Recent content by micheal_can

That switch of transportation mode is one more reason not to do it. If Energy East was not a switch of NG pipeline over to bitumen, it might have been accepted. I know that pipeline well, and in the 1990s there was a blowout in Northern ON. While horrible, it burned off as apposed to polluting...

Halifax is a year round ice free deep water port. Churchill, and the St Lawrence Seaway are not. This makes things that much more difficult to ship via those routes.That does not mean they should not be explored, it just means it is harder to do it.

What do you do in winter when the Seaway is closed?

Could they not move them to Capreol and connect them to the Canadian as it passes through? A much shorter reroute, and regularly done with CN crews.

Define economic viability please. As I see this, there is no plans for anything but a passenger train that would serve tourist camps. All of that is an economic driver for the area. That to me sound like an economic viable thing.

Do we know what will become of the North Bay transfer yard? This sale has made it redundant.

Is there enough space for 4 tracks to the last GO station?

The thing is, by the time the desire to travel gets back to pre "whatever this mess is" levels, ALTO may be operational and the number of slots in YYZ is opened due to the reduction of flights that ALTO can replace.

Assuming that US travel will go back to how it was after the next election assumes that we ignore the 4 years prior. Some will, but many won't. Business people will still fly, but for the regular vacationer, many won't return, or will greatly reduce their travel..

I know no one is expecting high speed on this route, but improving the segments where they can to get it closer to that average speed would improve overall rider experience, and would help in the event of slow travel speed due to congestion south of Washago.

Wouldn't Englehart to Washago/MackYard be too far in one go for the freight?

It was done about 10 years ago but no rails were laid. This is being done due to the twinning to take place, hopefully beginning in the spring, if it ever gets here.

You said you used to be police. Why not ticket them and let the judge decide? In a storm like this, those plows need all the space they can get, and having a truck in their way does not help.

If you mean after the 1990s service, then it ran on the Bala Sub south of Washago. If you mean pre 1990s,then it ran on the former Newmarket sub. Using the term 'old' is not enough with this service, as it has had a few routings that I know of.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/i-just-couldnt-believe-it-ontario-man-fears-highspeed-rail-could-destroy-his-business/ It is stories like this that are the problem with how ALTO is doing things. "It might go through here." "It might not go through here." This is not how you build...