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Oriole is 6 km south of the CN-owned track, well into GO territory.Which makes me curious of how they handled this requirement when they had to detach 42 from 64 (which should have required an additional pilot on the now separated Siemens Train 42):
Re: York/Bala detour, Nov 9-10
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Sure, but both trains needed to pass over the CN-owned York Subdivision to get from Oriole to Pickering Junction…
Where were they separated? I would have assumed it would have been around Old Cummer. So only one CN pilot. (though hardly a big cost if they have two).
My assumption was that since trains 64 and 42 were supposed to be jayed all the way from Toronto to Oshawa, only a single pilot would have been on board (inside the cab of leading train 64). However, after splitting, a second pilot would have been required (inside the cab of train 42), because the two train now operated seperately rather than combined over the York Sub.
The train was apparently stranded at MP 9.5 Bala Sub, so before reaching the York Sub:
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I don't think anyone mentioned that here. So it was a northbound? Why combine it from Union to ... about Lawrence?The train was apparently stranded at MP 9.5 Bala Sub, so before reaching the York Sub:
Re: York/Bala detour, Nov 9-10
It was one of the weekends where GO’s Lakeshore East service was suspended due to trackworks and VIA‘s Lakeshore services had to be diverted over the Bala and York Subdivisions. In order to minimize the impact to CN (in terms of additional traffic on the York Sub and the number of pilots they needed to deploy), trains are routinely jayed between Toronto and Oshawa (and vice versa). One such jayed train were trains 64/42 (the latter being a Siemens trainset) and it didn’t go well, as the combined consist struggled to climb up the Don Valley:
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In the past, the pilots have gotten on at Doncaster, and gotten off at Oshawa for eastbound trains. Westbounds were in the reverse.Which makes me curious of how they handled this requirement when they had to detach 42 from 64 (which should have required an additional pilot on the now separated Siemens Train 42):
Re: York/Bala detour, Nov 9-10
Mile 9.5 is a tenth of a mile short of Lawrence.
Is that because you can't MU the trains and F40'S and P42 don't have sanders?The train was apparently stranded at MP 9.5 Bala Sub, so before reaching the York Sub:
Re: York/Bala detour, Nov 9-10
Just don't play with it on the CN at-grade crossing tracks toy set
Years ago Presidents Choice offered train sets which included a good quality Mehano locomotive at a reasonable price. I wonder if VIA could join forces with them to sell a Charger/Venture train set. It would probably sell well and be good marketing.
Bachmann has already had to deal with VIA for licensing for the Venture cars and Charger locos.
