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This is a significant cold snap, one that has pushed the Great Lakes beyond the max ice cover seen around February 21 last year (~52%), and it's climbing at a very fast rate compared to other years. I think it's plausible that it's going to drive some issues.

This reminds me of a time at work. A metal bar that was part of a gate mechanism on a small dam got bent out of shape and rendered inoperable until it was replaced. It was raised during a regular weekly engineering meeting, and most people around the table rolled their eyes and vented that a...

There should be a TSB report, as they are a very capable body that does excellent and thorough investigative work. But since GO is a provincial transit company and it's on a Metrolinx right-of-way, all safety investigations are provincial jurisdiction. TSB only gets brought in at MTO's request.

From Baffinland's website:

Once complete, the most northern railway in the world. The Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Line terminates around 70°12' N, whereas Milne Inlet is at 71°53' N.

From a civil cost, maintaining existing operations and construction phasing, yes, a new line is cheaper and easier. But once you bring property into scope, it gets more expensive and difficult. It's insanely frustrating to see projects pitched or discussed as being rational, but then you look...

You mean the west side of Dundas?

Rail service returning to Iroquois Falls. https://www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/article/locomotive-returns-to-iroquois-falls-after-more-than-a-decade/

It's perimeter is concrete, they couldn't have made it all concrete?

The additional fence is terrible. OBC requirement combined with laziness / value engineering, and rooted in the worthy principle of not letting people (especially small kids) fall from great heights, but one that is affecting the aesthetic of many projects involving bridges and other overlooks...

From Michael Lindsay on LinkedIn, since I didn't see anything posted on here. Seems to confirm the driver was on the southern access road, plowed through the fence and onto the tracks.

Adjusting for inflation, about $2.3 million in profit.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/why-does-winter-weather-seem-to-throw-the-finch-west-lrt-off-track/article_f6798a57-2c1e-4c9b-bc1f-1598914188ae.html

I saw that and figured since I didn't see a peep here or on reddit, that it wasn't. According to 'a source', this a disabled train that got stuck leaving the yard, and then the rescue train got stuck as well.

VIA Corridor service will remain 𝖺̶𝖿̶𝗍̶𝖾̶𝗋̶ if Alto is built, but that's a minor quibble tangential to this discussion.