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^So very interesting. The track panels on the right (northeast) side of those images have been there since 2015, so not new build.. Note that the signal bungalows for the Strachan interlocking sit in the way of where new tracks will be built - ie the new tracks can't be tied in until those...

I can certainly imagine a fantasy scenario where someone with enough capital to buy controlling interest could compel CN shareholders to sever and devolve the Sarnia-Montreal segment of the company, just by threatening to seize control of the entire company. Perhaps under that kind of threat...

Which speaks to a very valid question - if Alto and CN are investments of roughly equal amount, which delivers more value to the economy? Will Alto deliver the same overall value as CN does to North America? Will Alto offer an enterprise which is as efficient as CN? Can Alto do as good a job as...

I very much doubt it would ever happen - but you raise a good point as a benchmark for just how big a venture Alto is. The combined market cap of CPKC and CN is about $200B. We have a lot of debate here that ends with "Ottawa could never do that, it would harm shareholder interests, and the...

Apropos the intelligent repurposing of old ONR train stations..... the group who have been working to preserve the Cobalt train station have just won a Lieutenant Governor of Ontario's Heritage award fron the Ontario Heritage Trust for their successful preservation of this station. Details...

Here's a new video from ML showing the elevated line construction (not being a construction engineer....) The erection of the pillars seems fairly efficient and straightforward, but I'm struck by the amount of effort and scaffold erection to pour the spans. Is this a normal/preferred...

Any guess how many linear meters of bridge are typically poured in each session ? (Further back, it was suggested 4m each time - is that likely here ?) - Paul

Which is my point - 26 miles in 45 minutes = about 34 mph. The 1:40ish to Kitchener already has some terminal padding built in. If one extends that run to Stratford, the padding moves to the Stratford section and the Kitchener timing improves, or the Stratford section should be realistic. I...

As I feared….. 55 mph out of Stratford to New Hamburg, but 30 mph New Hamburg to Kitchener. Hopefully there is a plan to do trackeork before July, otherwise this service will be a dud. - Paul

If so, it's more of a toe-in-the-water exercise than I would like. But the reality is, until the Halton Sub construction is complete, there is little hope of a regular, all-day service upgrade on this route. (The slow pace on other items such as Guelph and Acton passing tracks is deplorable...

City Council agenda https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2026.MM40.26 - Pau;

We will have to wait for the announcement to know if this is a de minimus extension of one GO train, versus a much bigger expansion of GO territory and acquisition of parts of the line with intent to upgrade....just how much money is involved here? Layover track construction in Stratford or...

My prediction is that 80% of the opposition will go away once people realise that someone else's land is threatened, not theirs. I would add to the list - questioning the ability of any government (and particularly a left leaning one, which Carney may not be but his party still is) to plan and...

It's the nature of news reporting to look for what will attract ridership, and to respond with critical analysis of a government proposal. And to give air time to those with opposing views. Simply put, more newspapers will be sold by reporting on the flaws of the government's actions, and the...

I went back to a document that was slipped to me back while GTS was being built... it showed the Newmarket Sub beginning at Strachan Ave (ie extended from the current junction at Parkdale), a "Midday Service and Layover Facility" where the Resources Road site now exists, and provision for four...

There were reductions in the amount of trackage built and in signalling. Ten years later, there are signal bridges and signal masts that still aren't in use. Lots of dummy signal heads erected but never turned on. Signalling for the CP Milton line was never cut over to the new signalling system...

That's a very interesting new development. The earlier departure to Kitchener, while not perfect, is a big improvement that will be useful to anyone trying to get to Kitchener for late morning meetings etc. It's also a 10-minute timekeeping improvement westward between Mount Pleasant and...

It was a Kathleen Wynne vanity project that was rushed to completion as a commitment to house the Pan-Am Games. There was a lot of catchup work after it opened just before said games, pretty last-minute in execution. Remember Wynne bragging about how it was completed "on time, on budget"? At...

We aren't necessarily proposing hydrofoils here. The small, liesurely craft that one sees in other cities aren't intrusive for the neighbourhoods they stop in. High Park and Sunnyside would make great stops, and yes tourists could be coaxed to come out that far. Take the ferry out, maybe...

Doesn't look like King City will be triple wide, but that isn't necessarily a problem. GO doesn't need three continous tracks the full length of the line to accommodate a few peak one-direction expresses. We don't know what ML's current vision is for the line, I suspect that any thought of...