Waterloo Region Transit Developments (ION LRT, new terminal, GRT buses)

[W. K. Lis]

Hope they measured twice and poured one. And check the measurements after, of course to confirm.

 

[Duck]

I'm sure they did. What makes you say that?

 

[nfitz]

I'm sure they did. What makes you say that?

It's a reference to the recent error by Pomerleau installing 60 metres of track on Leslie between Queen and Eastern almost 10 centimetres high, which is resulting in them on their own dime going back and ripping up the street again, relaying it, and delaying the project by another 5-6 weeks.

 

[robmausser]

It's a reference to the recent error by Pomerleau installing 60 metres of track on Leslie between Queen and Eastern almost 10 centimetres high, which is resulting in them on their own dime going back and ripping up the street again, relaying it, and delaying the project by another 5-6 weeks.

Kitchener has a large German population. I'm sure they will measure 6 times.

 

[Duck]

Lots of work going on lately!

Concrete pad, likely for a substation, adjacent the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery (where I got married!):

Track alignment between Bearanger Road and McCormic Arena:

Completed Bearanger Road Intersection:

Temporary old/new rail fish plate interface:

Current end of the new track:

Operations, Maintenance and Storage Facility main hall, now all steel is up:

Roof going on:

Big news - concrete track ties for the first big run of track!

 

[robmausser]

Big news - concrete track ties for the first big run of track!
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Im surprised they are using concrete ties for the new rail. We cant even get GO to use concrete (except in the new underpasses where its essential)

Its going to be so lopsided with one track being this old rail spur and the other being this brand new concrete one.

 

[Allandale25]

Im surprised they are using concrete ties for the new rail. We cant even get GO to use concrete (except in the new underpasses where its essential)

Its going to be so lopsided with one track being this old rail spur and the other being this brand new concrete one.

Do we know for sure they aren't going to upgrade the other track with ribbon rail and concrete ties?

 

[timio]

Do we know for sure they aren't going to upgrade the other track with ribbon rail and concrete ties?

They are replacing the old track with the new one. The rail line is still active (mind you, only 2-3 times a day), so they'll move it, build the first set of new tracks and then remove the old tracks and continue with the second set.

 

[P0per]

Some updates from this weekend.

Lots of new ties down at Maintenance Facility, crane is finished with steel beam installations.
Untitled by ION Construction, on Flickr

Tracks removed at Quiet Place for the next crossing.
Untitled by ION Construction, on Flickr

Columbia down to one lane for utility relocation - upgraded crossing to follow soon?

Untitled by ION Construction, on Flickr

Track shifted to east between Seagram and University:

Untitled by ION Construction, on Flickr


Girders installed for the first new Schneider Creek bridge:
Untitled by ION Construction, on Flickr


Rest of the album here (Flickr)

 

[Duck]

Yep, Columbia is the next intersection to be twin-tracked - happening right now.

Stopped by the OMSF tonight but no new action on the track ties - I kind of assumed they'd be getting rails within days.

Where is that bridge and how do you get to it?

 

[jamincan]

I think this may be looking south toward Hayward Ave? I have no idea how someone would get there to take a picture though.

 

[P0per]

It's looking north - taken from just off Hayward st. Google Maps

 

[Duck]

Interesting - did you just park on Hayward and walk down the tracks to take the photos?

 

[Duck]

3D Print your own snap-together desktop ion logo! I modeled this up in SolidWorks and printed it in 3 different colours of PLA.

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:880747

 

[44 North]

Hey, that's pretty cool. Could this same 3D printer make a model Flexity LRV? Not with moving parts or anything, but like a solid shape. Or is something like that too complex for a 3D printer?