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What I heard was someone threw a rock at the train which shattered the window... however rumors just spread like wildfire at macmillan so I'm not sure how accurate that is...

That's the current earliest Westbound Kitchener line train, there was a 6:34,7:34 and 8:34 train last September but those obviously required 3 extra crews that GO seems to be short on

I've actually considered on apply to GO after maybe a bit at CN because of slightly better schedules/ work life balance but less pay but after seeing how the management seems to not give much info to crews, crews not knowing whats going on and the state of things it might end up being a hard...

So what happens to the current Alstom employees if metrolinx decides to go with someone else?

Correct, haven't hit anyone yet on my trips (good thing I'm a low senority yard dude) but from coworkers that have, *graphic warning* people are quite squishy and basically go splat/explode

It does coinside with that Bramalea 30 minutes leak that happened last September

GO owns the canpa... it would just be the small section of the Galt they need to negotiate

As far as I know there isn't any difference with the road switchers "schedule" on weekends vs on weekdays, yeah different customers may be serviced at different days. L533 runs on the Guelph Sub usually after 9pm 529 usually runs on the weston after 1 pm ish but there should be enough...

Rockwood bridge (just west of Acton GO)

On one of my CN training trips the engineer "called out" "6 cars in the parking lot!" as we passed by bloomington and obviously myself and the conductor repeated it per proper peer to peer protocol.

I meant track 4, aka the Bramalea Commuter lead, i think? Couldn't they use that as a turnback like they were using it last September to November for local services?

Just for reference. MX control ends at mile 16.9 weston sub and CN control starts beyond which is Mile 11.1 Halton Sub. Bramalea GO is at Mile 11.6. This means that MX only needs to use the Halton for 0.5 -0.8 miles... on a rule 105 track that no CN train uses.

Why is there short staffing? Are conductors and engineers quiting? CSAs realizing it's not a 9-5 or a combination of other reasons?

Keep in mind, the spur is currently R105 territory with basically 10-15 speeds

Just wondering, what's the grade for the weston tunnel and the west toronto tunnel on the weston sub?

The thing with GO is... even if you've been a locomotive engineer or conductor for 5 years at CN you still have to be a CSA for 2 years then conductor for 5 years before you are back at the controls again...

At macmillan we've lost 4 guys that either went to GO or to VIA, 2 locomotive engineers and 2 conductors... yes the pay is probably less at GO but at least they get a schedule a week in advance and not the day of...

This is extremely true... Wouldn't that require a grade separation to go from the south end to North end?

Ahhh foamers... who don't understand much about what it takes to operate a railway

Yeah, unfortunately it's temporarily out of Service with a special lock on it.