Bordercollie
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You want to use equipment that has been proven reliable in North American climates, over rough track.
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Ontario Northland/Northern Ontario Transportation
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micheal_can
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I meant that when ONR had the TEE, they had to find a way to get the whole train into the shops to work on it.
Bordercollie
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Right and the locomotive was swapped out for F units because it couldn't handle Canadian winters. And the whole trainset was swapped out for the EX GO fleet that they have now.
micheal_can
Senior Member
Yes.
I was more eluding to the fact that ONR is not a stranger to DMUs. So, if they are to get some, they have past experience, albeit retired, on how it was done.
So, if they can find a long enough on that can have bunks, and it be reliable in our winters and able to handle the track conditions, then it should be as good or better than the way it was.
Those old GO coaches are the ones the Polar Bear Express uses.
APTA-2048
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The TEE trains weren’t DMUs, however. They were more like VIA’s new Siemens trainsets.
lenaitch
Senior Member
Was the ONR TEE train a DMU? I thought it was like a typical GO train - power unit at one end and a cab car at the other.
One advantage of using freight power with APUs is it avoids orphan units.
Perhaps the building has benches as a public space. It has a flagpole and a garden too. The town actually keeps the building quite nicely.
As far as I know, ON buses don't stop there anymore. There is a business in town that serves as an agency.
One advantage of using freight power with APUs is it avoids orphan units.
The station is at least partially occupied by tenants. I suppose it could be returned to rail use with public spaces if somebody's lease was not renewed.
Perhaps the building has benches as a public space. It has a flagpole and a garden too. The town actually keeps the building quite nicely.
As far as I know, ON buses don't stop there anymore. There is a business in town that serves as an agency.
Bordercollie
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Good or bad News?
BayToday.ca: Corina Moore stepping down as Ontario Northland CEO.
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BayToday.ca: Corina Moore stepping down as Ontario Northland CEO.
Corina Moore stepping down as Ontario Northland CEO
'We wish her well in her future endeavours'
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micheal_can
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Good or bad News?
BayToday.ca: Corina Moore stepping down as Ontario Northland CEO.
Corina Moore stepping down as Ontario Northland CEO
'We wish her well in her future endeavours'
She was there for 7 years. That does not scream "bad", but it does make you wonder why.
Bordercollie
Senior Member
She probably got a better job.
Allandale25
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Bordercollie
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It will match the passenger cars that they have.
Bordercollie
Senior Member
Also I didn't know that CN serves the Uxbridge Sub that far north. But I guess GO doesn't have the ability to switching so CN would be the only one to do it. That must be some rare mileage.
lenaitch
Senior Member
Unless GO has reconfigured (?) the subdivision, that mileage is in Scarborough, probably around the GECO spur. The subdivision was (is) measured from Lindsay.
Dan416
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I was searching on Google Maps and noticed the RONA is next to the tracks. It would make a cute train station (seeing as Lowe's is exiting the Canadian market, if they abandon this RONA, could they make it a train station?)
lenaitch
Senior Member
You might be on to something. The former station (shelter) was the next crossing north at Taylor Dr. The Rona property (formerly TimberMart formerly I can't recall but its been a lumber yard for years and years) was bought by the town and is to be re-developed as a 'public space'. Rona is moving west of the townsite on District Rd. 118.I was searching on Google Maps and noticed the RONA is next to the tracks. It would make a cute train station (seeing as Lowe's is exiting the Canadian market, if they abandon this RONA, could they make it a train station?)
Bracebridge Rona moving to Highway 118 - South Muskoka Doppler
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Lowe's Canada/Rona has been bought by some US private equity firm. Bracebridge wasn't included in the initial 2019 announcement.
Lowe's Canada announces the closure of 34 underperforming stores across the country (26 Ronas, 6 Lowe's, and 2 Reno-Depots)
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