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Nitpick: That's an EMD SD70MAC. The easy tell is the 3, discrete radiator fans located on top of the back of the long hood. GE locos...

No, that doesn't seem to be what Alstom is saying here. But they have been consistent in their proclamation that their trucks under the...

While that's a pleasant thought, physics (and experience) says that you are very, very wrong on this. Dan

Since it needs to be said again..... When the majority of people are using the service - rush hour - it is faster than the bus. Dan

This is exactly what they said when I attended the meeting. They are mandated to build the 7 stations, and no more, and stressed that...

First rule of internet - don’t read the comments section. Have you seen the Globe’s other pieces and the comments under them? It’s...

Girder rail is not the issue. It is an antiquated technology and isn't used in Europe in large measures, or anywhere else for that...

Some of the cars are equipped with hydraulic transmissions. Many others have mechanical transmissions that, like a car or truck, contain...

That's your personal experience. My personal experience is that I don't have enough digits and limbs to count number the times that I've...

Agree to disagree here. They deserve all the flak that they get, and then some. The problem is not so much the window itself, but what...

That's a pretty silly take, since it isn't the public sector behind it at all. If it was, wouldn't the subway end service sooner on...

No, because deferred maintenance leads to shorter equipment lifespans, not longer. Dan

Both of the LRTs that have been built and opened - Eglinton, between Leslie and Kennedy, and Finch between Keele and Hwy 27 - have these...

Says who? In Toronto the LRTs have been given a maximum speed limit 10km/h higher than the adjoining roadway lanes. In large part...

Correct. There is a whole host of changes to the service that were made on Sunday, but one of the big ones is that they have removed...