[WIP] Los Angeles - Nippon Sharyo P865 & P2020 Metro/LRV

[Sgt_DeBones]

Forgot about Bursa

[NJTFAN1235!]

Yeaaaah. Bursa... The SG2's that got sent there. I don't understand... Why can't they be like NYC Subway's concept plan? Preserve a entire train set for service on fantrip.

[NJTFAN1235!]

Tell that to their faces! https://www.google.nl/maps/@40.2078999, ... 384!8i8192

(Streetview is a year old though, they might have been scrapped since)

Wait, what is that other train next to those SG2's? It almost looks like the RSG3.

[Michiel]

Same platform but different front: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexity_Swift

[NJTFAN1235!]

Lets hope RSG3 doesn't criticize that train.....

[Sgt_DeBones]

Lets hope RSG3 doesn't criticize that train.....

Did you know that Twins Cities Metro Transit in Minnesota also uses the Flexity Switf?
As Michiel said, same platform, different model. Every Flexity is specially customized to the authority's choice of who orders them.

Anyway, save that vehicle platforms for another topic. We're focusing on developing the P865/P2020 for a potential MSB port. I also have other object models that I have in my possession for route building assistance that I can hand over if a new American route is to be built surrounding the Nippon Sharyo's.

[NJTFAN1235!]

Signals pointing different directions?

[Sgt_DeBones]

You should know how light rail signals works. You are a NJT fan after all. Look at the Newark light rail or the Camden-Trenton River Line. That's what these transit signals are but in a regular traffic signal housing. They're exclusively for light rail trains so they don't confuse car traffic on street running sections of their line.

I think I have to make the bars skinnier.

[NJTFAN1235!]

Aren't they also like the ones seen in Simvliet 2020?

[Sgt_DeBones]

Presentation wise, yes but the difference is those signals tells you what track to use at junctions. The bar signal I'm making is a simple traffic light that buses and/or trains (city dependent) follows at intersections. It still follows the American MUTCD rules.

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As a rail operator, you treat the bar positions exactly the same as a regular color traffic signal. The bars mimics semaphore signals. Vertical is green, diagonal is yellow, and horizontal is red.

You read traffic lights like a book. From top to bottom and left to right. That is the North American standard.

It doesn't matter if the tracks curve or not. At a junction, the signal is just doubled. One for turning, one for straight. All still use the same aspects, no change. This can be seen here:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/U9v8v5fjH5LHvgfZ7?g_st=ac
...and here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/v3J9D9crp16kgHVa8?g_st=ac