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Remember that there are two projects underway already to do this - one is a "new" Zephyr siding which will be much longer, and the other will be a section of triple track between Langstaff and Richmond Hill. Dan

Full repairs, yes. But one of the two tracks was reopened today. Some traffic is moving. Dan

Guess so. My info comes from the guy at Metrolinx who is coordinating it all. If he says no, it doesn't happen. Dan

I have bad knees, and I use the Crosstown every day. In fact, I use the stairs every day in an effort to strengthen them. Dan

It left North Bay at 6am today. Dan

No, it wasn't. Dan

I watched the crews as they installed it. It is built just like the exposed trackage elsewhere, but with rubber encapsulation of the rails. They then started filling in the space with soil, and put in the watering piping about half-way down the depth of the soil. They they laid out the rolls of...

The curve at Highway 27 is no sharper than can reasonably be traveled at a reduced speed by any generic LRV built to the "common standard", regardless of maker. It was never meant to be a full-speed curve, as that was never a reasonable option at that corner. If I had to point at a number, it...

I don't recall there ever being a higher speed limit through Renforth, and to that end I can recall that several of my operator friends complaining about the speeds and layout through there shortly after it opened. Thus, I've always assumed (rightfully or wrongfully) that the Metrolinx-built...

Just to flesh this out a bit.... By the time the TTC was serious about extending the line, Bombardier was building the Mark II version of the car, which is longer and wider than the original cars used on the SRT. The TTC asked Bombardier about building new Mark I cars for them instead, and was...

The connection was re-lifted shortly after the Belleville Sub was reopened. They are trying to source additional prime movers for the rest of the hulks. So if they can find enough, then they can rebuild all of them. Dan

It will be no different than when they need shuttles on the western side of the Line 1 "U" - the shuttle buses will jog along the street grid, taking much longer to complete a trip than the train would. Dan

A little bit more than 5 to 7 years ago. CP derailed in Oshawa on June 5th, 2009. As the line was impassible for several days as they cleaned up the site, numerous freights were rerouted via CN coming down the Galt, across the USRC and up and out over the Kingston Sub to Cobourg, where a...

Could SOME of the European regulations (and keep in mind, there are few standardized railway regulations continent-wide) work here? I am sure that there are likely some. Could all of them be imported wholesale? No - not without completely changing how the railroads operate here. And that's the...

The maps there are wrong for the Ontario Line. There is a single facing crossover half-way between Don Valley and Sunnybrook Park Station. And then there is that scissors crossover on the ramp east of Don Valley Station, on approach to Aga Khan Station. I don't know where the section breaks...