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It was especially myopic for the REM not to continue just that one last stop to Dorval Station for the VIA, Exo, and STM bus connections.

If I were VIA (and assuming the legacy services remain, at least for the decade of construction) I can't understand why Dorval is named...

DPU trains (remotes in middle & tail) are Ferrari's compared to a conventional train (all locomotives on head end). As engineer, it's...

Looks like there was a yard derailment

There are plenty of maintenance workers out there, working under CROR protection rules. But that is running maintenance - and likely...

There is a huge difference in the knowledge and training requirements for the average highway construction worker and forepersons versus...

PS While looking for the On/Off Corridor explanation, I did stumble across this image from the ML Board Meeting of May 19 2019, which...

LOL As usual, the most concise explanation of on-corridor vs off-corridor comes not from ML but from others interpreting their work...

What may happen is both sides are built out with five sections and then the center section is used to join the two sides

As a bit of an addendum to this.... Modern locos can develop in excess of 150,000 pounds of drawbar pull on the first knuckle - each...

Opinions vary on which locos perform better and in what service. It's interesting to note where certain models actually end up. The...

A break-in-two means the train has broken into two (or maybe more) sections, usually because a coupler knuckle breaks -or more...

Looks like the first half of the Lower Don Crossing is all ready for it's shift over the DVP next weekend. Eastern bridge: Maybe...

I'm no expert either, but I am really impressed with how fast and furious the work is progressing between Cherry Street and Danforth GO...

Well, actually, many footings have been getting installed along the new retaining walls as these were erected. What's being done now is...