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(08-30-2016, 10:25 PM)Canard Wrote: http://m.therecord.com/news-story/683009...y-in-storm
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Not familiar with the locations here (I've never heard of "Country Hills"), but saw Schnieder Creek and Culvert mentioned - hope this isn't at all related to LRT! This isn't the bit between Hayward and the Conestoga Parkway, is it?
Edit: looks like it's here: https://goo.gl/maps/zQYvJZQA9R82
I think it might actually be a bit further south here: https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Schneid...80.4965821
The article mentions that it is south of the Balzer Road trail, which the crossing you linked to is not. The embankment at that crossing doesn't look as large as the one in the picture either, nor is the vegetation as thick.
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Those small individual culverts are also obvious in the Google aerial imagery. Looks like this was not well designed to handle flooding.
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(08-31-2016, 02:55 PM)KevinL Wrote: Those small individual culverts are also obvious in the Google aerial imagery. Looks like this was not well designed to handle flooding.
Honestly, with the weird nonsense-weather we've been having, I'm surprised we don't have more infra failures.
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Curb is now in along Caroline and Erb. I took this mid-day, but by the end of the day it wrapped around the corner to CIGI-ish:
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.
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(08-31-2016, 01:22 PM)bpoland Wrote: Looks good! Did I read somewhere that this vehicle will be tested on our tracks, even though it's for Metrolinx? Or will we have to wait for them to make the first one for us?
From what I understand, the first 2 trains (which are Metrolinx'), will go to the Bombardier test facility in Millhaven (near Kingston), and that's where the Metrolinx team will play with them for the foreseeable future. Toronto has no trackwork anywhere on their system that these trains can run. I believe our first train (FLEXITY Freedom Serial No. 3) will also go to Millhaven for high-speed (BBD internal) testing, before coming here.
Trains will go through a burn-in phase, required by our Project Agreement, on our "test track" which is the portion of the line from Northfield to Erb/Caroline, which is nearly complete and powered up.
You could think of it this way: When an automobile manufacturer makes a new car, they put it out for a few test laps at their own proving grounds after assembly and before offering it for sale - that's what's going to happen in Millhaven over the next few months. Make sure the wheels don't fall off, that kind of thing. When the customer decides to buy the car, they take it for a test drive around the block and kick the tires, making sure the stroller fits in the back and the seats recline - and that's what will happen early next year on our Northfield-Erb/Caroline test track.
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Reports surrounding that photo yesterday: that first train had an end-of-August deadline to be ready for testing. As of that deadline, they are expecting it will be another 3-4 weeks to finish that one vehicle. So unless there's further compression in the schedule, where this first car doesn't affect later cars' deliveries, we could be talking about another month onto whatever date Bomb-ardier gave the region.
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Correct; it was supposed to be in Millhaven by now.
(What reports are you seeing? Just curious)
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(08-31-2016, 08:38 PM)Canard Wrote: Make sure the wheels don't fall off, that kind of thing.
That's my annual reminder to watch this.
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/\ LOL! Neverr seen that. Very good. 
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This morning's Charles St update ...
Track now (mostly) embedded between Borden and Ottawa:
Charles & Ottawa is graded and has curbs but is distinctly lacking rails:
Retaining wall being constructed on the "north" side sidewalk, between Queen and Ontario:
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I always wondered how the old retaining wall was made. Concrete in burlap sacks? What happened to the sacks? Did they disintegrate? Was is a special sack meant to disintegrate quickly?
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I don't follow - where are these burlap sacks?
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My old garage featured bags of concrete that got wet, solidified, and the bag effectively disintegrated, so it's possible 
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This sort of wall, they mean. It looks like concrete was cured within stacked-up sacks.
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