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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...
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It has to do with how dynamic/regenerative brakes work. Because of their gearing, the maximum effective speed of the regenerative...
Mar 5, 2026
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Where in the subway do they operate like that? Hell, where in the streetcar system do they operate like that? They simply don't...
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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...
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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...
Mar 4, 2026
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Not quite the catenary, but more specifically for dynamic clearance around the pantograph. Dan
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This seems very much at odds with the responses that myself and other have gotten from their presentations thus far. They have done a...
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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...
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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...
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No, they didn't. A lot of stations near intersections have their door opening tied to the signals of the nearby intersections. That's...
Feb 27, 2026
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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...
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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...
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Read the post again - they said that they recovered the girder, not discovered it. The rest were chopped up for recycling during the...
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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...
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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...
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