Recent content by micheal_can

The thing is, by the time the desire to travel gets back to pre "whatever this mess is" levels, ALTO may be operational and the number of slots in YYZ is opened due to the reduction of flights that ALTO can replace.

Assuming that US travel will go back to how it was after the next election assumes that we ignore the 4 years prior. Some will, but many won't. Business people will still fly, but for the regular vacationer, many won't return, or will greatly reduce their travel..

I know no one is expecting high speed on this route, but improving the segments where they can to get it closer to that average speed would improve overall rider experience, and would help in the event of slow travel speed due to congestion south of Washago.

Wouldn't Englehart to Washago/MackYard be too far in one go for the freight?

It was done about 10 years ago but no rails were laid. This is being done due to the twinning to take place, hopefully beginning in the spring, if it ever gets here.

You said you used to be police. Why not ticket them and let the judge decide? In a storm like this, those plows need all the space they can get, and having a truck in their way does not help.

If you mean after the 1990s service, then it ran on the Bala Sub south of Washago. If you mean pre 1990s,then it ran on the former Newmarket sub. Using the term 'old' is not enough with this service, as it has had a few routings that I know of.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/i-just-couldnt-believe-it-ontario-man-fears-highspeed-rail-could-destroy-his-business/ It is stories like this that are the problem with how ALTO is doing things. "It might go through here." "It might not go through here." This is not how you build...

Their reasoning is better schedule adherence for the Northlander.

The old route? Do they mean the old Newmarket Sub that is no longer active, or do they mean the Bala sub, of which is in good shape?

They already do have a small crew based in North Bay, but most of the crew are based in Englehart. Btw, 2-3 feet of snow has fallen....

The problem with Northern ON is it is almost an after thought. Rest areas? Closed in winter, when you really want to take a rest. Paved shoulder? You are lucky if there even is a shoulder. There are parts of 144 that feels like even if you wanted to pull off, you would end up in a ditch, swamp...

I do not know where could get 90cm of snow in 24 hours and not shut the city down. And at this point, it would not surprise me if the trains shut down.

https://511on.ca/ As of 8pm My deck has 1.5 feet of snow. 17 from Sudbury to almost Wawa - Closed 11 From North Bay to Cochrane - Closed 101 From Wawa to 129 - Closed 129 from Warncliffe to101 - Closed. The forecast for me in Sudbury is 40-90cm

If there is no nickel smelter in the Timmins Area, then shipping it to Sudbury's 2 refineries may make sense.That will mean more revenue for OVR if that happens. AFAIK the Chromium smelter is supposed to be built in SSM. If that gets built sooner than later, that could be another boom for OVR...