Recent content by crs1026

I would say this differently. NA has an as-built infrastructure and human design and built form that is based on the automobile. It's not an addiction, it's a design. We can't arbitrarily extricate the auto from the design any more than we can pull a chip out of a circuit board. We should...

A map showing European freight tonnage by line versus North American freight tonnage by line might tell a more balanced picture. We use rail differently. - Paul

Intellectually I agree with you, but nobody said politics is rational. If there were some other bauble that Western Canada was offered, on a "can't have both" platform (as Pepin did with LRC vs the Canadian route, and Mulroney did with Silver/Blue vs daily service at traditional pricing... and...

If the bridge is not going to advance, the alternative is to only activate the one crossover needed to route towards Oakworth and install a new temporary turnout north of the bridge to route towards Agincourt, and just leave the bridge as single track. Yeah, that's some fancy signalling...

I won't repeat what I just posted in the UPX thread - but to summarise - I bet the data puts a whole new spin on the case for Weston. It is one of the fastest-growing TOD case studies in the GTA. And yes ML has the data. Re Mimico parking and others - I have a new proposal for parking at GO -...

While UTers have generally dismissed Weston as a place that UPX should not stop, I think we need to refocus a little. The Lawrence-Weston precinct is seeing enormous intensification, directly linked to its GO station. It's actually one of the most successful TOD initiatives in the city (unlike...

We were almost at yes to a new LD fleet, closer than we are now ..... in the 1980's. it's encouraging that this government is keeping the long distance idea alive, but it will be up to the next government to put in the miles towards procurement, or maybe not. Time will tell. The more...

I would not want to be the labour provider trying to meet ML's fleeting and unpredictable staffing needs based on ML's traditional process for adding trains, considering that it takes at least two years to qualify a locomotive engineer. There are certainly people in that workforce who are...

Just wait until the bots discover horns and cab cars…. - Paul

Not needed west of Wice (the junction where the UPX line branches off into the airport). From there to Halwest (railway jct with CN at Bramalea) it’s currently two tracks with subgrade and signalling for a third (and maybe a fourth, can’t remember) already roughed in. Bramalea station now has...

The key detail for me is simply the fact that the Georgetown South project was concluded and UPX opened *nine years* ago….. there has been tons of time to finish the fourth track, add the stations, etc. to implement full GO service on the line… but ML is still playing catchup even today. ML...

^That doesn't look like anywhere near the degree of mobilization that would be needed to build the bridge over that creek. Does it look like the door to the signal bungalow is open ? I'm going to take a wild guess and say that they may be preparing to install the southward signal masts so that...

I wonder if the change is simply a stopgap because they can’t schedule the added GO trains without some leeway from UPX. As of this moment, the signals on the fourth track from Nickle to Humberview still aren’t cur in. In theory the corridor ought to have lots of capacity. But… ML. - Paul

You like seeing your tax dollars wasted on shiny new things while the old ones still work just fine? - Paul

From the Non-Pearson GO commuter’s perspective, a service that offered a stopping train every 15 minutes has become. Service offering two stopping UPE trains and two stopping GO trains. If the GO trains are scheduled appropriately, the impact is zero, other than perhaps having to watch the...