Recent content by Metroscapes

Rail service returning to Iroquois Falls. https://www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/article/locomotive-returns-to-iroquois-falls-after-more-than-a-decade/

It's perimeter is concrete, they couldn't have made it all concrete?

The additional fence is terrible. OBC requirement combined with laziness / value engineering, and rooted in the worthy principle of not letting people (especially small kids) fall from great heights, but one that is affecting the aesthetic of many projects involving bridges and other overlooks...

From Michael Lindsay on LinkedIn, since I didn't see anything posted on here. Seems to confirm the driver was on the southern access road, plowed through the fence and onto the tracks.

Adjusting for inflation, about $2.3 million in profit.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/why-does-winter-weather-seem-to-throw-the-finch-west-lrt-off-track/article_f6798a57-2c1e-4c9b-bc1f-1598914188ae.html

I saw that and figured since I didn't see a peep here or on reddit, that it wasn't. According to 'a source', this a disabled train that got stuck leaving the yard, and then the rescue train got stuck as well.

VIA Corridor service will remain 𝖺̶𝖿̶𝗍̶𝖾̶𝗋̶ if Alto is built, but that's a minor quibble tangential to this discussion.

For what it's worth, the current PDF now restores display of the weekend service to/from Guelph and Kitchener.

Pulling from the 2011 EPR. Current Oshawa GO (or whatever its sponsored name is) was to be replaced immediately to the north. Way better curvature here.

November 1, 2025.

Ah nevermind, I was misremembering, the unfinished south ramp is what I was thinking of. Kay, no progress.

That's progress from beginning of November, because that deck was not in place when I was there!

Did anyone catch this release yesterday? I actually really like it, it sheds a light on all the decision-making and thought behind operations and maintenance. Maybe something we could use down at Queens Quay?

To be fair, many many many paths and sidewalks in southern Ontario cities looked like this; a warm-up followed by a flash freeze. But that's also a symptom of many southern Ontario cities not being proactive or sophisticated enough to pre-clear / pre-treat before weather like this.