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VIA Rail

^ Fascinating that there's crossing signals there. Would those have been installed more recently or would they be from when that portion of the line was removed in the early 1970s?
 
crs1026 said:
Ontario has a cool web site for top maps



That would work. I was trying to capitalise on how close the rail line is to Highway 7, and to bypass as many tight curves aspossible.



I saw that too....interesting idea. I measured the gaps between islands, and figured the spans would be just long enough to cost a lot. And the boaters would expect high clearances, so the whole thing would have to be elevated.. And ugly, no matter how artfully it was designed.

The green was just to make the wetlands stand out, yes. Probably need to stay out of those.

- Paul
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Depending on how far west they plan to widen Hwy 7, there is an awful lot of wetland, particularly between Sharbot Lake and Kaladar. The ridges run generally SW/NE. I would imagine the MTO would tend to minimize impact on wetlands for a number of reasons. There is no guarantee they would necessarily follow the current track on many areas.

Allandale25 said:
^ Fascinating that there's crossing signals there. Would those have been installed more recently or would they be from when that portion of the line was removed in the early 1970s?
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Missed by the tear-out crew? 'Rescued' by the municipality/trail/heritage committee? They seem oddly placed and are in a parkette.
 
micheal_can said:
I thought he only bought 1.
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He did. This article is about acquiring the rest. These units have sat at the same location for many years. @smallspy or @crs1026 may have some background knowledge of them. Another angle from Google.

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Allandale25 said:
He did. This article is about acquiring the rest. These units have sat at the same location for many years. @smallspy or @crs1026 may have some background knowledge of them.
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Those units date from the original ex-CN/CP VIA fleet. One of them, 6110, is the original RDC demonstrator unit which toured extensively around the continent for several years before ending up on CN. They were struck off the roster literally decades ago, when VIA phased them out. These particular units fell into a legal abyss with a supposed buyer who never hauled them away. They simply sat there for years and years.

More recently, VIA eventually regained title to the units, which enabled their disposition once and for all.

I am told Rapido was not the only bidder to look at buying the units - in the end Rapido was the successful bidder.

- Paul
 
crs1026 said:
Those units date from the original ex-CN/CP VIA fleet. One of them, 6110, is the original RDC demonstrator unit which toured extensively around the continent for several years before ending up on CN. They were struck off the roster literally decades ago, when VIA phased them out. These particular units fell into a legal abyss with a supposed buyer who never hauled them away. They simply sat there for years and years.

More recently, VIA eventually regained title to the units, which enabled their disposition once and for all.

I am told Rapido was not the only bidder to look at buying the units - in the end Rapido was the successful bidder.

- Paul
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The story is a bit more complex than that.

There are currently 11 of the cars at TMC. We - Rapido - owned one that we moved there in 2016.

5 cars had been purchased by a third party (and then later resold) in 1989, and never moved off of the property. Their ownership reverted back to VIA several years ago after VIA contacted the then-owners and asked to have the cars removed.

The final 5 cars are the fleet that was operating until 2012 on Vancouver Island and Sudbury, save for 6250 which was rebuilt. These cars are for the most part operable still, and there had been plans until recently to put these cars through another rebuild much as the current 6 have gone through.

Earlier this year we contacted VIA to inquire about buying a bunch of the cars that seemed like they were not going to be using again, which they accepted - thus those 4 cars that we bought. A number of organizations have since contacted VIA about buying the remaining portions of the fleet.

Dan
 
smallspy said:
The story is a bit more complex than that.

There are currently 11 of the cars at TMC. We - Rapido - owned one that we moved there in 2016.

5 cars had been purchased by a third party (and then later resold) in 1989, and never moved off of the property. Their ownership reverted back to VIA several years ago after VIA contacted the then-owners and asked to have the cars removed.

The final 5 cars are the fleet that was operating until 2012 on Vancouver Island and Sudbury, save for 6250 which was rebuilt. These cars are for the most part operable still, and there had been plans until recently to put these cars through another rebuild much as the current 6 have gone through.

Earlier this year we contacted VIA to inquire about buying a bunch of the cars that seemed like they were not going to be using again, which they accepted - thus those 4 cars that we bought. A number of organizations have since contacted VIA about buying the remaining portions of the fleet.
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I'm assuming we should be eagerly awaiting another Rapido Trains video masterpiece which announces the additional real-life RDCs?

 
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