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Poor heat in TT coaches; Route 66 & 75
Topic Started: Oct 28 2008, 06:40 AM (5,967 Views)
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TRANSIT_FREAK100
Dec 24 2008, 07:30 PM
Tell me if 800 has the emergency dome light on the pole on top.
I guess #800 has been ""5401ized" to similar specifications as its production units.
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TransitChuckG
Dec 24 2008, 07:21 PM
800 is hidden inside Frankford somewhere. I can't find out anymore.


I forgot to post this, but on a occasional ride on a pull-in from Arrott to FTC, it's not hard to notice how slowly the trackless goes up Frankford Ave. The wire is in such bad, shape, kinked, that the poles bounce and make that beeping noise on the dash. If you go too fast, you can lose your poles, one operator told me. SEPTA had plenty of time to get the wires "under the El" in better shape, and never did it.

Chuck Greene
They used to just EPU up Frankford IIRC. I remember the other night a driver dropped his poles as he was turning onto Pratt (?) Street (by the 5 stand). All TTs EPU on that section, so they might as well do it the entire way, especially if the wire is in such bad shape.
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They used to just EPU up Frankford IIRC. I remember the other night a driver dropped his poles as he was turning onto Pratt (?) Street (by the 5 stand). All TTs EPU on that section, so they might as well do it the entire way, especially if the wire is in such bad shape.


The deal now is to use electric as far as possible, so the wires should allow that as far as possible.
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Dec 26 2008, 12:21 PM
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They used to just EPU up Frankford IIRC. I remember the other night a driver dropped his poles as he was turning onto Pratt (?) Street (by the 5 stand). All TTs EPU on that section, so they might as well do it the entire way, especially if the wire is in such bad shape.


The deal now is to use electric as far as possible, so the wires should allow that as far as possible.
So this also means keeping the poles on the wire while the Trackless in in the yard resting?


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TransitChuckG
Dec 24 2008, 07:21 PM
800 is hidden inside Frankford somewhere. I can't find out anymore.


I forgot to post this, but on a occasional ride on a pull-in from Arrott to FTC, it's not hard to notice how slowly the trackless goes up Frankford Ave. The wire is in such bad, shape, kinked, that the poles bounce and make that beeping noise on the dash. If you go too fast, you can lose your poles, one operator told me. SEPTA had plenty of time to get the wires "under the El" in better shape, and never did it.

Chuck Greene
And if truck drivers wouldn't keep trying to run their overheight vehicles under the El on that section and keep scraping up the wire once a week, it would still be in as good shape as it was back in 2000.
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So this also means keeping the poles on the wire while the Trackless in in the yard resting?

The new ruling is to keep the poles up on the yard wires all night. This makes the coach "warm"on the inside for the morning pull-outs.

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Just heard from my contact at SEPTA. The TT coaches are still having poor heat problems.
NEW FLYER still hasn't fixed this yet.

Dress appropriately.

Chuck Greene
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The trackless poor heat problem is getting some attention.

New Flyer is blaming Thermo-King for the HVAC problems. A tech is
adjusting all the TT coach thermostats to 72 degrees.

Thermo-King is a big manufacturer of HVAC units, we use to use them on
our Tractor Trailers.

Chuck Greene
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Rte. 75-2102 has 835 today. The heat is pretty good. Maybe they found a way to fix them.

I'm going in to town tomorrow, I'll report on what I see.
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I just got news that #800 is in service. So now we need pictures.
There is a stuck J bus, 5531 at Arrott, it lost all air pressure.
Here's the problem, the J bus, 89 bus, and 59 Trackless are all using the 75 Trackless stand. One of the 59 drivers , blew the switch, leaving on the 75 side, and his poles got caught up in the wires, hopefully it will be fixed soon, it's a mess down there. The driver of the 59 was so used to just going straight.

Chuck Greene
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