generalcanada
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from reddit looks like one of the trains in the davisville yard derailed
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Jonny5
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New RSZ coming into effect shortly!
81-717
Active Member
*Fearmongering around line 2 intensifies*
Any idea what caused it? Was it due to thick snow, or an issue with the train/track itself?
Any idea what caused it? Was it due to thick snow, or an issue with the train/track itself?
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Northern Light
Superstar
Pretty sure the yard track is a perpetual slow zone.....but good line just the same!
crs1026
Superstar
Looks like a "picked switch" - tail end truck took the wrong route at a facing point switch, and the car tried to go down two routes at once.
- Paul
PS - Am I seeing this correctly - train is on the southbound track? To pick the switch, the train would have to be moving north. Hmm
- Paul
PS - Am I seeing this correctly - train is on the southbound track? To pick the switch, the train would have to be moving north. Hmm
Steve Munro
New Member
The train is on a yard track, not the main line. There is no "northbound" or "southbound" here.
evandyk
Senior Member
50 cm of snow in a week is a lot, but it's something Toronto deals with every couple of years. You'd think the TTC could deal with it without having to close a big chunk of its line for two full days.
2323
New Member
How feasible would it be at this point to just cap the remaining ditched sections of Line 1?
Northern Light
Superstar
For sections that are fully below grade, so most of Davisville to Eglinton and Summerhill to Rosedale, very feasible......
Maybe even under active consideration.....
For Davisville to St. Clair, it would more complcated, same for Rosedale to Bloor. Not not do-able, but the relationships to grade are more of an issue than some other sections as noted.a
On the former, there is also the matter of the Yellow Creek tunnel running under there. While on the latter, Castle Frank Brook is in the mix somewhere.
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For the trains in the median of The Allen, you could cover them, its not complicated, but you really need to decide what you want to do with Allen before thinking about that.
Line 2 doesn't have much open cut in ditches, it tends to be at or above grade for the most part.
nfitz
Superstar
Less frequent than that I think. Twice a decade maybe?
81-717
Active Member
In order for that to happen, the switch would have to be flipped while the train is already passing over it, though. So either a malfunction caused the switch to activate on its own, or it was mistakenly activated at the wrong time.
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
Cover the open air tracks with angled solar panels. The snow could slide off as the sun heats it and then power the trains.
crs1026
Superstar
Given the weather, one has to wonder if ice or snow affected the operation of the points.
It's also possible that the train ran over the switch, dislodged the points somehow (running through the switch while lined in the opposite direction and then reversed with the points dislodged being one possibility).
- Paul
smallspy
Senior Member
There is another possibility.
The switch was not closed fully. While most of the trucks were able to go through fine, the trailing truck was able to find the small gap between the point and the stock, rail, and lifted itself up and over. It's in the yard, so those switches are not interlocked.
Dan
