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ONR may have 13 units, but they only have three prime movers to fit into them. The purchase of the ex-EXO units would be a relatively quick and easy way for them to bulk up that number. The options are getting the units from ONR into service relatively quickly - a year or so - or putting in an...

They are still experiencing problems with the signal system, which are related to the in-yard accident from a couple of weeks ago. Because of this, trains are not able to run at full speed in the tunnels, and the headways need to be kept longer than they would otherwise be. This has led to long...

As it turns out, fire trucks need to operate on roads. And the regulations that allow vehicles to be regulated for and operate on those roads are very similar to those that the US uses. There are some trucks that can be regulated for both here and Europe, but they are very few and far...

While they haven't done any testing for the purposes of the RSD as it is not going to be part of the revenue service plan on day 1, they have operated and tested into the spare tracks at Laird many times and under many scenarios. The maneuver is sound. They are still not able to build up to the...

If you listen to the railfan press, the RDCs have been just around the corner from replacement for the past 30 years. And in that time, they've had a two major rebuilds. I'm nervous, but I'm cautiously optimistic. A lot of us also feared that the Government wouldn't cough up the money for the...

I'm not sure what benefit would be derived from mixing 2- and 3-car trains. From a passenger standpoint, it is better to run shorter trains more frequently, as that reduces the amount of time waiting for the next train. Conversely from the TTC's standpoint, running longer trains less frequently...

To the best of my knowledge there is no such restriction from the GTAA, as the airport terminals are open 24 hours in any event. And pre-COVID, the last trains were scheduled to run around 2am. Dan

The line has been built and configured in such a way that they can run 3-car trains on day 1 if they so felt. All stopping positions are consistent (far end of the platforms), all ancillary equipment at the stations is installed in such a way as to operate that way. An 85 minute round trip for...

This is incorrect. Dan

This is the key here. The City has willingfully turned a blind eye to the trails and their builders, provided the trails were generally routed in such a way that kept things safe. And even then, there have been some trails (such as PA) which have skirted the safety lines but remained open...

Rapid transit stations need to be as close or as far as they need to be. Here, considering the passenger loads that regularly get on and off of the buses, it makes sense to have a stop. Maybe you shouldn't get hung up on terms such as "rapid". It's arbitrary, not an absolute. And it will be...

And how many trains will service the westbound Warden and then the eastbound Lebovic stops in that sequence? Hint: It's none. No matter how close those two stops may appear to be on a map, the reality is that they are still 330 metres away from each other to the trains and passengers onboard...

Consider yourself corrected. Operators have been simulating service at all stops, opening and closing the doors, but more importantly leaving them open for some time before initiating the closing sequence. The 21 minute figure is an average of travel times and factors in the traffic lights...

Well, except.... You don't just drop new control points in willy-nilly like that They have to be integrated in with the rest of the existing system, and that requires someone with a pretty big brain to design and test all the circuits before they even get installed - and then tested again -...

In testing, it does. In testing, it does not. 21 minutes seems to be a consistent number to go from Leslie to Kennedy. Dan

Maybe it is a bit of a incorrect statement to claim that the train's lengths were carefully arrived at. But it isn't at all to suggest that their capacity wasn't. Because it was. They thought very long and hard about how many people the trains should carry, and balanced that against staffing...

The problem is that it also increases costs, and not by an inconsequential amount. It will increase the track charges to CN, and increase staffing costs as at least another OBS member will be required (and maybe two). The seating capacity that the trainsets were ordered with was very, very...

As usual, your assumption is wrong. Dan

There are a limited number of companies and crews that are available (and legally able) to work in the railroad environment. In many, many cases, work has to be booked months to years in advance because of that. In this case, there is something so show-stopping as to prevent the project from...

It is CWR, and it is all CWR. What you felt were either the very infrequent rail gaps for signalling equipment and expansion joints, or a pretty severe flat spot on one of the wheels. For the record, Transport Canada will no longer allow passenger trains over a certain speed (I believe it is...