TriMet One of the best transportation services i must say. I wish there was a museum where we could see all of the old vehicles that were used. All i can remember how people were able to smoke on the bus times have really changed.
RIP type 1s you are my fav railcar old and reliable, yesterday when i was passing elmo yard i saw a line up 0f 5 type 1s with a type 6 hidden in the back, hopefully they will keep a car like the MTA does for retro rides. it brings a tear to my eye seeing my childhood railcar getting scraped
And to think the type 2 and 3 cars could have been like these if Trimet with a normal, high platform height like most metro systems. But because of this, we ended up stuck with the loud, uncomfortable, suspensionless (you can feel every imperfection of the track) and unreliable Siemens SD660 turds. Didn't think we could do worse than those, and then the Siemens S70 happened. Wish Trimet would go back to Bombardier or get something decent from Alstom or build in-house (since they bought Colorado Railcar).
I'm in tears..😢😢😢 I loved those when I lived in Portland in 1989-97. I'm sad to see those go but when I visit again there will be new equipment... I'm glad you're saving one!
I rode these all the time when my family would visit Portland when I was a child(2007-2014 or thereabouts). Sad to see them go, but at least they're going into the history books and staying in our memories.
Contrary to what a lot of operators would say, they were fun to operate! It took special handling to be able to give a smooth ride. I always enjoyed having a 1 in my consist.
And honestly even if the operator wasn't a perfectionist, it's amazing how much the suspension on those cars could soak up. Those could sail through high-traffic intersections and you wouldn't even feel the ruts, meanwhile all the SD660s and S70s will try to knock you on your ass, and that's when you're near the cabs. Like trying to stand in a major earthquake the closer to midcar you get. Terrible, no idea why we bought three fleets of those godawful things. There were a lot of features I really appreciated as a passenger, too, like the fact the heat worked way better on those cars than any other and there was more room and more floorspace for more passengers on those than any other cars except the S700 (type 5 and 6) despite having the smallest interior. All the dead space above people's heads was what isn't a thing on the Bombardier cars, and that's space that doesn't have to be heated or cooled, so the less of that, the better. All the other cars had to work around the wheels in various oddball ways that took space away from passengers. And it could have been avoided if Portland went with high platforms for its metro system like a normal city... Literally all my complaints about the HVAC on any of the trainsets could entirely be mitigated if operators were more prone to "release" doors and if doors timed out in release mode (like after 15 seconds or so, the door returns to being closed-but-unlocked) so the heat stays out in the summer and in during the winter a little easier, with the added benefit of being a bit dryer on wet days.
@@BalooUriza funny you say that about the doors on release. At the end of the line stations, it’s actually SOP to close the doors and put them on release, however, a good 95% of operators leave the doors open on purpose. All have their excuses and reasonings but it screws up the HVACs. Then wonder why they never work.
@@finalanswer19 I'm old enough to remember it being SOP to release doors only at any stop in jacket weather (even if passengers ended up opening all 8 doors anyway at transfer island stations) and stop request cables since stops were by request east of Lloyd Center.
@@BalooUriza there was talk (2+ish years ago?) about reinstating that as a policy to lower doors-off-platform rule violations. It was studied and even a few trips done with that as “practice runs”. The train lost no time because of it. So what did management do? They threw that out because it “would be too confusing” and went with a stricter, morale-destroying rule instead. Ironically, after the new rule went into affect, doors-off-platform violations went down for new operators but went up for veteran operators. One particular manager at TriMet blames ODOT for requiring that specific thing when in reality all ODOT said was to find a way to reduce violations and that guy with a big head did his own thing anyway and shoved it down everybody’s throats. Anyway, I’m ranting now. 🤪 but yes, I agree, doors on release as a standard practice is a good idea.
So none to any other transit system. Like some of San Diego's LRVs went to Mendoza Argentina for its light rail. Eighteen for a light rail line in Knoxville til Tennessee outlawed and criminalized light rail development.
I would love to see another Transit Agency that would get the Type 1s. Also Tennessee is very stupid for outlawing Light Rail. We should be building more
@@rosecitybusman129 it's not really outlawed, but the governor, legislature and TDOT all have to approve any development. And since Tennessee is super gerrymandered GOP, it may as well be illegal.
