EdmTrekker
Senior Member
Will they at some point stop the testing given the trains can not run until the structural piers are replaced? Or can they operate from the transit barn that were constructed and operate from Davies to Downtown
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The_Cat
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I think the catch will be trains having to go back to the maintenance facility at night. I wonder if system-wide testing can proceed from Avonmore-102 Street or Mill Woods-Davies.
awstott
Active Member
The piers affected are between Davies and Downtown. They are just past the north end of the station.
Running between Millwoods and Davies doesn't provide much benefit IMHO.
awstott
Active Member
Saw a two car train between Roper Road and MacIntyre road this afternoon. Yesterday afternoon I saw a train down between 31 Ave and 28 Ave as well. I think they are still doing some testing/training on the Millwoods portion of the line.
whatchyyc
Active Member
IMO there's no such thing as too much testing
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
Well I'm guessing that's all they're going to do for the foreseeable future.
The_Cat
Senior Member
I wonder if TransEd will ocme up with a more definitive list of the piers needing repairs. How many need minor repairs? How many need major repairs or even replacement?
awstott
Active Member
With it being P3 I bet they keep that info quiet. Just going to have to keep driving by I think and watch what happens.
The_Cat
Senior Member
I drove by Davies Station tonight and it doesn't look like any other piers have been marked.
EdwardEdm
Active Member
2 Trains, 2 cars each out and about in Mill Woods today, last night at least 1- 2 car train running past midnight. Watched it just about take out a vehicle that tried to turn from N 66 St to E 28 Ave when they didn't have a green arrow.
I guess you have to keep your motorpeople busy somehow if you're paying them but the line isn't running.
I guess you have to keep your motorpeople busy somehow if you're paying them but the line isn't running.
The_Cat
Senior Member
My thoughts - keep testing and finish any remaining work at the stations (e.g., ARC terminals).
Didama
Active Member
They were testing downtown yesterday so the elevated section is still being used
CplKlinger
Senior Member
It's not. I know an operator, he said that it was driven over to DT one morning, and by the evening they were told not to drive it back. Now for the next while, it is stuck on the other side and won't be able to go back to Gerry Wright for maintenance or cleaning. Maybe they should take a note from when Calder had an isolated streetcar stub line, and build a temporary storage/maintenance yard for it haha
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Airboy
Senior Member
Probably will not be replacement but with see some steel collars on most of them if not all of them. What I am hearing its an expansion joint or a missing component that was not caught in the shop drawing phase. (But that is 3rd party talk).
MCXavierL
Active Member
Who wore it better, 2022 valley LRT piers or the 1913 high level bridge?
