Filip
Senior Member
I really want to see a video of the new streetcar operating!
What sound does it make? Is it as noisy on the rails? Etc..
What sound does it make? Is it as noisy on the rails? Etc..
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Voltz
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I heard Brad Ross on a radio interview this morning describing the new streetcars as ghostly quiet.
Asmegin
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[video=youtube;Y3nh3FmES2w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3nh3FmES2w[/video]
Asmegin
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[video=youtube;yUJaBwqPoAc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUJaBwqPoAc[/video]
Asmegin
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[video=youtube;UbTvDc2T9A0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbTvDc2T9A0[/video]
TheTigerMaster
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More or less the same reaction everyone had when the Toronto Rocket rolled into the station for the first time.
The screeching is horrendous. Hopefully it gets better with age.
Thanks for staying up so late to get this Asmegin
Filip
Senior Member
Unbelievably quiet, unless it's negotiating a curve - just like the new subways.
That was ear-piercing!
That was ear-piercing!
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Torontoist just posted this video of our new LRVs:
[video=vimeo;61894422]http://vimeo.com/61894422[/video]
They also had this to say about reactions on the street:
http://torontoist.com/2013/03/trailing-the-new-streetcar/
[video=vimeo;61894422]http://vimeo.com/61894422[/video]
They also had this to say about reactions on the street:
Reminds me of the reactions to the new Toronto Rockets.
http://torontoist.com/2013/03/trailing-the-new-streetcar/
W. K. Lis
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[video=youtube_share;yUJaBwqPoAc]http://youtu.be/yUJaBwqPoAc[/video]
Those curves seem to be not lubricated or watered (its winter). If it were raining or wet, it would have been quieter on the curves. They found out when it is raining, the curves are quieter, which is why one sees water in the streetcar tracks in the summer. Don' know if the new streetcars have their own lubrication system available or even turned on.
See this link.
They do the same in the subway, but the curve has to be above freezing.
See also this link.
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Transportfan
Senior Member
I don't think water is going to help much. The wheels grind against the rails as well. Looks like a wheel redesign is in order.
car4041
Active Member
On twitter, Brad Ross said it was just because the curve out of Hillcrest is infrequently used, and that the new car was very quiet on the other curves on its test route.
drum118
Superstar
The curves within Hillcrest cause this thing to squeal higher than the current fleet as well a grinning noise. I was not prepare for the looping of the car while getting ready to depart, otherwise I would caught it and the sound on the video.
The car goes past you real quite and it will show up the the various videos I shot today of it. The other 5 are up on site now. You can hear the new horn and bell during the break testing at the CNE loop.
Real great speed going forward or backward as well stopping on a dime.
Andy and the PR team were on the car.
There was real lack of communication between 4400 and the convoy as part of the convoy departed the yard 15 minutes ahead of schedule forcing 4400 to start sooner.
By leaving 15 minutes ahead of schedule, it put 3 512 drivers on overtime as they were at the end of the convoy. Got on one of the cars that were force to use Queen in place of King. After getting off at Queen, all 3 car depole on the new overhead. I noticed last night on Bathurst as well a few other lines, car poles were sparking a lot more than the old overhead.
[video=youtube;NdoAR9fEyqs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdoAR9fEyqs[/video]
The car goes past you real quite and it will show up the the various videos I shot today of it. The other 5 are up on site now. You can hear the new horn and bell during the break testing at the CNE loop.
Real great speed going forward or backward as well stopping on a dime.
Andy and the PR team were on the car.
There was real lack of communication between 4400 and the convoy as part of the convoy departed the yard 15 minutes ahead of schedule forcing 4400 to start sooner.
By leaving 15 minutes ahead of schedule, it put 3 512 drivers on overtime as they were at the end of the convoy. Got on one of the cars that were force to use Queen in place of King. After getting off at Queen, all 3 car depole on the new overhead. I noticed last night on Bathurst as well a few other lines, car poles were sparking a lot more than the old overhead.
[video=youtube;NdoAR9fEyqs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdoAR9fEyqs[/video]
hawc
Senior Member
Great videos drum118.
Just a little size comparison.
Just a little size comparison.
drum118
Superstar
Here the convoy leaving CNE
[video=youtube;YRPaTPS1_xA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRPaTPS1_xA[/video]
[video=youtube;YRPaTPS1_xA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRPaTPS1_xA[/video]
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According to a post on Steve Munro's site, the new streetcars are "self-lubricating" and that this feature was not yet connected. To quote Streetcar: "The new streetcars have onboard flange lubricators with programmed GPS coordinates. The fixed location rail greasers will be decommissioned when the fleet is completely replaced. I highly doubt that the LFLRV coordinates have been programmed in yet."