It’s been a few months since I last worked on the route. I haven’t given up on the project. Due to other commitments, I haven’t had the time. To reduce my overhead, I’ll be posting updates on my main website at http://oran.hoshiru.net once again.
Finally obtained as-built plans of the DSTT retrofit.
It’s becoming more real everyday. It is time to restart construction of this virtual Link Light Rail. Even at this pace, I still believe that I can complete Link faster and cheaper than Sound Transit ;).
It’s been really busy at school and work and the project hasn’t been touched in a while. I hope to start it up again as things start to clear up, probably as late as mid-June.
Meanwhile, in the real world, Sound Transit is expanding Link light rail testing along the entire route beginning Monday, May 18. Intensive testing will happen between 6 am to 6 pm from Tukwila International Boulevard station to Stadium station just south of the transit tunnel entrance. Trains will also be tested in the downtown transit tunnel between 9 am and 3 pm. I’ll be down there to check it out.
We have a long way to go…
Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel extension of NB route in progress.
What a rollercoaster ride: believe it or not, Northgate is near the same elevation as Capitol Hill.
Now reached Northgate. Partially implemented speed limits. Total travel time Westlake to Northgate: 16.5 minutes vs ST’s 13 minutes. Must be the poorer ability to climb grades of the heavy 6-car Tube trains compared with the lighter Kinkisharyo LRVs.
As you can see the curves don’t seem to be accurate enough compared with the real map. I have to brush up on my surveying knowledge on staking out curves and attempt to recreate those nice spiral curves.
