When I think government contract abuse I think Accenture, but that's just me.
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Hearing news of a monorail crash today.
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When I think government contract abuse I think Accenture, but that's just me.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Oh yeah them as well, You know that they are the demon spawn of Arthur Anderson, Yes THAT company the auditor who enabled ENRON to defraud millions.
s8film40
Well-Known Member
I doubt a timeframe will be announced, but I would expect it to be out for about 6 months.
ArtificialArtist
Well-Known Member
There's not much positive to read about the monorails in recent years :/
I feel obliged to brighten the mood a little:
I don't know if this has been answered before but the front section is not as sturdy as it looks, most of the structurally important parts are at the monorail's skirt-height, and that structure extends to about half the cockpit-cabin's length. If two monorails collide in an accident the cockpit structure will either dodge down or tilt upwards (If A dodges, B tilts upwards and vice versa) and break apart in the process (depending on force). You can see it on the footage available from the monorail collision. This is because the hull is basically a structure of its own, made of a fiberglass(?) compound, figuratively sitting on the ledge of the structural-frame, which therefore absorbs most of the kinetic energy. They likely didn't reinforce the cockpit structurally as the monorail system was intended for single-lane use, therefore having a close-to-zero risk of intervehicular collisions.
I feel obliged to brighten the mood a little:
I don't know if this has been answered before but the front section is not as sturdy as it looks, most of the structurally important parts are at the monorail's skirt-height, and that structure extends to about half the cockpit-cabin's length. If two monorails collide in an accident the cockpit structure will either dodge down or tilt upwards (If A dodges, B tilts upwards and vice versa) and break apart in the process (depending on force). You can see it on the footage available from the monorail collision. This is because the hull is basically a structure of its own, made of a fiberglass(?) compound, figuratively sitting on the ledge of the structural-frame, which therefore absorbs most of the kinetic energy. They likely didn't reinforce the cockpit structurally as the monorail system was intended for single-lane use, therefore having a close-to-zero risk of intervehicular collisions.
NormC
Well-Known Member
That was three years ago. How is it progressing now? Trains running yet? I know the Simonsway/Shadowmoss lines outside of my office in Atlas Park were progressing nicely last time I was there but that was two years ago.
We're running still a mix of new and old signalling systems. The network now runs to East Didsbury, Rochdale and the Airport as well as earlier routes but implementing Thales' TMS system is still being done a bit at a time. Half the tram fleet can't run on old lines, some of the rest can't run on the new lines, and a few can run on both since they carry both the old and the new signalling hardware onboard.
PhotoDave219
Well-Known Member
Can we As a whole start posting a date in the subject line of these threads? Thanks
Lucky
Well-Known Member
I suggested that a while back in this thread and was ridiculed by the OP. She said each post has a date.
s8film40
Well-Known Member
Kind of sad that that's necessary, but I agree.
NormC
Well-Known Member
It was fun to watch all the construction up Shadowmoss towards the airport while sitting in my classroom. Hopefully they will sort it all out. We have moved to Wilmslow on the other side of the airport now but we still own the Atlas Park building.
Tom
Beta Return
It's a remarkably perfect condensing of the train, that's for sure.