ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[Canard]

Thanks, KevinT! Awesome catch (as usual)!!

Here’s a clip from back home from this evening:

[ijmorlan]

Here's my video for those not on the Facebook platform:

I guess that proves they have at least 2 standard-gauge LRV flatcars.

[bgb_ca]

Here's my video for those not on the Facebook platform:

I guess that proves they have at least 2 standard-gauge LRV flatcars.

3 if you count the one on its way to Edmonton.

[trainspotter139]

I guess that proves they have at least 2 standard-gauge LRV flatcars.

3 if you count the one on its way to Edmonton.

That one has a special rig attached to it to support the longer vehicles.

[KevinT]

Embedded that for you!

Wtf? I used the video tag too via the toolbar button, why does it work for you and not me?

Edit: Figured it out, I used the shortened 'share' URL that YouTube gave me when I uploaded it, you used the long one. What's weird is that the short link works while you're editing a post, just not when viewing it normally. <shrug>

[KevinT]

I guess that proves they have at least 2 standard-gauge LRV flatcars.

So did the two different flatcar numbers spotted during the two previous offloads that were posted about weeks ago.

[ijmorlan]

I guess that proves they have at least 2 standard-gauge LRV flatcars.

So did the two different flatcar numbers spotted during the two previous offloads that were posted about weeks ago.  

Touché. Now the question is whether those two previous numbers are the numbers of these flatcars or if there are actually even more flatcars. Also I wonder if the add-ons for the 7-part LRVs can be added to any flatcar. From the photo it looked to me like the larger LRVs are supported slightly higher off the flatcar deck and didn’t appear to be extensions of what is used for the 5-part LRVs. I was a bit surprised that they would do that rather than delivering the larger one in two pieces and marry them on-site but this method seems to work for them.

[Canard]

It’s not easy to split. It’s not like a toy train; there are thousands of wires and hoses running from one end of the vehicle to another. Mechanically it is not designed to come apart easily. That is why they are shipping them assembled. The Edmonton flatcar is completely different from ours ijmorlan. They are not “extensions” but a full LRV-length structural beam, more like a bridge. An extension would just bend and fall off.

KevinT: you have to manually type “&t=0s” to the end of your (long) video URL. Also: it’s impossible to share a video from iOS I discovered: there is no way to get the long URL from the YouTube app after uploading.

[KevinL]

Also: it’s impossible to share a video from iOS I discovered: there is no way to get the long URL from the YouTube app after uploading.

There is a workaround on Android - paste the short URL into the Chrome address bar and it will load the mobile version of the long URL. You then change the 'm.youtube.com' to 'www.youtube.com'.

[KevinT]

There is a workaround on Android - paste the short URL into the Chrome address bar and it will load the mobile version of the long URL. You then change the 'm.youtube.com' to 'www.youtube.com'.

Thanks. So the long URL version still needs the "&t=0s" as well? Crazy!

[Markster]

No, just the non-shortened URL.  [edit] uh whoops I am wrong. super broken

Code:

(curly braces substituted in for square)
{video=youtube}https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X8gvoSLTys{/video}

[ijmorlan]

It’s not easy to split. It’s not like a toy train; there are thousands of wires and hoses running from one end of the vehicle to another. Mechanically it is not designed to come apart easily. That is why they are shipping them assembled. The Edmonton flatcar is completely different from ours ijmorlan. They are not “extensions” but a full LRV-length structural beam, more like a bridge. An extension would just bend and fall off.

Cool, thanks for the information. I wish I could see the Edmonton delivery car up close — I imagine the details of how the LRV is supported and tied down past the end of the basic car would be quite interesting.

[Canard]

There are photos on twitter and Facebook, it’s essentially the same as ours. There are four square holes in each module with bogies. They insert a yellow peg into the hole and cinch it down. The intermediate bogies of course are not tied down in any way.

[Canard]

New ad:

   

Love it! Hope it's the first of many.

[ijmorlan]

New ad:



Love it!  Hope it's the first of many.

Looks great! Minor nit: it says “never stop or park on the tracks”. Correct advice, but not strong enough outside of intersections: general traffic has no business occupying the tracks for so much as a millisecond at most locations, e.g. in front of the businesses on King St.