Comments on: ST Link Testing and Updates http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/06/st-link-testing-and-updates/ Transit in the Greater Seattle Area Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: SeattleHound » Light Rail News http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/06/st-link-testing-and-updates/#comment-33578 SeattleHound » Light Rail News Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:50:24 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3344#comment-33578 [...] Transit Blog reports that testing on the Link Light Rail line is becoming a regular occurrence, with operator training well underway. I think he said that they haven’t yet done a full [...]
[...] Transit Blog reports that testing on the Link Light Rail line is becoming a regular occurrence, with operator training well underway. I think he said that they haven’t yet done a full [...]

]]> By: Oran http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/06/st-link-testing-and-updates/#comment-33562 Oran Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:02:17 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3344#comment-33562 I put a few in the Flickr pool.
I put a few in the Flickr pool.

]]> By: rex http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/06/st-link-testing-and-updates/#comment-33556 rex Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:49:04 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3344#comment-33556 Do you have photos of the airport station under construction?
Do you have photos of the airport station under construction?

]]> By: Brian Bundridge http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/06/st-link-testing-and-updates/#comment-33458 Brian Bundridge Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:53:47 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3344#comment-33458 Doug, Thank you for the correction and the times. I was milling around today and noticed that the barriers for Link into the DSTT was removed with a KC Sheriff guarding the entrance. I only saw a LRV move around the yard then parked. I got chased away from Seattle once the snow started to come down hard and sticking everywhere, especially at Southcenter Hill. I'll have to make sure I check out Link on Thursday. I've been wanting to some pictures of a live train coming out of the tunnel for a while now.
Doug,

Thank you for the correction and the times. I was milling around today and noticed that the barriers for Link into the DSTT was removed with a KC Sheriff guarding the entrance. I only saw a LRV move around the yard then parked.

I got chased away from Seattle once the snow started to come down hard and sticking everywhere, especially at Southcenter Hill. I’ll have to make sure I check out Link on Thursday. I’ve been wanting to some pictures of a live train coming out of the tunnel for a while now.

]]> By: Gordon Werner http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/06/st-link-testing-and-updates/#comment-33455 Gordon Werner Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:39:25 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3344#comment-33455 nice photos Brian ... thanks for sharing
nice photos Brian … thanks for sharing

]]> By: Doug http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/06/st-link-testing-and-updates/#comment-33451 Doug Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:14:41 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3344#comment-33451 corrections to the update: Operators with their rail card (an in-house lrv drivers licence) are operating the trains on their own. Three classes have been trained and have their rail cards. Operator training continues. Evening shift reports at 2pm and operates until about 8:45pm on the MLK test track - Tukwila to Rainier Beach station and return via the Henderson Street pocket track M-F. We couple up a 4 car train at Henderson about then so all 8 cars can be parked in Tukwila without having to throw the switches into hand at S.154th St. Most afternoons Kinkisharyo techs do tests of the braking systems, which is when you might see trains operating side by side since trains are required to remain on either the northbound or southbound track and operate only to I-5. At speed running and testing of the signals on MLK between S. Henderson St. and S. Waldon St. during daylight hours will be begining soon. Thursdays is the day we move cars from Tukwila and the OMF (Operations and Maintainace Facility) and have been moving cars through the Beacon Hill Tunnel under power for the last two weeks but can only use the southbound track at present. As of now, the only time we can operate in the DSTT is during training, when the operators operate for two nights after the tunnel closes at 7pm, along with joint tests with buses and trains on weekends.
corrections to the update: Operators with their rail card (an in-house lrv drivers licence) are operating the trains on their own. Three classes have been trained and have their rail cards. Operator training continues. Evening shift reports at 2pm and operates until about 8:45pm on the MLK test track – Tukwila to Rainier Beach station and return via the Henderson Street pocket track M-F. We couple up a 4 car train at Henderson about then so all 8 cars can be parked in Tukwila without having to throw the switches into hand at S.154th St. Most afternoons Kinkisharyo techs do tests of the braking systems, which is when you might see trains operating side by side since trains are required to remain on either the northbound or southbound track and operate only to I-5. At speed running and testing of the signals on MLK between S. Henderson St. and S. Waldon St. during daylight hours will be begining soon. Thursdays is the day we move cars from Tukwila and the OMF (Operations and Maintainace Facility) and have been moving cars through the Beacon Hill Tunnel under power for the last two weeks but can only use the southbound track at present. As of now, the only time we can operate in the DSTT is during training, when the operators operate for two nights after the tunnel closes at 7pm, along with joint tests with buses and trains on weekends.

]]> By: kcs http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/06/st-link-testing-and-updates/#comment-33434 kcs Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:18:55 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3344#comment-33434 Doesn't look like it as they still are working on wiring through the tunnel.
Doesn’t look like it as they still are working on wiring through the tunnel.

]]> By: rex http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/06/st-link-testing-and-updates/#comment-33424 rex Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:22:56 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3344#comment-33424 Have they been able to test the train running the complete line from westlake to tukwila continuously?
Have they been able to test the train running the complete line from westlake to tukwila continuously?

]]> By: litlnemo http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/06/st-link-testing-and-updates/#comment-33418 litlnemo Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:36:47 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3344#comment-33418 A few segments of the blue wall are down. The rest of it is still intact so far.
A few segments of the blue wall are down. The rest of it is still intact so far.

]]> By: jcdk http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/06/st-link-testing-and-updates/#comment-33394 jcdk Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:20:04 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3344#comment-33394 I just drove past the blue wall on Beacon Hill, because I too heard it was coming down. Umm. Unless I'm missing something - it is definitely still there. Thursday, I saw two single Link trains passing each other at the Columbia City station.
I just drove past the blue wall on Beacon Hill, because I too heard it was coming down. Umm. Unless I’m missing something – it is definitely still there.

Thursday, I saw two single Link trains passing each other at the Columbia City station.

]]> By: Brian Bundridge http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/06/st-link-testing-and-updates/#comment-33355 Brian Bundridge Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:38:57 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3344#comment-33355 http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Seattle&state=WA&site=SEW&textField1=47.6218&textField2=-122.35&e=1 Evil snow!!!!
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Seattle&state=WA&site=SEW&textField1=47.6218&textField2=-122.35&e=1

Evil snow!!!!

]]> By: Gordon Werner http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/06/st-link-testing-and-updates/#comment-33352 Gordon Werner Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:31:11 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3344#comment-33352 what snow?
what snow?

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