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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
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#10,681
01-24-2018, 09:58 PM (This post was last modified: 01-24-2018, 09:58 PM by trainspotter139.)
(01-24-2018, 09:51 PM)Bob_McBob Wrote: Is all that squealing because the tracks are not in use regularly?

A lot of it is the physics of metal on metal friction. They'll always squeal a little bit.
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01-25-2018, 10:18 AM
I heard someone claim yesterday that some of the testing "issues"* they've been hitting is that there's rust on various wires/tracks that builds up without trains running regularly. Seemed plausible to me, but no idea if its true.

* If true, I assume these "issues" would just be anticipated and something they knew they'd have to work through.
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#10,683
01-25-2018, 02:34 PM
They need a big version of this:

[Image: HO_tech.JPG]

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01-25-2018, 03:08 PM
(01-25-2018, 02:34 PM)Canard Wrote: They need a big version of this:

I don't know what that is.
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01-25-2018, 03:23 PM
(01-25-2018, 03:08 PM)chutten Wrote:
(01-25-2018, 02:34 PM)Canard Wrote: They need a big version of this:

[Image: HO_tech.JPG]

I don't know what that is.

Looks to me like a rail buffing car for HO scale model railroads.
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#10,686
01-25-2018, 03:26 PM
Looks like Ottawa is definitely going to miss their May 24 LRT handover date.

http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news...ll-be-done
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01-25-2018, 03:57 PM (This post was last modified: 01-25-2018, 03:58 PM by Canard.)
I posted that in the Ottawa LRT thread. They’re still laying track!!

Yes, it’s an HO rail cleaning car - sorry, though that was obvious!
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01-25-2018, 04:16 PM
(01-25-2018, 03:57 PM)Canard Wrote: Yes, it’s an HO rail cleaning car - sorry, though that was obvious!

Never underestimate the amount of context required :)

It looked like some weird electrical getup that I thought maybe was electroplating the rails or something. I couldn't figure out if the big blocks were just weights, or some sort of ferromagnetic material for a coil...  and until I knew it was HO, I didn't know to look it up to learn that it runs by passing current from one rail to the next so having clean rails is a specific concern.

I'm not a rail enthusiast (though you all are making a darn good effort of turning me into one through sheer enthusiasm), so there's a lot of context I need to read up on any time something specific comes up.
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#10,689
01-25-2018, 10:29 PM
Thanks for the testing video! Very exciting stuff!
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01-26-2018, 11:22 AM (This post was last modified: 01-26-2018, 11:22 AM by trainspotter139.)
Quote:From @rideion on Instagram (Jan 25, 2018)
Getting vehicle #503 ready for testing #rideION #wrLRT #testmode
[Image: 26401955_1520382918081215_8085579236720508928_n.jpg]
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01-26-2018, 11:36 AM
(01-26-2018, 11:22 AM)trainspotter139 Wrote:
Quote:From @rideion on Instagram (Jan 25, 2018)
Getting vehicle #503 ready for testing #rideION #wrLRT #testmode
[Image: 26401955_1520382918081215_8085579236720508928_n.jpg]

Thanks for the photo. Here’s video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCyXsHC-lQ4
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01-26-2018, 04:03 PM (This post was last modified: 01-26-2018, 04:04 PM by Canard.)
Uh... ok
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01-26-2018, 05:45 PM
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01-26-2018, 07:00 PM (This post was last modified: 01-26-2018, 07:01 PM by KevinL.)
Sorry, where is that?

Edit: forgot to check the replies! Just above Quiet Place. Very sad to see, yes.
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01-26-2018, 07:00 PM
Not Region land south of the spur off Albert near Weber.
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