hkric88
Active Member
Me thinks they will want to run a train set through the system at night for quite sometime before revenue service...
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Me thinks they will want to run a train set through the system at night for quite sometime before revenue service...
Forget red. Make them maroon like the good old days!
Steel subways? What is this, the fifties?
The TTC was an industry leader back in the day when we were the first ones to switch to the aluminum chassis with the main benefit being the reduction in weight.
The original steel cars were painted to stop rusting, but because aluminum doesn't rust, it doesn't need to be painted (ie money saved).
I find it hard to believe you can't paint on stainless steel. As keiTHz pointed out, there are examples of painted stainless steel vehicles/products.
In any case, if the TTC wanted to make the cards red I don't think Bombardier would have trouble accommodating them.
I am a bit of a retro fan. That probably explains my taste. But on the subway cars, I think cold grey steel is best.
ps. It's a myth that stainless steel can't be painted. It can. It's just expensive. See aircraft and automotive painting.
Please do research.
Regular paint doesn't stick on stainless steel.
To be at a grade for commercial use, stainless steel need to be powder coated, which is in itself a readily complicated and expensive task. Not to mention that power coated finish need to be taken care of and maintained very carefully, which would be wasted efforts because the purpose of using stainless steel in the first place is to have very low maintenance.
So in other words, yes, you can paint on stainless steel.
And plus no one would bother to paint any ads on them.
So does this mean that streetcars and busses are made out of a different type of metal to make it more worthwhile to paint them though, as opposed to subway cars?
has anybody passed by wilson yard lately cause im probably gonna pass by it to take transit photographyand/videography on Friday any1 wanna go with me so excited.... i wish it arives soon "i wonder what the chimes would sound like or when the train is leaving!" i hope its like the T-1'S that would be awesome!
also very shiny silver would look nice on the subway