Recent content by Metroscapes

I'm going to be that guy that kicks a thread created 18 years ago, started by a user not seen since COVID vaccinations started rolling out, and post some pictures first shared on BlueSky. I'm not a professional and lean on my phone camera, but I focus on documenting rather than expending too...

If anything, today's weather may cause issues in Wellington / Waterloo and west Halton / Hamilton due to ice. These areas were projected to be the worst prior to GO issuing the service adjustment. Why it warranted systemwide adjustment is beyond me.

I am less knowledgable than Dan, but will guess that TTR probably is most familiar with what lies below the tracks. In addition to the signals, there was lots of infrastructure supporting heating from the Central Heating Plant throughout the corridor. The CHP is long gone, but I imagine the...

As per the track standards I posted earlier, I believe it's referring to the "screw spike" that, as per "Spiking Pattern E", needs to be at all four corners of the plate, in addition to the clips.

2030 is: 8 years since the EA was finalized 16 years since a ribbon cutting ceremony highlighted this as a Pan Am Path legacy project At least 25 years since the trail was constructed from Cardell Ave over the river and under the 401

More from Michael Lindsay on LinkedIn.

They should really give the light plastic a buff, that's so haggard.

I'm just glad we're far past that ugly pale yellow 1990s MSPaint-looking map.

I think this photo shows why detailed track inspections are not being undertaken and defects would be hard to detect. The snow is caked over the corridor. Normally Toronto doesn't have so much snow, and we've had a couple undesirable melts due to temperature and/or rain to better expose the...

Out of curiousity, I looked a couple of these up in the MTS. "Effective immediately, all curves within the Union Station Rail Corridor must have a weekly walking curve inspection compliant with MTS 15.6.2." "Spiking pattern in conformance of requirements in Appendix R of the Metrolinx Track...

I think you're on to something with the loco being derailed. Again, quality is crap and it's difficult to distinguish from normal sway, but it seems the locomotive is already derailed, and the misalignment between it and the last coach makes it "pop" violently as it hits the switch. That's just...

No bloody map. Is it basically the same as what was approved years ago?

This is a significant cold snap, one that has pushed the Great Lakes beyond the max ice cover seen around February 21 last year (~52%), and it's climbing at a very fast rate compared to other years. I think it's plausible that it's going to drive some issues.

This reminds me of a time at work. A metal bar that was part of a gate mechanism on a small dam got bent out of shape and rendered inoperable until it was replaced. It was raised during a regular weekly engineering meeting, and most people around the table rolled their eyes and vented that a...

There should be a TSB report, as they are a very capable body that does excellent and thorough investigative work. But since GO is a provincial transit company and it's on a Metrolinx right-of-way, all safety investigations are provincial jurisdiction. TSB only gets brought in at MTO's request.