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6256 came off the low-boy this morning and made the trip to Don Mills.

While I missed the first car yesterday, I was content just keeping pace and enjoying the sight and sound of car #2 ever cruising down Eglinton. After all these years, it's starting to seem real.

My main observation from this morning - even at a cautious speed, with TPS clearing the way at crossings, the LRV had no trouble beating traffic. I failed miserably at trying to get ahead of the movement to grab some shots along the way. Didn't help that there was virtually no place to pull off and park. Anyways, assuming transit priority signalling and eventual full track speed, the velocity of this line may prove to be quite attractive over car or bus.

- Paul

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6256! I hadn't realized they had that many delivered already. I guess Bombardier/Alstom isn't going to be the issue here. How many are delivered now?
 
Now that we rivet-obsessive folks can actually eyeball these cars, here's an Obscure Spotting Detail: The "A" end and "B" ends of the Crosstown cars can be distinguished by the "B" (non-driving) end having a horizontal yellow grab rail visible in the interior.

I wonder if all 70 cars have the pantograph installed in the same direction. (One would think....)

I also wonder how long it will be before the folding door over the trailing end coupler is removed. Assuming the trailing end is always coupled inwards, the door serves no purpose, even cosmetic. Maybe a few will be parted out once there is a collision or two and some car needs a replacement for the "A" end.

- Paul
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We're on number 3 of 6 today, May 2̸5̸, 2̸6̸, 2̸7̸, 31 and June 1 & 2. Looks like there will be no deliveries for the 28th, 29th, and 30th. Friday looks like rain anyways.
 
^I would say John Tory needs to do something about this. But seeing as he loves the status quo and virtually allows Toronto Transporation Services to operate however they please with no restraint, I mean who cares if we get streetcar styled operation on the surface level right?

What a joke.
 
The police can over-ride traffic signals. Which means we need police escorts for the surface section of Line 5, full time...
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From link.

Just wishful thinking. :eek:

Metrolinx’s first group of Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) light-rail vehicles were delivered from the maintenance and storage facility on the west end to begin their testing journey on Toronto’s east end.

As of May 27, the east portion of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT line has received three of the six vehicles expected. The final three will be delivered next week.

The vehicles were delivered on a flatbed truck, with a police escort, one at a time. They started from the maintenance and storage facility in Toronto’s west end and made their way east.

The Crosstown light-rail vehicles are being stored underground, west of Leslie Street. Once all six of the vehicles arrive by next week, they will start undergoing clearance and static testing, which ensures that the vehicle and systems work as intended and properly with each other.

Vehicle testing and commissioning will continue to take place between June and December, with a focus on the area between Science Centre Station and Kennedy Station.

Later this summer, more substantial vehicle testing will take place. In July, crews will be testing vehicles under conditions as if they were in service. This means train cars coupled together, increased speed testing, brake tests and concurrent vehicle testing.

While these are exciting times, Metrolinx officials are reminding all pedestrians, motorists, and cyclists that these are still active construction sites and to continue to exercise caution around these areas.

Keep watching as the other vehicles make their trek to the other side of the LRT route and testing starts along Eglinton in the upcoming months.
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Coolstar said:
What's funny is that people joke on here that Eglinton Crosstown is a streetcar because the Ford's trashed the line as such many years ago. Turns out they weren't all that far off after all.
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It was more than a joke when it first came out. It is our biggest fear, and now it is a reality.
 
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