Yes (to a degree). The air ballast on cars is adjustable. And, in fact, it does need to be tweaked at the shop from time to time when a car becomes askew from the platform lip (on a severely out-of-alignment ballast, that could be a couple inches).I understand that the T cars suspensions adjust to account for the weight of the passengers. Can this height be reset on the fly? Could the BL feed into the OL and a button pushed to raise it 4in?
How long does an Orange Line turnaround take?
Soooo...5 minutes? More?Scheduled or actual? Oak Grove's my nearest subway station, so I've had many, many, many experiences when the departure bell has rung only for it to be a noticeable amount of time before the doors close and the train leaves; often the operator is still making their way down from the other end of the train. I don't know how long a turnaround is supposed to take, but I doubt the schedule factors in operator sluggishness. (I seem to recall at one point a practice of an additional floating operator at the terminal who'd take the train back out, and the one bringing it in would take the next train out, and so forth, to try and speed up turnarounds at peak times, though I don't know how long that lasted.)
Honestly, that might very well be a proximate cause of this; per NE Transit the 1400s are due to be scrapped starting next month in batches of 30, so I doubt they're getting lots of maintenance attention. Looking at that fire, it looks like electrical arcing, and while I'm far from an expert I'm willing to say that skimped maintenance, plus heat related reduced tolerances, added up to something catching the third rail....I'm guessing this is an incident that having the new trains come in would resolve it. But the old trains needs to stay functional and safe until it's enough are them are here.
Honestly, that might very well be a proximate cause of this; per NE Transit the 1400s are due to be scrapped starting next month in batches of 30, so I doubt they're getting lots of maintenance attention. Looking at that fire, it looks like electrical arcing, and while I'm far from an expert I'm willing to say that skimped maintenance, plus heat related reduced tolerances, added up to something catching the third rail.
Honestly, that might very well be a proximate cause of this; per NE Transit the 1400s are due to be scrapped starting next month in batches of 30, so I doubt they're getting lots of maintenance attention. Looking at that fire, it looks like electrical arcing, and while I'm far from an expert I'm willing to say that skimped maintenance, plus heat related reduced tolerances, added up to something catching the third rail.
Just quick note on a typo, the last inspection was June 23, 2022, less than a month ago.Paraphrasing Poftak:
The train was last inspected June 23, 2021. A sill fell off the train, and all cars have been inspected for loose sills. Sills are not essential to the function of the train, but cover parts that do.
The motorman led evacuations, but a few people took it upon themselves through self-evacuation through 4 windows.
trains already running on their usual 10min headways now.
What, what?! Have they reduced the headways to 10 minutes?!
Paraphrasing Poftak:
The train was last inspected June 23, 2021. A sill fell off the train, and all cars have been inspected for loose sills. Sills are not essential to the function of the train, but cover parts that do.
The motorman led evacuations, but a few people took it upon themselves through self-evacuation through 4 windows.