The Confederation Line system has been shut down since July 17.
There will be trial runs of trains in the coming days to ensure the system is ready, she said. Crews are working on making adjustments to repositioning of restraining rails on the curves on the $2.1-billion Confederation Line, which was shut down on July 17 after excess grease was found on the axle of one light rail vehicle during a routine inspection.
Restraining rails are a passive safety device to help keep trains from derailing. The goal in this case was to prevent the vehicle wheels from touching the safety rails at all by increasing the gap between the back wheel of each train vehicle and the restraining rail, preventing stress on the wheel hub assembly.
Repositioning the restraining rails means moving the rails about one or two millimetres, but it’s an exacting process, Amilcar said. The restraining rails are held in place by brackets that are bolted into the ground. The brackets must be moved and placed in new positions.Article content
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