44 North
Senior Member
Oh come off it, it wasn't that long ago. I'm not that old, but in my eyes the T1s are still new.
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Oh come off it, it wasn't that long ago. I'm not that old, but in my eyes the T1s are still new.
Amare
Senior Member
It's funny because some people think they are antiques. I have people asking me all the time when the TTC is going to get rid of them and replace them. If only they knew how old some of the subway cars were in NYC and London, UK were then they wouldn't be whining about them.
kotsy
Senior Member
Call me crazy, but I think I actually prefer the T1s.
For me, the lights are too bright inside the TRs and I really dislike their computer generated station-stop announcements. The door operation on the T1s are also a lot quicker than the TRs.
For me, the lights are too bright inside the TRs and I really dislike their computer generated station-stop announcements. The door operation on the T1s are also a lot quicker than the TRs.
Davisville was hardly the "outskirts" in the early 50s.
Transportfan
Senior Member
Is that the portal for the unused north connector tunnel to Sheppard West station near the bottom left?
muller877
Senior Member
A dumb question but...why does the TTC need a loop? Was it there when it was the end of the line and they jut have never modified the yard since?
smallspy
Senior Member
Yes. The yellow track device - a tamper - is on the open-air section of it.
The loop is regularly used in order to turn trains around and even out wear on things like controllers, slewing bearings, couplers, etc.
And more importantly, when they were running the G-cars had handed couplers - you could only couple an even-numbered car to an odd-numbered one. Thus you had to make sure that they were always arranged in the correct manner.
Dan
Toronto, Ont.
Transportfan
Senior Member
I'd think the TTC will open the tunnel when the yard expansion is complete.
Also, what's going on to the east of the yard?
smallspy
Senior Member
The new north build-up will go active when that stretch of the mainline ATC/ATO goes active in late June.
Carhouse extension/expansion. Being done for the TRs. The building was extended by two tracks to the east, and has been lengthened by about 150 feet both north and south. Because of this, the carhouse ladder on the north side is being rebuilt and moved north, and the existing loop track will be removed and replaced with the new one that's just been completed.
Dan
Toronto, Ont.
yrt+viva=1system
Senior Member
Meant to post these earlier in the week. It looks like the parking lot at VMC is well used. There's definitely a lot of pick up and drop off traffic around the station and also explains why the City of Vaughan are ticketing cars illegally stopping/parking around the station. Mind you that this is around 4:30 pm.
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EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
I thought that was supposed to be in the fall have they moved it up?
Transportfan
Senior Member
Amare
Senior Member
My goodness, at this rate the concrete walls on the extension will look like what Lawrence West concrete walls look like today in no time. How didn't they take this into account with all the water table issues at virtually all of these stations.
coopEng
Active Member
There we many, many issues with the waterproofing work on this extension - without naming names, the products used did not perform as intended - I believe some lessons have been learned for Eglinton LRT (fingers crossed).
junctionist
Senior Member
The lesson should be to use more effective waterproofing solutions and actual finishes.