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:
![[Image: cq5dam.web.750.750.jpeg]](http://www.bombardier.com/content/dam/Websites/bombardiercom/News/BT/BT-20150727-Bombardier%20Wins%20Contract%20to%20Provide%2030-Years%20of%20Vehicle%20Maintenance%20for%20the%20New%20Eglinton%20Crosstown.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.750.750.jpeg)
ion, Blue:
![[Image: B821961008Z.1_20150514084625_000_GC11FTU...allery.jpg]](http://media.zuza.com/f/1/f1ce083a-8dd2-4b7f-a5a9-4838f9f3db3f/B821961008Z.1_20150514084625_000_GC11FTUK6.4_Gallery.jpg)
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.