05-04-2018, 08:38 PM
(05-04-2018, 05:58 PM)Canard Wrote: No, it has zero to do with Bombardier whatsoever. As soon as they had volts to those arms they should have had someone cycle them up and down, and set all the limit switches.
I'm glad it was a minor adjustment, but still annoying they wasted half a day (they stopped testing for about 2 and a half hours to fix it) likely because of it.
At one point today, they did have to E-Stop near the University. I heard "STOP STOP STOP!!!!" about 30 seconds after they left UWaterloo heading southbound, followed by a "call me" (ie, offline conversation). Later in the day, there was a cop parked in the median at the University Ave crossing, watching people like a hawk. My guess: someone wasn't paying attention (headphones, staring at phone, etc.) and walked right in front of a train.
From what I could tell, the big arm at Seagram was being bombarded by the wind and being pushed into the crossing, right into the path of the LRV. The "STOP STOP STOP" was between University and Seagram. RailTerm had to make some adjustments (again) to the arm to get it to stay somewhat straight