BurlOak
Senior Member
Out of curiosity, what FRA standards are in the way?
The ones that force US rail lines to run trains like this:
Instead of this:
The only reason the O-train is allowed to run is because there is 0 Freight activity on the line.
Canada also generally just follows US regulation in terms of safety requirements for compatibility purposes, just like they do with cars. The FRA is dropping regulations to run EU style trains in 2015, but that is still a few years off yet. It does give the likes of GO a whole lot more flexibility now, as they can actually offer DMU or EMU urban rail style service.
Hopefully in a few years GO will actually be legally allowed to run trains like this:
And I have a feeling that is what they want to do once Lakeshore is electrified.
I didn't really learn anything on WHAT FRA standards force the differences that you show.