When Line 3 opens Ill be able to take it from Lees right to Queensview beside my workplace. Right now its annoying to transfer at Tunneys everytime and even worse heading home. This will be a huge gamechanger for me and many others.
While I love trains and transit, those Western Star tractors with the twin smoke stacks, twin turbo motors, 20,000lb front axles... just love it. Perhaps its just a love of big machines! (I used to drive a similar Freightliner Coronado with a huge CAT motor. I miss it!)
The good news is some things have measurably improved: reliability of service, reduced impact of outages, etc. We have seen fewer "out of service" events that leads to the need for replacement bus service, which is a huge plus. The unfortunate news is that speed restrictions have been enforced on many parts of the line, making end-to-end travel times approximately 5 minutes longer than they were at launch. This is also in addition to the City deliberately reducing frequency of services during off-peak daytime and evenings throughout the week. We are hopeful those issues will continue to be addressed and allow for service issues to be a thing of the past. Some issues are unpredictable, but accounting for all the obvious and worst ones right away is primordial.
A significant milestone in Ottawa's transit history was captured as the first O-Train Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) journeyed from Belfast Yard to Corkstown Yard, marking the first train in the west (West of Tunney's Pasture). This move is a key step in the ongoing expansion of Ottawa's O-Train system. Watch as the train’s path is followed, exploring the process behind this important transfer and offering a sneak peek at what’s to come for the western extension.
Unfortunately I couldn’t understand what the city employee was saying at the start due to the wind noise. I understand if that’s the footage you’ve got, there’s not much you can do. A microphone with a wind shield might be worth the investment.
Unfortunately, I didn’t anticipate an interview for this and as a result did not come equipped with the usual gear for audio I use. Will plan to always carry some audio gear in my kit moving forward.
I think the lady gave unintelligible explanation of rwhy it had to be on a flatbed instead of just bringing it on rails? What was it? I would have expected the connecting of tracks at Tunneys to go west to have been done early in construction (with a derail to prevenet operational trans from going west of Tunneys). Also, since these trains come by truck from Brampton, why would then not be delivered directly to the western maintenance shop?
This is an already proven train and one that operated on the mainline for some time. There are no continuous tracks to Moodie yet so they had to move it my truck so that testing could start sooner than it would waiting for the tracks to be in place.
@@RailFansCanada Seems that having tracks connect early would have been of help so they could bring in all sorts of rail maintenance equipment on site without having to get them off tracks, on trucks and back on tracks again. Would have been interesting to attend a meetng where they discussed staging/planning/timing of each construction phase in project and why connecting tracks was decided to not be critical early in project.
What a waste of money putting stupid trains in all that money could of been used to build more housing for low income ppl , more shelters for homeless .....I will never take the train I'll just drive my car where ever I need to go who ever is running this city needs to go to the hospital and get their head checked
As the facility is an active construction site, as well with heavy machinery circulating / being moved, we are not allowed to get closer without proper authorizations / clearances. What is "under the covers" is a Citadis Spirit LRV, number 1147. In fact, 1147 has been in service for a while previously on Stage 1 and has carried passengers. On each trailer is two modules of the LRV: one cab, as well as the intermediate module (one short, one long). Following its arrival at the Corkstown LMSF, the two pairs of modules will be re-assembled and brought back to operational state so that it can be used to test the OCS and other components of the Western extension as they become online.
Great job. Thank you for sharing
I was driving down Belfast Road when they were backing up the semis. So cool to see how far the LRT project has come!
When Line 3 opens Ill be able to take it from Lees right to Queensview beside my workplace. Right now its annoying to transfer at Tunneys everytime and even worse heading home. This will be a huge gamechanger for me and many others.
While I love trains and transit, those Western Star tractors with the twin smoke stacks, twin turbo motors, 20,000lb front axles... just love it. Perhaps its just a love of big machines! (I used to drive a similar Freightliner Coronado with a huge CAT motor. I miss it!)
Right on
Hopefully Ottawa can put all of the major issues that they’ve had with their LRT system behind them and move forward. It is long overdue.
The good news is some things have measurably improved: reliability of service, reduced impact of outages, etc. We have seen fewer "out of service" events that leads to the need for replacement bus service, which is a huge plus.
The unfortunate news is that speed restrictions have been enforced on many parts of the line, making end-to-end travel times approximately 5 minutes longer than they were at launch. This is also in addition to the City deliberately reducing frequency of services during off-peak daytime and evenings throughout the week.
