There is an article in today's (Monday April 10, 2000) on a plan for the development of a high density downtown for the City of Vaughan. A key part is a subway...
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Jon E.
unimaginative2@...
Apr 10, 2000 7:21 pm
While I personally think that multiple fare zones is best, several cities still successfully operate single-zone systems despite a very large network (New York...
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Kerry Vizbar
kvizbar@...
Apr 10, 2000 8:22 pm
... From: Mark Walton To: keval@... ; transit-toronto@onelist.com Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 8:46 AM Subject: Re: <transit-toronto> Re: A couple of...
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Daniel Garcia
smallspy@...
Apr 10, 2000 9:37 pm
Hi everyone! Does anyone know if the GO trains are still being turned back at Guildwood? I'm going to check it out, and if anybody wants to, they can meet me...
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Jon E.
unimaginative2@...
Apr 10, 2000 9:39 pm
... 6,000 kilowatts is a lot of electricity for only two trains! If all of the subway trains and streetcars were put together, it must amount to an incredible...
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James Koole
trainfan@...
Apr 10, 2000 11:02 pm
The tool at the front is the switch iron used to throw track switches that are either manual operation or just stubborn electric ones. As an aside, it's a...
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Dan Hammond
hammond@...
Apr 11, 2000 12:23 am
... <snip> <snip> ... Today I have to eat my words! 6624 arrived at 8:02 AM at Yorkdale (on time in my book, especially when the driver has to battle Hwy. 400...
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James and Erin Bow
jamerinbow@...
Apr 11, 2000 1:37 am
Folks, There's been some minor updates this past week. If you haven't visited the new website for a while, come back and visit. Something may be new. Among the...
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Sp88dc@...
Apr 11, 2000 2:36 am
Yes, full go train service has been restored. Selwyn In a message dated 4/10/00 5:39:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, smallspy@... writes: << Hi everyone! ...
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Jon E.
unimaginative2@...
Apr 11, 2000 2:55 am
Does anybody know what the TTC's total peak electricity use is? Thanks, Jon ... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free...
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Rob
rhutch@...
Apr 11, 2000 8:06 am
To compliment the recent topic of rails in the movies, I saw High Fidelity tonight and it had a lot of Chicago El scenes in it. There was one nice shot of a...
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David Clark
david.a.clark@...
Apr 11, 2000 9:38 am
Hi, please remove me from your subscriber list. The content is too parochial for an outlander, such as myself. Thanks, David A. Clark....
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Mark Walton
m_walton@...
Apr 11, 2000 12:09 pm
Sounds like this would bring it within an easy walk from, AOT, CN's MacMillan Yard, near Keele and 7. Mark Walton m_walton@... ... From: "Martin Abela"...
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Mark Walton
m_walton@...
Apr 11, 2000 12:19 pm
Are you sure? 6000 kW/600 volts = 10 amps, according to my calculations. Mark Walton m_walton@... ... From: "Kerry Vizbar" <kvizbar@...> ...
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Rob M.
transfan@...
Apr 11, 2000 2:55 pm
... Actually the human body being made mostly of water and ionic species makes it a decent conductor of electricity meaning it offers a fairly low resistance...
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Robert A. King
acidhands@...
Apr 11, 2000 3:27 pm
... Mark Walton has the right idea, except that the metric unit used was kW not W, so you need to multiply by 1000 before starting, so there are actually...
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Richard Hooles
rhooles@...
Apr 11, 2000 4:45 pm
... In Toronto, it's the only one I can remember, and it's a strange decision at that, because of the fact that the Classics are going through rebuild this...
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Mark Walton
m_walton@...
Apr 11, 2000 4:56 pm
Thanks for clarifications. I had forgotten to multiply x1000. As for the TTC generating its own power, I seemed to recall that either TTC or one or more of its...
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Jon E.
unimaginative2@...
Apr 11, 2000 11:25 pm
Does anybody know the alignment of the long-proposed Mississauga transitway? Thanks, Jon ______________________________________________________ Get Your...
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Paul Beliavsky
PaulBeliavsky@...
Apr 12, 2000 12:22 am
Hi, According to my calculations, power is the product of current and voltage. P=IV, I=P/V, So 6000kW = 6,000,000W, 6,000,000/600 = 10,000Amps I hope that...
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Mark Walton
m_walton@...
Apr 12, 2000 12:16 pm
Yes, it does, or it goes a long way towards it, at any rate. Thanks. But what does the I stand for? My guess is P would be power and V, voltage; is I current? ...
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Olivier, Michael
mikeolivier@...
Apr 12, 2000 12:32 pm
Hollywood cartoons: Some old Bugs Bunny cartoons showed streetcar tracks down main streets (tho no streetcars), between skyscrapers. Most cities had streetcars...
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r2dupuis@...
Apr 12, 2000 12:43 pm
Another classic example of trams coming under a public utility's umbrella was in St. John, where the streetcars were operated in later years by the New...
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James Bow
jamerinbow@...
Apr 12, 2000 1:16 pm
... I certainly would not dismiss the idea. I do consider it a missed opportunity that more deadheads aren't converted into passenger runs. I mean, what does...
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Robert A. King
acidhands@...
Apr 12, 2000 4:31 pm
That's right, I is used to represent current because C is already used to represent the Coulomb (spelling?) and c for the speed of light. Another letter had...
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Michael Brooker
keval@...
Apr 12, 2000 6:09 pm
... Back in the days when children's tickets were limited to kids under 56" (or was it 58"?) tall, the driver could have used the notch that was stamped into ...
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Mark Walton
m_walton@...
Apr 12, 2000 6:57 pm
Following is a link to a very awakening (to say the least!) article about oil supplies over time. It's called "When Will the Joy Ride End?"; it's at ...
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Rob M.
transfan@...
Apr 12, 2000 9:40 pm
... Actually Q is the symbol for Coulombs (which is the product of current times time, ie. Q=It and thus I=Q/T or coulombs per second) C is used in electrical...
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Jon E.
unimaginative2@...
Apr 12, 2000 9:49 pm
... I believe that the company that you're speaking of is Brascan. It was originally the electricity utility in Brazil, but was run and owned by Canadians....
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Robert A. King
acidhands@...
Apr 12, 2000 11:37 pm
I've never seen Q used to represent Coulombs, or C to represent capacitence whose base unit is the Farad, named after the scientist Michael Faraday. Since the...
