by jr145
StevieC48 wrote:They opend the facility today and from the photos looks great.
Where are the photos?
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StevieC48 wrote:They opend the facility today and from the photos looks great.
jr145 wrote:StevieC48 wrote:They opend the facility today and from the photos looks great.
Where are the photos?
joshg1 wrote:What happens if a train isn't in a station? Or a flood? It seems they won't be training for any accident (as opposed to deliberate) beyond a fire.
jr145 wrote:Found this video, it's a TVThat's closer, but it's actually a fire extinguisher training module.
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F-line to Dudley via Park wrote: That's dry ice on the tracks simulating the smoke. And I'm going to guess some sort of propane fireplace contraption on the stairs.F-Line, I believe they're actually using simple fog machines (which any nightclub/DJ uses). Static fog machines are pretty self-maintaining. The liquid needed to fill them is cheap and typically available at many party/DJ stores.
TrainManTy wrote:...the Light Rail Training area uses a Type 8 shell specifically because that's where a wheelchair user would ride.That's one part of it...another reason is that this car (3879) was already out-of-service due to heavy derailment/fire damaged sustained at Comm Ave. in May '08. The T did enough repairs on it to make it usable for the training facility.
joshg1 wrote:What happens if a train isn't in a station? Or a flood? It seems they won't be training for any accident (as opposed to deliberate) beyond a fire.The bus, streetcar, and r/t car are permanently installed at their location. they don't move nor is this section of the Broadway Tunnel equipped to interface with anything else in the system.
Charliemta wrote:It would be pretty easy to run track from the Cabot Yard into the test tunnel. They could easily temporarily block off the street when cars were using such a connector track.The tunnel isn't tall enough for almost any piece of rail equipment on the MBTA system. Both the Blue Line 0600s and the Green Line Type 8 in the tunnel had their underframes and trucks removed to fit in the tunnel, and had to be dragged in on special small-diameter (road) wheels. The Blue Line car at its new height almost looks like London tube stock. Nothing on the Red Line - save for MOW flatcars and maybe the diesel switcher - would fit in the tunnel without being lifted off its trucks, of course negating the idea of running track into the tunnel.