Multiple Options

futuristic options

The MO crew did some compare and contrast riding of novelty transit options this weekend. The monorail was notable for its impressive speed and interior layout. The SLUT was notable for its unimpressive slowness and insessant honking.
We concluded that Monorail and SLUT are primarily novelties and not of great intereast to the serious spotter.

More of interest: A Metro maintainance crew was observed working on a stranded 4200 series coach. A worker noted that it had the "old battery" and therefore lost power when the handi-ramp was lowered. hmmm...

posted by jonglix @ 4:25 PM 0 comments

Hot coach

No this is not the usual complaint about excessive heating on Metro coaches.
"Hot coach" refers to a coach that has recieved a power surge from the trolley wires.
The coach is dangerous to touch from the outside so no one can get on or off, but people already inside are safe. After the surge the coach loses power and becomes stranded. A driver on the 49 route infromed me of this this morning as we passed a stranded 4200 series coach. I was also informed that the inbound 49 was rerouted to the "43 wire" due to floooding of the Campus Pkwy underpass at the University Bridge. The flooding was confirmed in person (a minivan appeared stranded).

posted by jonglix @ 10:52 AM 0 comments