Yesterday I went on a simulator for The Orion VII at the TTC Operations Training Center for the orion VII (both Gens). The instructor said I did well for someone without a drivers license. The mock-up is a regular drivers cabin with 5 flat screen Tvs to make it look like I really was driving the bus! They also have orion VII's from NYC Bus/MTA Bus and San Mateo County Transit District (Samtrans) as well. Any Questions?
Best Simulator ever!
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jeffmorris
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Do you have photos of the bus simulator at the TTC Operations Training Center? What did they teach you? I think that NYCTA has either bus or subway simulator but I'm not sure.
My father and uncles all work for bus companies. Currently my dad is a supervisor at RTD (formerly "SMART" the stockton transit system) but he used to be a maitenece instructor over at Samtrans. Simulators are fun, but there is not substitute for the real thing. Growing up, Ive spent quite a bit of time at the shops in san mateo, and when the yards were empty, they used to let me drive a few buses around. Standard ones and even their articulated fleet. By now I can say that I know these beasts inside and out and can troubleshoot them almost as good as the pros. Simularly, my uncles work over at VTA, the transit system for the san jose-fremont area. Buses are just flat out fun to drive XD
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Doesn't have anything to do with trains but speaking of simulators: Way back many years ago, United used to let people rent time on their 707 simulators at Denver's Stapleton Airport. I got two hours for my birthday once. It was awesome flying them. I took off from Denver, flew to Salt Lake City. Then shot some landings at Hong Kong, Manila, and New York.
Bill
Bill
I Was taught how to operate an Orion VII (both 1st Gen and Next Gen as they both have the same cabs. I was taught everything on operating the orion VII (the mock-up is identicalt to the real thing). anyway, here are some pictures from the internet:
Rear Tv that shows the back of the bus
The full simulator
Showing the screens ahead (those are a few flat screen Tvs
I hope you like what you see. New bus drivers are first put on this simulator before they get to drive a real bus. It prepares drivers for everything like emergency vehicles, fighting on the bus and fires. There also is traffic and pedestrians (they will j-walk as well). For just 500 000 dollars canadian, this could be yours.
jeffmorris
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About 25 years ago, I saw an old kind of a driving simulator using what looked like the body of a bumper car from an amusement park and mirrors behind the driver's head. I think that it used videos.