MPM-10
Render of future subway cars
Render of future subway cars
In service February 2014-
Manufacturer Bombardier & Alstom
Built at La Pocatière (Bombardier),
Sorel-Tracy (Alstom)
Replaced MR-63
Constructed 2011-?
Entered service Not yet in service
Number under construction Order of 468 cars (52 sets)
Number in service 0
Formation 9 articulated cars per train
Operator Société de transport de Montréal
Depot(s) N/A
Line(s) served planned to be put in service on Line 2 Orange (Montreal Metro)
Specifications
Doors 3 per side
Traction system Alstom AC propulsion system
Power supply 750-volt DC third rail
Bogies 2 sets per car
Safety system(s) ATC (ATO)
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)

The MPM-10 (which stands for Montréal Pneumatic Material 2010) are the future Montreal Metro subway trains set to be put in service in 2014. A test train will first be delivered in 2013. They will replace the aging MR-63 trains starting from 2014. The last MR-63 trains are to be retired by 2017.

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History [link]

In May 2006, the Government of Quebec announced the negotiation of a $1.2 billion contract to replace the MR-63 metro fleet of 336 cars. Alstom voiced its dismay over directly awarding the contract (to Bombardier) without a bidding process. Negotiations between the STM and Bombardier were to be ongoing until 2007. The negotiations focused on the project's cost controls, terms of contract, train specifications and warranty. If negotiations had failed, the Quebec government and the STM would have reverted to a bidding process.

On January 10, 2008, Quebec Superior Court Judge Joel Silcoff rendered his decision regarding Alstom's filing of legal action against the Quebec government's ministry of transportation. The latter sought to by-pass the bidding process, citing that Bombardier was the only domestic candidate capable of fulfilling the eventual contract. Silcoff ruled in favour of Alstom, enabling the company to bid on the contract.


As of February 6, 2008, the Government of Quebec decided to begin the bidding process, which would serve to save time, delaying delivery of the first trains by 9 to 12 months.

On October 5, 2010, the Quebec government officially gave the contract to Bombardier-Alstom, valued at $3 billion. The new cars are expected to start rolling by February 2014.[1][2]

Specifications [link]

The 468 new cars, arranged in 52 nine-car sets, will feature full-width walkways between the cars which can be occupied by passengers, resulting in higher train capacities.[3] They will also be equipped with an air suspension system, larger windows and doors, and wheelchair spaces, although the vast majority of Metro stations are not wheelchair-accessible yet. They will also feature more natural lighting, high definition televisions, a new PA system and surveillance cameras.[4] News reports also suggest that the new rubber-tire train will have to meet very demanding performance requirements: higher speeds (up to 80 km/h or 50 mph), powerful acceleration, high-speed gradeability, high-performance brakes, good ride comfort, low noise, low maintenance costs, low energy costs and high levels of reliability. Improving on the performance levels of the current fleet and developing new rolling-stock capable of using sheer speed as a means of increasing line capacity will represent a major challenge to Bombardier and Alstom.[5][6] It is the second type of subway train with open gangways in Canada, the first being the Toronto Rocket for the Toronto Transit Commission.

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MPM (automobile)

The M.P.M. was an automobile built in Mount Pleasant, Michigan by the Mount Pleasant Motor Company from 1914 to 1915. The M.P.M. was a medium-sized conventional car equipped with both a four- and eight-cylinder engine. The company had plans to move its manufacturing plant to either Alma or Saginaw at the end of 1915, but the company closed before that happened.

References

  • G.N. Georgano (1968). The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to Present. 

  • Peace

    Peace is between different social groups and characterized by lack of violence or conflict behaviors, and the freedom from fear of violence. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility and retribution, peace also suggests sincere attempts at reconciliation, the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the establishment of equality, and a working political order that serves the true global interests.

    Etymology

    The term 'peace' originates most recently from the Anglo-French pes, and the Old French pais, meaning "peace, reconciliation, silence, agreement" (11th century). But, Pes itself comes from the Latin pax, meaning "peace, compact, agreement, treaty of peace, tranquility, absence of hostility, harmony." The English word came into use in various personal greetings from c.1300 as a translation of the Hebrew word shalom, which, according to Jewish theology, comes from a Hebrew verb meaning 'to restore'. Although 'peace' is the usual translation, however, it is an incomplete one, because 'shalom,' which is also cognate with the Arabic salaam, has multiple other meanings in addition to peace, including justice, good health, safety, well-being, prosperity, equity, security, good fortune, and friendliness. At a personal level, peaceful behaviors are kind, considerate, respectful, just, and tolerant of others' beliefs and behaviors — tending to manifest goodwill.

    At Peace

    At Peace (stylised as @peace) was a New Zealand hip hop group. The group comprised lyricist and vocalist Tom Scott, also of the hip-hop group Home Brew; lyricist and vocalist Lui Tuiasau, formerly of hip-hop duo Nothing To Nobody; and producers Christoph El Truento, Dandruff Dicky and B Haru.

    At Peace released three albums between 2012 and 2014 before the group's breakup in 2015. In 2014 they released a song which included lyrics threatening to kill John Key and have sex with his daughter.

    Discography

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  • At Peace and the Plutonian Noise Symphony (2014) No. 3 NZ
  • References

    External links

  • Official website
  • At Peace on Bandcamp

  • J. C. Schütz

    Johan Christher Schütz is a Swedish singer, songwriter, music producer and multi-instrumentalist. In 2010 he also introduced the side-project Peacebird.

    Schütz has released five albums; four under his own name and one album as Peacebird. He has also written musicals and composed instrumental music for short films. He has done four Japan tours, the first in 2007. As of 2012, 85% of his songs are continuously being played in radio or TV, mainly in Europe and Japan, but also in North and South America. In reviews, Schütz is often referred to as a "genius" or "champion" singer/songwriter.

    Biography

    Raised outside the small town of Mjölby, Östergötland he started singing and playing musical instruments, such as drums and electric organ, very early. Aged seven, he found a guitar in a trash container, an experience that he says changed his life, as he decided to dedicate his life to music. During a period in 1999 he was living in London on a songwriting grant from STIM (Swedish copyright collecting society) where he wrote songs and performed live in acoustic clubs several times a week, something he says was very important to improve his stage presence and performance quality, and after returning to Sweden the newspaper Östgöta Correspondenten wrote in a review of one of his live performances in 2001 that he had become "a mature artist".

    Podcasts:

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