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Re: Pic: Yukon '99 O5 #6308 with pull cord |
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Posted by lbt 9415 on Sat Nov 15 23:13:42 2008, in response to Pic: Yukon '99 O5 #6308 with pull cord, posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Sat Nov 15 20:17:06 2008. the pull cords are too high up. |
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Re: Pic: Yukon '99 O5 #6308 with pull cord |
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Posted by R32 B Train on Sun Nov 16 00:21:39 2008, in response to Pic: Yukon '99 O5 #6308 with pull cord, posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Sat Nov 15 20:17:06 2008. Thats how it was like on the old private lines and SEPTA's high floors. However, on the 1994-95 Bee Line Orions, the cord is in a lower position. |
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Re: Pic: Yukon '99 O5 #6308 with pull cord |
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Posted by lbt 9415 on Sun Nov 16 00:54:16 2008, in response to Pic: Yukon '99 O5 #6308 with pull cord, posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Sat Nov 15 20:17:06 2008. our 1983-84 Neoplan AN440s and the '88-91 Flxible Metros used to have the pull cords in the high position. This made it difficult for short people and those in the aisle seat to reach over the person next to them and pull the cord. The 1992 TMCs are the only ones in our fleet with the pullcord way up there. |
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Re: Pic: Yukon '99 O5 #6308 with pull cord |
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Posted by dontwalkhand on Wed Nov 19 10:28:05 2008, in response to Re: Pic: Yukon '99 O5 #6308 with pull cord, posted by lbt 9415 on Sun Nov 16 00:54:16 2008. Can anyone explain to me the advantages of a pull cord vs. the stop tape and why the MTA is trying to convert to them all of a sudden?The opposite site with Valley Metro here in Phoenix, converting to push buttons and stop tape. |
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Re: Pic: Yukon '99 O5 #6308 with pull cord |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Wed Nov 19 11:05:36 2008, in response to Re: Pic: Yukon '99 O5 #6308 with pull cord, posted by dontwalkhand on Wed Nov 19 10:28:05 2008. Pull cords are much more cost effective and easier to maintain. That silly touch tape is just technology for technologies sake. |
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Re: Pic: Yukon '99 O5 #6308 with pull cord |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Wed Nov 19 14:28:02 2008, in response to Pic: Yukon '99 O5 #6308 with pull cord, posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Sat Nov 15 20:17:06 2008. Ok as long as it has a lockout mechanism to prevent it being rung again before the bus stops and the door opens.How many of us can remember on the Fishbowls and Flxs when some uh, "youths" would just pull the cord over and over, as fast as their arms could move? (I suppose that may have happened on the occasional Old Look, but I don't remember) |
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Re: Pic: Yukon '99 O5 #6308 with pull cord |
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Posted by Ken S. on Wed Nov 19 14:32:13 2008, in response to Re: Pic: Yukon '99 O5 #6308 with pull cord, posted by MainR3664 on Wed Nov 19 14:28:02 2008. And the PBL GM RTS buses as well. |
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Re: Pic: Yukon '99 O5 #6308 with pull cord |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Wed Nov 19 15:35:34 2008, in response to Re: Pic: Yukon '99 O5 #6308 with pull cord, posted by Ken S. on Wed Nov 19 14:32:13 2008. "PBL" = private bus lines?I have no experience with RTSs, outside of the MTA. |
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Re: Pic: Yukon '99 O5 #6308 with pull cord |
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Posted by Ken S. on Wed Nov 19 17:14:59 2008, in response to Re: Pic: Yukon '99 O5 #6308 with pull cord, posted by MainR3664 on Wed Nov 19 15:35:34 2008. Yep, people would ring the bells on the GMs quite frequently. |
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Re: Pic: Yukon '99 O5 #6308 with pull cord |
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Posted by dontwalkhand on Wed Nov 19 18:44:21 2008, in response to Re: Pic: Yukon '99 O5 #6308 with pull cord, posted by MainR3664 on Wed Nov 19 14:28:02 2008. Yes, but the pull cords,all they do is basically function just like the touch tape, send a "digital signal" with a "digital bell", not an actual bell like the Fishbowls. |
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