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Dan, what is your view of the desirability of TTR's continuance as USRC signal and track maintainer, given Union's current and future development path? They were involved in the air rights mess over Rail Deck Park - does Metrolinx own the ROW below a certain height now, and are maintaining TTR...

The factory the MPs were made in (Boise) was divested by Wabtec. That said, they likely still have drawings/designs for both MP54 and HSP46 and could make them in Erie for a large enough order - and post GE merger they might push the latter a bit harder if a Tier 4 version of that engine will...

25kV locomotives can supply 7000hp+. Unless the battery is in a trailing coach with driven axles, surely wheel adhesion would be a problem sooner than motors needing more juice?

They drive the vehicles. Do you think they drive the LRVs differently on Line 5 and 6 such that the latter "are smooth and don't feel like they are grinding the rail"

Rebuilding railcars keeps people employed too. Ultimately any replacement scenario would be dwarfed by the economic effect that being unable to bid on American federally funded transit orders has on Canadian plants.

Ultimately light rail vehicles are an assembled kit of parts from a global supply chain, and even vehicles with the same name might have some differences simply because a manufacturer of doors or whatever went out of business. To me, it would make sense to prefer Alstom Flexities for the...

The way CPDQi was supposed to accommodate VIA service under Mont Royal?

https://groups.io/g/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/102881 "Apparently coach 4234 was already on the ground before entering the switch at 08:06 am"

Given that fines don't deter some drivers, and drivers that are deterred get their clientelist politicians to remove the cameras, I can only offer my previous solution https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/toronto-eglinton-line-5-m-s-metrolinx-arcadis.11782/page-1776#post-2234806

https://actionvisionzero.org/resources/vision-zero-a-brief-history/ It can be argued that certain decisions and limitations do not accord with VZ principles even while branded as VZ, because political chicanery. But give me a choice between Swedish practicality and The Six Sigma Wheel of...

not least given that the old locos can seemingly run backwards reliably - with the correctly configured bearings...

Per groups.io, all VIA Rail Siemens trainsets will be led by locomotive (so wyed at termini). Will be interesting to see how long this lasts.

Wasn’t aware of the DEMU pitch. Are UPX MUs required to do locomotive-cadence inspections, and would that be required for MUs without cabs? As for VIA costs, the choice to go with cabs created a class of coach which can’t easily be swapped between roles. I doubt it was cheap. How much is the...

1. Separate HEP as the existing F59 setup does 2. This would be more about having a cleaner engine than a more powerful one and if the battery thing goes through there may be QSK60s looking for something to do