Hang on a minute!
Metrolinx has been using the term "Pilot Vehicle" to describe the (2) FLEXITY Freedom LFLRV's they have on order for Eglinton Crosstown. The third FLEXITY Freedom is ion's first train. For most people, the "Pilot vehicle" will be indistinguishable from the finished train. Maybe the interior in all the modules won't be totally fitted out. Or the paint job may not be finished. Or a few exterior panels might be missing. I could maybe believe they'd build an A-B-C consist (not a full A-B-C-D-E set) since the first three modules make up the minimum articulated element of the train, with the end of module C capped off. But it's not like it's going to be a rectangular cart with 4 wheels for clearance checkling or something. It's much, much better than that!
Is this the article you're referring to? http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6774...-vehicles/
Our first train arrives at the end of this year, after stretching it's legs in Millhaven. Our trains 1-5 will be built in Thunder Bay, with trains 6-14 being built in Millhaven.
What I don't fully understand is what/where Metrolinx is planing to play with their 2 Pilot trains. They have no trackwork that they can do so on anywhere in Toronto. All of their streetcar lines are built to 1495 mm gauge (1435 mm is standard) so they're incompatible.
It'd be nice if the Region and Metrolinx could come to an agreement to let them play with their trains here this fall. I'd personally be very happy with that.
Metrolinx has been using the term "Pilot Vehicle" to describe the (2) FLEXITY Freedom LFLRV's they have on order for Eglinton Crosstown. The third FLEXITY Freedom is ion's first train. For most people, the "Pilot vehicle" will be indistinguishable from the finished train. Maybe the interior in all the modules won't be totally fitted out. Or the paint job may not be finished. Or a few exterior panels might be missing. I could maybe believe they'd build an A-B-C consist (not a full A-B-C-D-E set) since the first three modules make up the minimum articulated element of the train, with the end of module C capped off. But it's not like it's going to be a rectangular cart with 4 wheels for clearance checkling or something. It's much, much better than that!
Is this the article you're referring to? http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6774...-vehicles/
Our first train arrives at the end of this year, after stretching it's legs in Millhaven. Our trains 1-5 will be built in Thunder Bay, with trains 6-14 being built in Millhaven.
What I don't fully understand is what/where Metrolinx is planing to play with their 2 Pilot trains. They have no trackwork that they can do so on anywhere in Toronto. All of their streetcar lines are built to 1495 mm gauge (1435 mm is standard) so they're incompatible.
It'd be nice if the Region and Metrolinx could come to an agreement to let them play with their trains here this fall. I'd personally be very happy with that.