Hopefully this LRT extention pleases RMtransit. Great video!
@user-gk8gg1zt7l
Ай бұрын
Awesome video!
@Thomas1980
Ай бұрын
H__E__L__L__O Thumbs Up! Super good Video!
@user-gk8gg1zt7l
Ай бұрын
! Nice video, likes from me !
@avgeek_a321
Ай бұрын
Whats wrong with the Lints?
@alexjhorner
Ай бұрын
Nothing! But to add more capacity the length of the platforms has been doubled to ~80m, while the lints are only ~40. We wouldn’t have enough coupled LINTs to serve the line so we might as well buy some new 80m trains anyway. Single LINTs will run on the airport line
@avgeek_a321
Ай бұрын
@@alexjhorner that's nice to hear, Lints are everywhere in my country and actually pretty nice to ride
@thesnowguy1
Ай бұрын
just add one snowflake and this train will make a dead stop.
@josephtaylor3857
Ай бұрын
Fake video...the trains are working perfectly. 😄😁
@ajfrostx
Ай бұрын
Is it single line? 😲
@alexjhorner
Ай бұрын
@@ajfrostx Some parts are still single tracked- a remnant of the original line before it was closed. Which is too bad, since it greatly limits frequency
@wizardsuth
Ай бұрын
@@alexjhorner The tunnel under Dow's Lake isn't wide enough for two tracks nor high enough for a catenary system, so they've gone with diesel electric trains. I had the opportunity to walk through the tunnel one hot summer day in 2001. It was very cool, both literally and figuratively.
@O-DogKubrick
Ай бұрын
That’s in my hometown! Can’t wait for it to open this year!
@zakaridebreyne1362
Ай бұрын
Mine, too
@O-DogKubrick
Ай бұрын
@@zakaridebreyne1362 Where do you live in Ottawa?
@zakaridebreyne1362
Ай бұрын
Beacon Hill
@rollingthunderinho
Ай бұрын
are they electric ?
@ccudmore
Ай бұрын
Deisel electric.
@alexjhorner
Ай бұрын
@@rollingthunderinho The FLIRT trains (the long white ones) are easily converted to electric later on. We unfortunately didn’t electrify the line just yet, but it is future proofed for it!
@energymarketchile
Ай бұрын
This is a massive joke/scam: Hundreds of millions spent in a train that can't go above 100 kph like most modern electric trains world-wide, and not even higher than 60 kph ... !!!
@octranspo_owl
Ай бұрын
Distances between stations are too short for 100km/h operations without electrification/EMUs. This line serves an entirely different purpose than the other "modern" systems you speak of, which are particularly intercity (which by extent, has less stations at more spread out distances allowing for higher speeds). The money we spent on this line is a bargain if anything. I hope we continue the model on the other abandoned freight lines. As far as modernity goes, this is just as modern as those other systems (other than electrification) and it does reach speeds of 80km/h which is enough for stops that are closer together. Keep in mind that these trains are nearly brand new from Switzerland and Germany respectively. Not a scam, 110% worth it, and it serves a different purpose as not all trains do the same job.
@alexjhorner
Ай бұрын
@@octranspo_owl For the southern stations, it does have the spacing to go 100kmh, but the issue is the speed wouldn’t be very useful since the overall end to end time and frequency is held back by the single track sections. You can go 100kmh, but you’ll be dwelling for longer at stations waiting for sections of track to clear- so wouldn’t make a difference
@yukaira
Ай бұрын
@@alexjhorner maybe... just maybe... we shouldn't. have cheaped out and singletracked those sections
@alijack64
Ай бұрын
love the video, Alex I was wondering if you are okay because it sounds like you just ran a marathon they way you are breathing, hope you have time to get it checked out. Have fun at grandmas-Ali
@alexjhorner
Ай бұрын
Ali did you know I'm coming to your house right now
@yukaira
Ай бұрын
everyone knows you gotta sprint to get the shot
@eartraffic
Ай бұрын
I recently stumbled upon Line 2 whil taking a shortcut on Earl Armstrong. I was amazed to see such a huge station in the middle of nowhere 🙂 Nice to see NO ELECTRIC OVERHEAD WIRES TOO! Maybe THIS version will actually run...
