Talk:Washington Metro rolling stock

Original vs. rehabbed
For the Rohrs, and the 2000 and 3000 Bredas, we need to separate out the facts/figures for these cars as originally delivered, vs. how they exist rehabilitated. I'll play with it some more when I get home, but I just thought I'd throw that one out there. I plan on doing some more reworking on the article when I get home as well. SchuminWeb (Talk) 00:02, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Rearrangement
I rearranged the article a little bit - what do you think? SchuminWeb (Talk) 09:16, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Stopping sounds
I think it would be great to add some detail on what makes the particular braking sounds. It seems to be a hot topic on YouTube to speculate what makes the noise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is5vzJPBksQ ("electrical reversal in which the motors are braking speed to stop the train"), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6dc5JdMgd0 ("the sounds come from devices called GTO thyristors, which feed pulses (the gear changing sounds) of current to the traction motors") Bajenkins (talk) 04:00, 13 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, the 3000 and 4000-Series Bredas get their distinctive buzz from an electronic "chopper", but as for the others, I couldn't tell you right offhand. Either way, though, I would think that descriptions of these sounds would be better placed in a different article than this one, perhaps one on AC motors? SchuminWeb (Talk) 05:37, 13 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Some people think the motors are essentially being put into reverse to stop the train, some think they are being used in regenerative braking, and some think it's just normal motor noise. I don't see the harm in adding two or three sentences to the effect of 1) the buzzing is made by chopper-controlled DC motors in the unrehabbed 3k/4k series, and the whirring/whistling is caused by xxx in the AC motors. and 2) it's motor-reversal/regenerative/whatever braking. Moreover, I think it would be better to put the information in this article than as an aside in a AC/DC motor article. Bajenkins (talk) 22:02, 13 January 2008 (UTC)


 * YouTube speculation is not a reliable source for inclusion in Wikipedia articles. If the mechanics behind Metrorail breaking sounds are documented by reliable sources, I'd favor their use in cited references with a related article. &mdash;Adavidb 01:06, 14 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm certainly not suggesting YouTube speculation is a reliable source of information. It's just that I noticed the widely varying theories and came to Wikipedia looking for the correct answer. I was kind of amazed that it was not mentioned anywhere. Bajenkins (talk) 17:28, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Alstom for 7000-Series?
This question is mainly directed at Fan Railer, but if anyone knows: Where does it show that Alstom won the bid for the 7000's? From what I can tell, bids have been requested, but no winning bid has been named. SchuminWeb (Talk) 01:54, 26 February 2009 (UTC)


 * my bad, i was suppose to delete the alsom thing, since i copied the datatable from the 6000 series section, but got caught up in putting new info on it that i forgot to delete it. according to the attatched document, we won't know the selected builder until the third quarter of this year, with the prototype cars arriving the second quarter of 2012.Fan Railer (talk) 03:01, 26 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, sounds good. I figured it was probably a goof, but wanted to ask just to make sure. SchuminWeb (Talk) 04:50, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Article for possible future use
http://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/news/WMATA-to-put-first-of-new-cars-in-service--10634 SchuminWeb (Talk) 19:04, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

New Images for the 7000 Series
Updated images from the public unveiling now available. We should update: http://www.flickr.com/photos/metroforward/sets/72157629547185295/ http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Lx3TjngvNMs/ThXtTpJFNaI/AAAAAAAABzc/mnT0rJx260U/s1600/newmetro.jpg http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=4971 Fan Railer (talk) 14:12, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Floor height
Washington Metro rolling stock. CAF specs show a floor heght of 1000 mm and Ansaldobreda specs a floor height of 40 in, so 38+1/2 in is phantasy. Peter Horn User talk 02:24, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

rehabilitation?
Rehabilitation is a very odd word to use here. Wouldn't refurbishment be more appropriate? 82.46.109.233 (talk) 08:56, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

6000 series section out of date
There's a great deal of text talking about tests from some years back as if they are still ongoing. Mangoe (talk) 20:57, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Split 7000 series into separate article
The section for the 7000 series trains needs to go into a separate article. J4lambert (talk) 19:16, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

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Special Trains - Pickle and Money Train
I saw in the article that the 8000 series was going to be the replacement for some of the older stock. Cited in a PDF from 2008. I also found that the "money train" cars were renumber to the first four spots in the 8000 series. I'd like to update that section and also include a section about the TGV or Pickle. Do you think it should be in this article or in the main DC Metro article? Chuckbenson (talk) 17:43, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Summary
The summary table does not match the cited numbers of trains in service, and seems to represent original research. Are there any references for these numbers Zr2d2 (talk) 13:56, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

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Citation for number of 7000-series cars in service?
Does anyone have a citation for the number of 7000-series cars that are currently in service?Daybeers (talk) 00:17, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Number of cars in lead
Hello fellow Wikipedians! I'm not sure what the 1,138 number is in the lead: I tried to do some calculations and I think it used to be the total number not including newly-wrecked cars and the 7000-series. Should it be updated to reflect the cars which are currently in active service, or the number of cars ordered so far? Daybeers (talk) 18:42, 16 February 2018 (UTC)


 * According to page 148, there are 1238 currently owned cars, and 1132 in service, as of November.--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:00, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I realized I never thanked you for this! I know you saw my edit with the updated information because you sent me thanks for it, but I still wanted to thank you for this link! Daybeers (talk) 22:16, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
 * There is no reason to say sorry. Thanks for your work.--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 22:26, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

2016-2017
Breda 2016-2017 are currently being converted to serve as a money train pair for the system. If anyone can find an article, or picture about it and add it to the 2000 series section, it’ll be good to go. Transitfilms6420 (talk) 18:03, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

5000 Series as Deicer Train
Earlier I heard that there were 5000 Series running as an "Deicer Train" today (1/29/19) and I'm unsure if anybody will have a source or picture evidence so we can add it to the section. We have it on facebook though as somebody said.

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Aging the only replacement reason?
Does anyone think aging is the only reason why the 7000 series replaced the 1000-series, the 4000-series and the 5000-series?