afransen
Senior Member
If we move to lighter trainsets, we could potentially add branches that extend beyond rail ROWs.
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GO Transit Electrification | Metrolinx
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rbt
Senior Member
Do lighter trainsets change much? IIRC, One of the cost factors for UPX was that the elevated section needed to be able to handle a freight train that made a wrong turn.
kingkam
New Member
Still many years away from this unfortunately.
Allandale25
Senior Member
New video:
Haydenpoon
Active Member
posted already.
EnviroTO
Senior Member
Allandale25
Senior Member
Apologies. Forgot to look back.
dowlingm
Senior Member
Trying to figure out if this means tram-trains, road-rail coaches, or rail-dirigibles. Have a tough time seeing Transport Canada approving any of them this decade though.
afransen
Senior Member
I mean the legacy freight ROWs. Could be using elevated guideway, or otherwise new ROWs. In Canada we have this bizarre idea that trains only belong in legacy freight rail ROWs, in the middle of a street, or in a tunnel bored 30m underground.
Reecemartin
Active Member
This should be interesting
Allandale25
Senior Member
I wonder if the IO market update for this Fall will be released tomorrow based on this. The updates list the contract status for GO Expansion (aka electrification).
ssiguy2
Senior Member
But won't it blowup? I mean the Hindenburg did.
Amare
Senior Member
Shhh dont post this around everywhere now, Del Duca is around in the sidelines waiting to finally prove everyone wrong that his hydrogen train pixie dust dream can come true after all these years.
ssiguy2
Senior Member
All jokes aside, this is a REALLY big deal and not just for freight.
If VIA is to decarbonize it's fleet by 2050 {at the very latest} then hydrogen is the ONLY option unless they essentially get rid of every route except Windsor to Quebec City. The idea of catenary or even battery for such a huge system is laughable and VIA knows it. When CP/CN begin to really embrace hydrogen as the technology progresses and the political heat piles, they must build out the hydrogen infrastructure to accommodate it and VIA can piggy back onto that infrastructure to offer a true zero emissions nation-wide service.
I have been saying this for ages only to be ridiculed but seems I will be getting the last laugh.
If VIA is to decarbonize it's fleet by 2050 {at the very latest} then hydrogen is the ONLY option unless they essentially get rid of every route except Windsor to Quebec City. The idea of catenary or even battery for such a huge system is laughable and VIA knows it. When CP/CN begin to really embrace hydrogen as the technology progresses and the political heat piles, they must build out the hydrogen infrastructure to accommodate it and VIA can piggy back onto that infrastructure to offer a true zero emissions nation-wide service.
I have been saying this for ages only to be ridiculed but seems I will be getting the last laugh.
ARG1
Senior Member
It makes sense for branch lines and services, but for core mainline routes full catenary electrification makes far more sense. If you have a trunk that has constant train service maybe every 10-20 minutes (VIA wants 20 minute headways for VIA HFR), catenary electrification will save A TON OF MONEY long term.
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