The cars remind me of when the MBTA put their first Boeing-Vertol light rail vehicles in service, cars ran fine but the doors wouldn't open or close correctly. BV final long got the Dorris working correctly after several redesigns of the doors from over 1200 parts in as shipped from the factory to just under 60 parts where they finally worked and didn't fail. Turns out one of the Boeing designers spend more than a few hours at night going over the door mechanism of a Type 5 car built in 1926 to learn how old time streetcar makers built them. He was shocked when he realized only air pressure held the doors closed with no locking mechanism. Essentially that's what BV had to to to make the doors work with as little trouble as possible. Boeing thought they'd work fine with aviation technology. San Francisco had the same problems with the doors Boston had. It took over a year and 7 redesigns before they finally had a workable door system. Count your lucky stars you bought from Siemens.
Love this! Quick question to ask: are you going to be doing full line rides for all the MAX lines? I'm trying to find some already existing ones, and all they have are just short portions of lines.
Thanks Stephen :) You full-filled my Tram Nerd needs for today :)
Great video sir!! I have been on that same streetcar before. Keep up the great work, would love to see MAX full lines too!
Amazing!
The cars remind me of when the MBTA put their first Boeing-Vertol light rail vehicles in service, cars ran fine but the doors wouldn't open or close correctly. BV final long got the Dorris working correctly after several redesigns of the doors from over 1200 parts in as shipped from the factory to just under 60 parts where they finally worked and didn't fail. Turns out one of the Boeing designers spend more than a few hours at night going over the door mechanism of a Type 5 car built in 1926 to learn how old time streetcar makers built them. He was shocked when he realized only air pressure held the doors closed with no locking mechanism. Essentially that's what BV had to to to make the doors work with as little trouble as possible.
Boeing thought they'd work fine with aviation technology. San Francisco had the same problems with the doors Boston had. It took over a year and 7 redesigns before they finally had a workable door system.
Count your lucky stars you bought from Siemens.
Love this! Quick question to ask: are you going to be doing full line rides for all the MAX lines? I'm trying to find some already existing ones, and all they have are just short portions of lines.
I been there I was just came back in 2016
What's the name of the intro music?