@StefanWithTrains3222
Ай бұрын
The overhead wires weren't the problem with the first the other lines. The trains themselves were the problem.
@ccudmore
Ай бұрын
There's two stations on Earl Armstrong. One has a huge park and ride lot and is across from a soon to be built recreation centre, and the other is in the middle of what will soon be a high-density residential and commercial hub. It's planned to get the transit in before the development... what a novel concept! They may be in the middle of nowhere now, but not for long.
@StefanWithTrains3222
Ай бұрын
@ccudmore what has this to do with my previous comment? Also, the new (and older) diesel-electric rail lines of the O-train network will have clearance for electrification. This will be able to be done without that much hassle as the new trains have a swappable power-pack (options for diesel-electric, battery-electric, catenary-electric, hydrogen-electric and Bi-mode variants).
@ccudmore
Ай бұрын
@@StefanWithTrains3222in response to the “in the middle of nowhere” comment made by @eartraffic
@StefanWithTrains3222
Ай бұрын
@ccudmore Guess it got removed
@dreamsthatgotogether7553
Ай бұрын
They should make a commercial with a song like this: O, Trainada, our mobile hooked up metal rectangular rooms with chairs 🪑 , true Forward and backward movement, on two long strips of steel. From far and wide O Trainada we stand around in the various stations waiting for thee.
@OntarioTrafficMan
Ай бұрын
Lots of great perspectives on the new line, thanks for sharing!
@yukaira
Ай бұрын
good work! hope it opens this year...
@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835
Ай бұрын
The trans Canada railway was built quicker than this.
@yukaira
Ай бұрын
@@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835 And it killed hundreds of slave workers.
@PatrickRKay
8 күн бұрын
It will
@PatrickRKay
8 күн бұрын
@@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835lol
@rupak-travelmoments
5 ай бұрын
It's definitely a splendid train spotting program !! Greetings from India.
@johnnycharco
5 ай бұрын
Nice footage. I no longer live in the city but can't wait to visit and ride this line with the new trains.
@ARitzCracker
5 ай бұрын
Haven't had the chance to see these in action myself just yet, when do they usually run the tests?
@alexjhorner
5 ай бұрын
They do what I assume is operator training from 9-5, and then do higher frequency system testing into the evening, safe for weekends; they don’t run
@KM-qx2qi
5 ай бұрын
What is taking them so long? I remember back in 2013-2015, they promised the extension to airport so soon! Also, poor Carleton University students who cannot quickly and directly reach the food market in Greenboro for almost four years since May 2020!
@Kiera_Jackson74
5 ай бұрын
Theres only 2 doors per side?
@Shanker420
5 ай бұрын
These are the old Trains that will be used exclusively for Line 4 between South Keys and the Airport. The new ones are much nicer.
@husseinomran1021
5 ай бұрын
Why do they squeak even when they're going straight? Isn't that only supposed to happen when going on a curve?
@yukaira
5 ай бұрын
Feels like just yesterday i was on the bombardiers at Carleton... great vid!
@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835
5 ай бұрын
Those Bombardier Talent trains were great. They still had lots of life in them but the city cut them up!!! Shame on you Watson. They could have brought people into Ottawa from nearby towns.
@dasaniyogurt2160
5 ай бұрын
Great video! love the angles you're getting! keep up the good work!
@alexjhorner
5 ай бұрын
Thanks! I know where you live!
@awesomeman116a
5 ай бұрын
@@alexjhorner😨
@tiernanstrains
5 ай бұрын
Ha, I knew I saw someone railfanning Line 2 yesterday! That must have been you I saw from the 10 on my way off campus.
@alexjhorner
5 ай бұрын
Haha where did you think you saw me? I’m normally wearing a black jacket and brown hat
@tiernanstrains
5 ай бұрын
@@alexjhorner Presumably after you got one the shots like this with the FLIRT going north 5:36 I saw someone with glasses and maybe a dark jacket from a double decker 10 bus about where this shot was. Roughly 6pm iirc
@alexjhorner
5 ай бұрын
@@tiernanstrains That was me then! I do remember seeing a DD route 10
@tiernanstrains
5 ай бұрын
@@alexjhorner Nice
@alijack64
5 ай бұрын
im watching
@johnbrack3913
6 ай бұрын
It's too bad that this video doesn't have any sound.
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