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Authority over shortline railways historically was a federal matter, but oversight was delegated over the years from federal to...

No, they can't. First off, the drivers need to be trained on them. Very few of the drivers at Queensway are, and those are just drivers...

thettctransitfanatic's point about the maintainers is a pretty good one. But keep in mind that the SRT's end time didn't align with the...

There is no such work on the Bala Sub - yet. At least not for any signalling changes or installations regarding ETCS. All they...

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They aren't testing anything - they've only just signed a contract with Alstom to design and provide the system, including all equipment...

It's pretty standard for North American diesel locos to do it this way. On the F59, all of the roof panels come off in large...

The tracks were originally located where the northern platform is currently being built, so they had to move no matter what. But to...

Can you try phrasing your question a bit better, perhaps? Dan

That's correct - it has the geometry similar to a double-point switch, so you can see how much longer it is. In fact, as I recall due...

Because they would have had to build the south GO platform and the south half of the underpass first, before moving them then. Dan

The plan was always to come back and build the south/east potion of the overpass and station after the north/west part was completed...

30mph. Dan

The biggest issue to the speeds through that section is curvature, not switch size. The curves are just too tight to allow for higher...

Yes, but only for a couple of years. They had been using the old station at Burlington West - just west of the current station, at the...