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I’m not sure about that. I get the feeling from a lot of posts here and in regular conversation, they just don’t want to have to...

It has to do with how dynamic/regenerative brakes work. Because of their gearing, the maximum effective speed of the regenerative...

Where in the subway do they operate like that? Hell, where in the streetcar system do they operate like that? They simply don't...

In most cases, no, they don't. The 55km/h speed limit in the tunnels was not created by the TTC. The 35-ish km/h speed limit entering...

And yet, that was the information given by people directly involved in the design of the line. And in the EA, for the whole world to...

Not quite the catenary, but more specifically for dynamic clearance around the pantograph. Dan

This seems very much at odds with the responses that myself and other have gotten from their presentations thus far. They have done a...

Audible flat spots are caused by skidding while braking, not by impacts. The impact point when a wheel hits trackwork is so small as to...

It's not a matter of being "all things to everyone". What matters is that it covers the largest potential population and gives them as...

No, they didn't. A lot of stations near intersections have their door opening tied to the signals of the nearby intersections. That's...

It's absolutely being a snob. Calling it a "train for the north" and then poo-pooing a stop in a location that is not part of Northern...

If you want this train to be successful, then you want as many people riding it as is possible. That may mean adding additional stops...

Read the post again - they said that they recovered the girder, not discovered it. The rest were chopped up for recycling during the...

No, he didn't. One of his buddies - who is now a bus driver for GO Transit - was his private chauffeur for much of his life. I bet you...

They have to. You can't have two TBMs operating parallel to each other. The idea situation is that the second TBM follows through the...