by YOLO
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YOLO wrote:http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/P ... aseID=5909Is this the consolation prize for the Blue Line getting the first 7000-series train the following day? I'd love to ride a 7000-series on the Red Line. I wonder if that will happen soon, or if they will hold-off putting the 7000-series on the Red line until after a few months of testing ATO...
Operations issued a memo in February instructing operators not to make adjustments if they stop within two platform edge lights' distance from the end of the platform, even in eight car trains.Can anybody here confirm this? It was in a comment on today's (my) Greater Greater Washington piece about ATO (http://greatergreaterwashington.org/pos ... ent-300296" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;), and would seem to contradict a few of the manual berthing adjustments that various people have noticed.
Head-end View wrote:JDC, be careful what you wish for re: 7000-series cars appearing on the Red-Line. Have we determined yet whether we can see out the front of the 7000-series cars? Without the all-glass cab wall like on the older trains, can you see thru the cab-door windows?I believe it was determined that you can see out of them, for now. I think Metro was considering darkening the windows/putting a covering over them.
Head-end View wrote:Well screw WMATA and their dark tinted cab windows. They had no problem for all these years with light from the passenger area entering the cab thru the glass partition wall on all the previous trains, but now they have a problem with light coming thru one little window and they're gonna cut us off over that?I don't think it's a light issue, it's a security issue.
Head-end View wrote:Security issue? I don't follow you. Are you saying they're afraid we might see some classified top-secret railroad signal indications?I think it has to do with securing the cabin, both physically (the new bulkhead doors are much stronger than the old ones) and visually. I don't think there are secret signal indications, but I think they want to prevent people from monitoring the operators and the equipment in the cabin, which will now include dozens of camera feeds.