We are hopeful those issues will continue to be addressed and allow for service issues to be a thing of the past. Some issues are unpredictable, but accounting for all the obvious and worst ones right away is primordial.
Great video
Great progress! Can't wait to see the train go back to Tunney's. How much of the ocs is installed in the west extension?
Looks like only parts of the yard
There are some segments installed in various places but nothing overly major at this stage. You can see a decent length from Moodie towards Bayshore.
@RailFansCanada I will be working out of this yard when it finally opens. Hopefully get involved in T&C depending on scheduling
That’s awesome. Hope it is a great experience. Good luck !
Wow. But nice. They have track west end to Bayshore, but not overhead yet. A little more work and the testing can start.
Update as of Oct 15. Overhead wires in place west of Moodie in the yard, verticals are in place east of Moodie, lots of work on Bayshore station.
Ooooooooo !!! Who wants to pull the plastic wrap off the new train ?
ME ! ME ! ME ! ME !
Trust us, we had the same desire!
Next up on Rail Fans Canada: train unwrapping ASMR video! -David
(Hit us up City of Ottawa, let’s make it happen!)
What train number is this?
LRV 1147
Good work, hopefully will travel soon from Kanata, ❤❤
When you say “west”, what exactly do you mean? I live in the west and have no idea what you’re talking about.
A significant milestone in Ottawa's transit history was captured as the first O-Train Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) journeyed from Belfast Yard to Corkstown Yard, marking the first train in the west (West of Tunney's Pasture). This move is a key step in the ongoing expansion of Ottawa's O-Train system. Watch as the train’s path is followed, exploring the process behind this important transfer and offering a sneak peek at what’s to come for the western extension.
@@RailFansCanada
How silly of me…here in western Canada. 🫤
Unfortunately I couldn’t understand what the city employee was saying at the start due to the wind noise. I understand if that’s the footage you’ve got, there’s not much you can do. A microphone with a wind shield might be worth the investment.
Unfortunately, I didn’t anticipate an interview for this and as a result did not come equipped with the usual gear for audio I use. Will plan to always carry some audio gear in my kit moving forward.
The major points mentioned are in the video description.
Windsocks are available for most mics and aren't overly expensive. You don't have to buy a completely new microphone. @@RailFansCanada
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I think the lady gave unintelligible explanation of rwhy it had to be on a flatbed instead of just bringing it on rails? What was it? I would have expected the connecting of tracks at Tunneys to go west to have been done early in construction (with a derail to prevenet operational trans from going west of Tunneys).
Also, since these trains come by truck from Brampton, why would then not be delivered directly to the western maintenance shop?
This is an already proven train and one that operated on the mainline for some time. There are no continuous tracks to Moodie yet so they had to move it my truck so that testing could start sooner than it would waiting for the tracks to be in place.
@@RailFansCanada Seems that having tracks connect early would have been of help so they could bring in all sorts of rail maintenance equipment on site without having to get them off tracks, on trucks and back on tracks again. Would have been interesting to attend a meetng where they discussed staging/planning/timing of each construction phase in project and why connecting tracks was decided to not be critical early in project.
Knowing how things operate at OC Transpo this is the once and only trip this train will make.
It was riding on the rails for quite some time before being transported to Corkstown Yard so there is no issue there.
this vid could have been 5 mins at most
Good video but the audio from the day would be much better than the music.
Can't hear a flippen word your sayin!!
What a waste of money putting stupid trains in all that money could of been used to build more housing for low income ppl , more shelters for homeless .....I will never take the train I'll just drive my car where ever I need to go who ever is running this city needs to go to the hospital and get their head checked
It will never work, sad but true.
It would be nice if you showed what was UHDER THE COVERS
As the facility is an active construction site, as well with heavy machinery circulating / being moved, we are not allowed to get closer without proper authorizations / clearances. What is "under the covers" is a Citadis Spirit LRV, number 1147. In fact, 1147 has been in service for a while previously on Stage 1 and has carried passengers. On each trailer is two modules of the LRV: one cab, as well as the intermediate module (one short, one long).
Following its arrival at the Corkstown LMSF, the two pairs of modules will be re-assembled and brought back to operational state so that it can be used to test the OCS and other components of the Western extension as they become online.