ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[trainspotter139]

[Bob_McBob]

A couple weeks ago CTV reported none of the LRVs had received preliminary acceptance certification yet, so they couldn't have been doing any burn-in as of then. Plus I'm sure the radio listeners here would be the first to report on any discussion of burn-in.

[Canard]

All I ever heard is training of operators, in the evenings and on weekends, but apparently mid-day there's talk of FIE integration testing as of this week.

[Canard]

Some kind of protest is happening between Grand River Hospital Central Station, so it is causing some problems today for Testing + Training. The police have parked on the tracks.

[panamaniac]

Related to the news yesterday of layoffs coming at GRH, perhaps.

[danbrotherston]

Sounds like it was the KW women's March.

[jason897]

Some kind of protest is happening between Grand River Hospital Central Station, so it is causing some problems today for Testing + Training.  The police have parked on the tracks.

doesn't seem like that's stopping them, sounds like 507 and 511 are out the whole length of the line today

[ijmorlan]

This thread just shrank from 911 to 906 pages. Anybody know what happened?

It’s probably the record holder either way, just curious…

[bgb_ca]

This thread just shrank from 911 to 906 pages. Anybody know what happened?

It’s probably the record holder either way, just curious…

I'm showing 904

edit: This post made it 905

[Canard]

[plam]

Well, we're getting practice with snow procedures. Sort of. I thought the LRVs were supposed to clear the tracks but I saw a RailTerm truck with a plow near midtown today.

[Canard]

Strictly conjecture on my part, but I wonder if it’s because the vehicles are still the property of Bombardier, and they don’t want to necessarily task them with pushing snow? That could cause damage and scratches, which could then cause issues at acceptance and handoff.

[plam]

Strictly conjecture on my part, but I wonder if it’s because the vehicles are still the property of Bombardier, and they don’t want to necessarily task them with pushing snow? That could cause damage and scratches, which could then cause issues at acceptance and handoff.

Sounds plausible. Yet they've done it before during one of the previous snowstorms.

[trainspotter139]

Strictly conjecture on my part, but I wonder if it’s because the vehicles are still the property of Bombardier, and they don’t want to necessarily task them with pushing snow? That could cause damage and scratches, which could then cause issues at acceptance and handoff.

Sounds plausible. Yet they've done it before during one of the previous snowstorms.

They used it as a training exercise.

[Canard]

Sounds plausible. Yet they've done it before during one of the previous snowstorms.

I was actually trying to think about this! Last winter, I can't specifically think of any time when there was lots of snow that there was any testing going on. I think it's because (from memory) train movements were very sporadic and under very calculated conditions in January and February of 2018.

I guess we'll find out tomorrow!