[drum118]

Eglinton Crosstown LRT​ Construction Notice

Overhead Catenary System Energization between Laird Drive and Kennedy Road​ May 2021​ On May 3, 2021, the overhead catenary system (OCS) between Laird Drive and Kennedy Road will be energized. Once energized the OCS cables are electrified and dangerous if encountered. It is never safe to go near the OCS. Please obey signage and stay away from all overhead cables. The OCS installed above the LRT tracks and powers the Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs). Power is delivered from traction power substations located along the alignment to the LRVs via the OCS cables.​ What to Expect​ Signage will be installed along the At-Grade alignment to notify the public that the OCS is live.​ Hours of Work​ • The OCS will be energized as of Monday, May 3, 2021 between Laird Dr and Kennedy Rd.​ Traffic and Pedestrian Details​ • No traffic or pedestrian changes are required for this work.​ ​

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

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According to the article it say that 85 % of the track has been laid I'd like to see an actual breakdown of where it is abs isn't laid down.

 

[Coolstar]

​ ​ Eglinton Crosstown LRT​ Construction Notice

​ ​ ​ Overhead Catenary System Energization between Laird Drive and Kennedy Road​ ​ May 2021​ ​ ​ On May 3, 2021, the overhead catenary system (OCS) between Laird Drive and Kennedy Road will be energized. Once energized the OCS cables are electrified and dangerous if encountered. It is never safe to go near the OCS. Please obey signage and stay away from all overhead cables. The OCS installed above the LRT tracks and powers the Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs). Power is delivered from traction power substations located along the alignment to the LRVs via the OCS cables.​ What to Expect​ Signage will be installed along the At-Grade alignment to notify the public that the OCS is live.​ Hours of Work​ • The OCS will be energized as of Monday, May 3, 2021 between Laird Dr and Kennedy Rd.​ Traffic and Pedestrian Details​ • No traffic or pedestrian changes are required for this work.​ ​

Good. Surface section testing can start soon after.

 

[drum118]

Good. Surface section testing can start soon after.

What does soon mean to you??

Not until they can get cars past Yonge Station, test the other stations and then the surface. Missing tacks still needs to be place as well finishing off the stations.

 

[Coolstar]

What does soon mean to you??

Not until they can get cars past Yonge Station, test the other stations and then the surface. Missing tacks still needs to be place as well finishing off the stations.

Again, according to Metrolinx, they want to start surface section testing late this spring/summer If they can figure out how to get the LRVs onto the surface section, then go ahead.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Again, according to Metrolinx, they want to start surface section testing late this spring/summer If they can figure out how to get the LRVs onto the surface section, then go ahead.

The same way they delivered the streetcars, radial cars, and subway cars at the Halton County Radial Railway (HCRR). Note the articulated streetcar at the end of the video.

Likely use temporary crossovers in the delivery process.

 

[drum118]

Again, according to Metrolinx, they want to start surface section testing late this spring/summer If they can figure out how to get the LRVs onto the surface section, then go ahead.

Until they get an LRV past Yonge, ML is not sure when testing will take place with spring/summer window being used at this time. More like summer/fall at this time

There is 2 way an LRV can get past Yonge at this time from waiting until the OS is in place or to pull a car on the completed track. Then, how far does the car have to be pull from both sides of Yonge that has no operating OS?? I can see the pulling of the LRV first then waiting for the OS to be ready.

Should note, all systems pull LRV along a line to make sure clearance is ok a couple of times in both direction before power is use on the LRV to move by itself

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Until they get an LRV past Yonge, ML is not sure when testing will take place with spring/summer window being used at this time. More like summer/fall at this time

There is 2 way an LRV can get past Yonge at this time from waiting until the OS is in place or to pull a car on the completed track. Then, how far does the car have to be pull from both sides of Yonge that has no operating OS?? I can see the pulling of the LRV first then waiting for the OS to be ready.

