MrsNesbitt
Active Member
I remember someone claiming to be a Metrolinx employee posting here once. The employee said that they do lurk. But who knows if we can trust that. But I'm sure they lurk. It's impossible to search for anything Toronto transit related that's somewhat technical without stumbling across countless UT forum posts.
And I find the lurkers kind of creepy. UT is our secret clubhouse, and they're peeping in at us like a bunch of creepers. Come out and say hello sometime.
As it so happens that's exactly how I stumbled across these forums. I'm not the biggest poster - though I would be if I could find the time - but I found it hard not to start mouthing off about something, with enough time spent lurking
And of course the TTC/Metrolinx reads these forums - and of course they're not going to tell us that they do, because then we'd stop being so candid!
Theme park industry members read all of the major forums, and quite often make subtle changes at the parks based on feedback from enthusiasts. It wouldn't surprise me at all if they decide to go with a different livery for the rt refurb, if we were vocal enough. Would love to see them give 44 North's vision a shot; it's light years ahead of what's proposed.
I suppose also that the community of GTHA transit enthusiasts isn't the most numerous, so we could be a wealth of knowledge for them. I'll echo that 44 North's livery could be a great branding opportunity for the TTC, and it could at least change public opinion a little by linking the aging SRT to the modern, slick Flexities, if nothing else but in colour.
Side note, just out of interest: if the track were refurbished as necessary and suitable catenary installed, could the Flexity Outlook negotiate the curves on the SRT? Chiefly, around the infamous Midland/Ellesmere curve? They were after all designed for the tight 90-degree turns of the downtown streetcar network, so they might have a decent chance.