Offworld
Active Member
I have to admit significant disappointment at the "whatever" responses to this mess.
Since when is it acceptable to make a RAIL RIGHT-OF-WAY look like the aftermath resulting from a dinosaur that just ate at Taco Bell?
Valley Line LRT | TransEd/Marigold | City of Edmonton
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Since when is it acceptable to make a RAIL RIGHT-OF-WAY look like the aftermath resulting from a dinosaur that just ate at Taco Bell?
tbjarnason
New Member
It’s February. We’re not even a week into the first major melt of the year. The entire city is a complete, muddy, sand-logged, disgusting mess. And yet there’s some wild expectation that not only the ROW be pristine, dry and free of garbage, but the end of the line where they’ve been piling snow and gravel for the last 3 months?
IanO
Superstar
Nope, not reasonable, but more that it was intended to capture a time/place and for us to talk about how to improve things, even in late Feb.
mcr
Active Member
Oh how I wish this part of the corridor had some greenery.
David A
Senior Member
Yet again proving the point often made that Edmonton can build nice things (although sometimes agonizingly slow), but can't seem to maintain them.
The_Cat
Senior Member
Marigold announcement on 142 Street: https://vlwcommprod.blob.core.windo...20c-142 St & SPR Lane Closures - Drainage.pdf
Trails
New Member
based on this picture it looks like the trains might connect differently than the bombardier. It would be a sleeker look?
Unless the back of this train isn’t finished.
Unless the back of this train isn’t finished.
J_gordo
Active Member
It should be the same because if they run a 1 car train, the cab would have to be the same for the driver to operate it, no?
Trails
New Member
You would think right? Unless they only plan to run the bombardier as singles and the rotem as doubles. They would need an elaborate turnaround.
EdwardEdm
Active Member
Assuming you're talking about the coupler, correct, they are indeed different between the Bombardier cars and the Rotem cars. I presume some sort of adapter can be used for emergency situations, but mechanically and electrically the couplers won't be compatible.
The Bombardier cars use a pretty primitive coupler. While fully capable, the particular coupler they use is usually used as an emergency coupler, and near as I can tell, someone has to physically install an electrical connection between cars. The couplers on the Rotem cars will allow fully automatic coupling and uncoupling, like our high floor LRV's.
I figure the coupler on the BBD cars is simply a result of the P3 and choosing a cheaper option to save a few dollars since they could.
Foolworm
Active Member
From the latest ETSAB meeting. Honestly, it's surprising the City is still committed to SL8 (alternating 2-car trains); I fully expected them to dial back to SL1 (all 1-car trains) as a cost-cutting measure.
As a refresher: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/city-council-covid-19-1.5975960
Except 107 Ave itself is also undergoing revitalisation at the same time...
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TAS
Senior Member
During council discussion of the bridge/construction projects upcoming/ongoing, the city noted 107Ave will have 2 lanes open in each direction (full capacity). There has been lane closures on 107Ave up to this point.
J_gordo
Active Member
First steel up at miz station. No edge girders on site yet, most likely happening this week
The_Cat
Senior Member
I wonder if this is the framing for the stairwells, like they have at the ends of Davies Station.