lenaitch
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No clue.
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micheal_can
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crs1026
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Nothing. The question was about the risk inherent in hand operated switches in unsignalled territory for passenger trains.
The answer is, we can live with the risk, or we can spend a lot of money to reduce it, or we can remove the risk by eliminating the service.
Guess which priority ordering of those three options Ottawa would choose.
Nothing about having privatized CN impacts that decision.
PS rerouting the Ocean falls into the category of spending a lot of money and risking poorer service performance (by putting the Ocean in conflict with freight). The conflict with freight is about passing the burden of the Ocean on to shippers, it's not about shareholder profit.
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reaperexpress
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Probably faster, but also much more vulnerable to delays due to freight conflicts. The current route has the huge advantage that it has minimal freight traffic, the problem is just that it has primitive equipment and is poorly maintained. If the government wanted to invest in passenger rail in Atlantic Canada they could acquire the underutilized freight railways and upgrade them up so trains could operate at normal speeds again.
This is of course a purely hypothetical concept, and would have a very poor cost-benefit ratio so it would be hard to justify over other competing projects. It would only really make sense as part of political pandering, similar to how the Northlander is being revived primarily for political reasons.
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Bordercollie
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Is Glen Fraiser officially retired?
Trackside_Treasure
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I think it's fair to say, "Yes".
Bordercollie
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And the panoramic domes? They couldn't fix the corrosion?
Trackside_Treasure
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I think it's fair to say, "Yes".
Bordercollie
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That sucks
Trackside_Treasure
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What's wrong with the Ventures? The first of a three-part series covering the past three years. This is the shortest post including some additional information and terms.
tracksidetreasure.blogspot.com
VIA Venture Mechanical Delay Reports - 2023
I'm finally able to provide some specifics on the serviceability of VIA's Siemens Venture trainsets. I've been not-so-patiently waiting - fo...
tracksidetreasure.blogspot.com
crs1026
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This is awesome work. So great to separate real data from railfan gossip and sandhouse speculation. A million thanks !
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Bordercollie
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So isn't it good that there are more available than required?What's wrong with the Ventures? The first of a three-part series covering the past three years. This is the shortest post including some additional information and terms.
VIA Venture Mechanical Delay Reports - 2023
I'm finally able to provide some specifics on the serviceability of VIA's Siemens Venture trainsets. I've been not-so-patiently waiting - fo...
Admiral Beez
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Trackside_Treasure
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I'm not sure there are.
nfitz
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Interesting - here's the URL for those with poorer eyesight - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/travel/amtrak-new-train-airo.html