A transformer can't convert AC to DC or DC to AC. For the former, you need a rectifier, for the latter, you need an inverter.

I'm going to guess early 1950s. Gardiner started construction in 1955 and there's none of that there. Canada Malting silos is in its current configuration, and that was 1944.

Since at least 2 stations are going to be outdoors, and the whole line will be ATC equipped, I hope they install PSDs.

Those are reinforcing beams. They will be cut as the structure builds up.

Something weird this morning: My train gets to Rosedale northbound and stops in the station. After several minutes, the train is announced to be out of service due to a technical problem. We all exit and the operators set the train in "reverse" (so the tail lights face forward and the...

The accessible connection is even worse. You have to take an elevator down to the tunnel, then another up to the bus platform, then a third down to the subway. Better hope they're all in service.

Yes, there's a tunnel that runs to the terminal. If you remember how the station was originally laid out with the tunnel and stairs up to the old Kiss n Ride, that tunnel got extended.

Maybe we could go back to the 80s Zeidler concept?

But it doesn't have to. There are browser extensions or firewall policies that can block these kinds of trackers. They're trivial to setup. If you are informed, you can make choices about your personal data that don't rely on the goodwill of others to safeguard it. In Google's case, you get...

The only rough-in I know of is a flat stretch to build a station. No other infrastructure has been built.

The challenge would then be running a sensible service plan, because it wouldn't be able to berth at Kennedy, Science Center or Laird. It would exclusively have to run on the surface section, and that would only make sense if most of the people are travelling locally. A 120m train will probably...

30 meters is correct. The Flexity Freedoms, like the streetcars, are made of 5 short segments which total longer than a single subway car. They can run independently or in multiple units, unlike individual wagons of a subway train.

It's almost entirely the graphite from the trolley pole. If you look at the top you'll see a bigger spot of it.

Sad to see these go. Here's a couple of my most recent shots. Glad I took some snowy shots back in November -- looks like it'll be a brown New Years.

They could've just went with "① Vaughan" or even "Line 1 to Vaughan" and it would have fit without scrolling. Sometimes I think the TTC goes out of their way to do intentionally bad UI/UX.

I think it's officially joined the skyline, now that it's visible from the islands

This was a quick snapshot taken through a dirty window of a moving bus, but Science Centre now has an escalator to nowhere installed

Starting to peek above the skyline at riverdale park

Looks like a mixed mode operation that allows CBTC and manual trains to run under their own rulesets. A non-CBTC train that follows a CBTC one must follow conventional signals which enforce a minimum separation distance. Could be that the next train was running manually or that there was a...

Well, here's the plan straight from the horse's mouth: