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While I agree with you, the provincial governments have a very different view on these things. They tend to want the federal government...
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It would therefore require a strong political and financial commitment from the ON&QC governments, just like some 95% of road funding in...
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I've also said this before, but part of the problem is the politics stemming from us being such a large country. While half of the...
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I would kill for an HSR electrified 270kmph across the country.
Feb 7, 2024
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Ahh. That makes sense. I wasn't aware of that.
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Considering that Railterm has been acquired by Siemens, you most likely saw a ROW/signalling maintenance truck:
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Possibly, but Siemens does have contracts to do signal and other maintenance on various lines - their trucks are popping up all over. -...
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I just thought it was interesting that they were Siemens trucks on scene. I guess they could also have the contract to support the...
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^Once the crossing protection is declared "out of service" it remains as such until the maintainers notify the RTC that it is back in...
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It might be that the barriers remained activated after the previous train passed through (activation contacts usually are more reliable...
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I’m currently on train 35 (one of the Venture trainsets) and we came to a complete stop to “protect the crossing” at Dunning Rd (between...
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So what you are saying is if they book through a tour operator they likely aren’t spending much money in Canada other than the cost of...
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I may be unpopular for saying this, but - I was a bit fearful when I saw that the presentation was made by a Minister other than...
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To be fair: the presentation slide says „Couchette“, whereas the equivalent to cabins would be „Sleepers“, so hopefully there is a...
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I would hope that they have both couchette and sleeper cars. There is a tendency by bureaucratic institutions to loose track of the...
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