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Good to have this out there; as I think some people have wondered if my posts suggesting this was ongoing were a bit suspicious! Btw...
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The original station design included entrances on the west side of the tracks but the residents in that neighbourhood lost their...
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Something I forgot to mention when I responded to this post earlier. I think part of the issue with using overpasses/ bridges for...
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The Turbo FP4 and LRC were all developed in Canada. None of them were ever reliable. What they could have done is cold weather testing...
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What do you think the Charger is? Dan
Yesterday at 6:51 AM
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Completing the Heritage Rd yard would allow the Georgetown yard to be completely decommissioned, allowing them to redesign the Metrolinx...
Wednesday at 7:10 PM
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It seems that someone is possibly using AI again.
Wednesday at 7:02 PM
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This is a temporary measure until the snow stops flying. It quite literally is a problem of aerodynamic forces affecting the loco...
Wednesday at 6:59 PM
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As a bit of an addendum to this.... Modern locos can develop in excess of 150,000 pounds of drawbar pull on the first knuckle - each...
Monday at 9:56 PM
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There is a known tendency for most types of third rail shoe to have issues when the snow gets higher than the rail itself. The cover...
Monday at 8:04 PM
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Are we seriously using AI slop to be a sycophant for low-floor LRTs? LLMs are programmed to go with whatever narrative you tell them...
Monday at 7:54 PM
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Siemens Mobility Canada (which in 2021 purchased RailTerm, the rail maintenance contractor for ION) has a few highrail-equipped plow...
Monday at 7:32 PM
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Why so convoluted? You just need to prescribe certain track maintenance levels and impose serious fines for repeated violations…! You...
Monday at 3:59 PM
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not least given that the old locos can seemingly run backwards reliably - with the correctly configured bearings...
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This is the bracing that has allowed the former 10 mph (16 km/h) slow order for UP trains at high-level platforms to be increased to 30...
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