Should note, all systems pull LRV along a line to make sure clearance is ok a couple of times in both direction before power is use on the LRV to move by itself

They delivered the first light rail vehicles by tracker-trailer. They can do the same using either an existing LRV or a newly delivered LRV to the east end. If they do that with the Halton County Radial Museum, they can do the same with the east of the Crosstown LRT.

 

[drum118]

They delivered the first light rail vehicles by tracker-trailer. They can do the same using either an existing LRV or a newly delivered LRV to the east end. If they do that with the Halton County Radial Museum, they can do the same with the east of the Crosstown LRT.

Yes they can, but my understanding ML has no plans to do it at this time. Depending on the length of delay, ML maybe force to do this. It would require an intersection to be close off during the night to off load the LRV and which intersection is wide enough to have a trailer fit the intersection as well the cab as well having room for the ramp from the trailer to the track?? Easy said than done

 

[toronto647]

Yes they can, but my understanding ML has no plans to do it at this time. Depending on the length of delay, ML maybe force to do this. It would require an intersection to be close off during the night to off load the LRV and which intersection is wide enough to have a trailer fit the intersection as well the cab as well having room for the ramp from the trailer to the track?? Easy said than done

Another poster confirmed that Metrolinx will be transporting the LRT Trains by road to the surface section. Also I confirmed with Metrolinx will start this spring i.e. before June 21 at the latest. You can flip a few pages before to see the convo on this.

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

Another poster confirmed that Metrolinx will be transporting the LRT Trains by road to the surface section. Also I confirmed with Metrolinx will start this spring i.e. before June 21 at the latest. You can flip a few pages before to see the convo on this.

I think a lot of people are sceptical about what Metrolinx says until something actually happens. They haven't exactly had the best track record with this project so far.

They have done many things that I find questionable like for example starting work on the easiest section to build well the hardest is under construction and demanding for vecheles to be delivered when they have no where to put them.

 

[Johnny Au]

Fairbank station:

Concrete pouring on the southeast corner on April 27, 2021:

Southeast corner on April 28, 2021:

Southwest corner on April 28, 2021:

Northwest corner on April 28, 2021:

 

[Jane2021]

Fairbank station:

Concrete pouring on the southeast corner on April 27, 2021:
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Southeast corner on April 28, 2021:
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Southwest corner on April 28, 2021:
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Northwest corner on April 28, 2021:
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What’s the concrete pour for ?? Is it for the road way or the station box?

 

[smallspy]

Until they get an LRV past Yonge, ML is not sure when testing will take place with spring/summer window being used at this time. More like summer/fall at this time

There is 2 way an LRV can get past Yonge at this time from waiting until the OS is in place or to pull a car on the completed track. Then, how far does the car have to be pull from both sides of Yonge that has no operating OS?? I can see the pulling of the LRV first then waiting for the OS to be ready.

Should note, all systems pull LRV along a line to make sure clearance is ok a couple of times in both direction before power is use on the LRV to move by itself

They are trucking the 6 cars over to the east end of the line.

Dan

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

From link.

Freighted to Toronto on the back of modified CNR flatcars from Quebec and Nova Scotia, the first of the new trains to arrive were set up for display at the Toronto exhibition grounds complete with a mock-up station, platform, track and signals.

View of the mock station and Gloucester car at the exhibition grounds.

People looking at the new subway cars.

For a few weeks in late August and early September 1953, Toronto residents were able to get up close to the trains that would soon be operating beneath Yonge Street in place of the overcrowded streetcars.

Before the trains could be readied for service the exhibition had to be dismantled and the trains moved across town.

Specially adapted streetcars towed the train to the Davisville yard via Bathurst, St. Clair and Yonge but a derailment of the leading car in the convoy on a section of temporary track on Yonge (the subway was still being constructed at the time) meant the train had to spend a night in the open in a turning loop to keep it out of the way of streetcar traffic.

They used the city's streetcar tracks and temporary tracks to tow the subway cars from the CNE to the Davisville Yard. Both the streetcar and subway tracks had the same gauge,
1,495 mm (4 ft 10+7⁄8 in).

So moving the Crosstown light rail vehicles by truck and delivering them is simple.