Recent content by 44 North

It would've been well over 20 years ago that it was running, and a hundred percent pre-1990. I might clamber over it when I have time to see if I can find nozzles. The rest of the sculpture has been filled with dirt and plants so won't be able to find a drain. If it is in fact a fountain (It's...

Alright UTers, sleuthing time or input from those who may remember. Was this concrete sculpture thingy a fountain? And if so when was it built, when did it run from, why was it turned off? Have a vague memory from when I was 6 maybe that my mom told me it was a fountain, and people used to put...

Wild Trillium article. Gotta check my past posting because feel certain most was predicted. Regardless, as long as Prov parties making these GO promises got elected, Metrolinx succeeded.

Fare gates...anyone have injuries from them? I've had them crush my hand on more than one occasion, bash my exposed shin, pretty sure had one close on my neck when I dropped something. There's more that I'm forgetting. And the speed... it's awkward and slow. Disrupts the flow exiting...

Loving the bridge renders. Look exactly as the mind's eye imagined it. That being said, does seem Mlinx continually reduces the catenary masts and wires in the renders. They'll stand out a lot more IRL unfortunately.

I'd say it is. On the whole, factoring all the evidence and effects of varying weather phenomena, that OCS is less reliable than third rail. One is rigid robust and tucked away, the other is exposed elevated and inherently weaker. And it's the latter that suffers more and results in lesser...

For intercity or longer-haul overhead is effectively the only option for electrified rail. Can't have third rail at level crossings or around people at that grade, and carrying long distances overhead is superior. Whereas OL is a subway and thus not relevant. The underground portions now...

I never said never. I said less. Because it is less reliable. And I have provided evidence in the past, which is why I can make the claims - those being that OCS is uglier, less reliable, and costlier than 3rd rail..

my gosh this project has dragged on too long. Beyond bad and countless black eyes for Metrolinx. Definitely a lot of noise when TYSSE went months late. Surprised not as much noise when it's Crosstown being many years overdue.

Monteal's REM already getting shutdowns due to snow removal from pylons. Overhead power supply: costs more, ugly, less reliable. Makes you wonder why OL won't use third rail.

Exactly. Upload it, then download it, then neglect it. And the west perversely upgraded to subway standards - which somehow will carry fewer riders and defies their core mantra about building things affordably. And even that's been split into a phased sometime whenever project. Eglinton...

Interesting, the pantographs were omitted. Clearly the animators and media relations people want to show something sleek clean and modern. Naturally a panto - and the accompanying masts and wires - makes for a clunkier and less graceful subway.

The "either way" is comparing to TYSSE, the last subway project. Grandiose, costly, over time. We couldn't think it could get worse, nay this was supposed to be so much better. But this is worse.

bit my tongue on the construction/dbf aspect for too long. this project has dragged to the point it's an embarrassment on a provincial scale. "we're taking over transit because we'll build it faster, cheaper, better". #fail #fail #fail. The centrepiece of the Prov's grand transit plan, cut short...

This sand feature has got to be one of the coolest free things for kids in the city. I only discovered it recently, and my kid is a tad bit too old to fully enjoy it. I only wish we knew about it before. A true hidden gem. Building rivers and dams and bridges...child me would've been in heaven.