01-23-2018, 01:01 PM
Spotted Ion LRV 504 outside the yard under its own power this morning:
![[Image: 28078755879_3df9557744_b.jpg]](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4672/28078755879_3df9557744_b.jpg)
This is a first for any of the region's vehicles as far as I know. I couldn't hang around to catch it moving, but passed the Bearinger Rd crossing on my way into work and noted that police cars were waiting for it, and the external disconnect switches at the Traction Power Substation there were flipped ON for the first time I'd ever seen. (I check most every weekday morning, and they've always been padlocked OFF.) The power lights on the OCS poles were still off at the time, the automation probably had to flip the switches inside of the TPSS yet.
It's happening!
This is a first for any of the region's vehicles as far as I know. I couldn't hang around to catch it moving, but passed the Bearinger Rd crossing on my way into work and noted that police cars were waiting for it, and the external disconnect switches at the Traction Power Substation there were flipped ON for the first time I'd ever seen. (I check most every weekday morning, and they've always been padlocked OFF.) The power lights on the OCS poles were still off at the time, the automation probably had to flip the switches inside of the TPSS yet.
It's happening!
...K