Recent content by 81-717

What sparked this thought was being on the 925 last night waiting to make a left from Broadview ave. to Broadview station and having to wait for oncoming cars going straight to pass first. At that moment I thought, "it'd be nice if the bus could have priority right now". Then again, cars make...

I also mean things like giving buses the right of way in situations where cars wouldn't have the right of way, but obviously I realize that's unrealistic and would only confuse all drivers & overcomplicate the rules of the road.

I know this is a non-starter & would never happen, but it would be nice if buses could have TSP over cars as well, for the same reason of not inconveniencing dozens of people just to prioritize those in their personal cars.

Many of them have been in use for like half a century anyway? It's unfortunate they kept making more of the same thing even in the present day so we're stuck with them for at least half a century more. As a side note, despite what I think of the T1s, I do acknowledge that their shape is...

I wouldn't, I never liked that elongated octagon design, like what even is this. LIRR & MNRR EMUs have the right idea, too bad we can't have the same thing.

I have never rode line 6 even once lol

I'm no fan of the TRs in general, but as far as I know everyone thought they looked top-of-the-line/futuristic when they first came out, so I still struggle to view them as outdated/vintage at this point already (it's been only 15 years, and the youngest aren't even 10 yet). And I struggle to...

I wasn't implying you don't like it, I was just wondering if you'd see it as outdated now (obviously being outdated doesn't mean bad, and it's entirely possible & valid to like outdated designs more than modern ones).

Curious, do you now feel the same way about the render you made back around 2018, especially since it incorporated design cues from the H1–4 series? Personally I was always baffled how the H1–4 design came out before that of the H5–T1, rather than the other way around, as the former had more...

I'm just talking about the total weight of each car.

I wonder how much of the extra weight came from adding the AC vs. the chopper controls. H6s added even more, probably due to force-ventilation of the traction motors. Interesting side note, in order from heaviest to lightest, it's H6, H5, M1, H4, H1, H2. Lots of unexpected overlapping in this...

I actually don't know why that would be the case. According to wiki there isn't even that much of a weight increase for the TR (34.2 tons) vs. T1 (33 tons) or H6 (32.6 tons). There's a bigger weight difference between the H6 vs. H5 (30.4 tons) vs. H4 (26.2 tons). Only took 15 years, lol The...

Obviously the wheels have to contact the surface they roll on, that goes without saying for rail and road vehicles alike. Ground clearance in this case refers to every part of the vehicle except the wheels (which, in the case of rail vehicles, include the flanges, which are the ONLY part allowed...

Correct, it's fortunate that most subways & mainline trains have some kind of safety braking features that doesn't require the unsightly design of 0 ground clearance (though the sanding equipment on most locomotives isn't so great either, but at least it's barely noticeable and still leaves...

Another day, another shitshow (or as the french would say, "show de shit"). First a security incident at Wellesley (at least it cleared up quick), then another one at VP causing a service suspension from Woodbine & a backlog of trains holding all the way till Yonge. When it finally got moving...