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Blended braking can be controlled by the 27-pin MU. But as the leading F40 is not able to communicate via the MU and COMM circuits to...

The same as if a regular passenger car was being towed by a Siemens set. Which has happened, as we all know. Just set the brake valve to...

It doesn't. But it seems as if the buttons haven't been programmed in a way to differentiate between a press happening from inside the...

With the legacy fleet cars, the doors will only open if the outer circle of the buttons are lit up and a button gets pressed. Otherwise...

I was at those presentations. I've talked to TTC's planners. This is not true at all. The number of people taking the SRT north in...

There are a lot of moving parts which explain this. Part of it is the subways are specifically designed for a purpose or set of...

GO uses a different HEP standard than VIA. They are not compatible with each other. Depends on how bad it is. If it needs to be...

GO (and VIA, EXO and WCE) have been lobbying to the Federal Government and Transport Canada for many years for changes to many rules and...

Because one (or both) of the drivers are running late and thus out of position in terms of where they are supposed to be during their...

Precisely. It's not something that you want to do on a normal basis, and even less so on a system where there are no more wayside...

It doesn't matter who is driving the train if the signal system loses track of where the train is. Dan

As I understand it, the TTC is still working with Alstom. This is hardly a closed file. But to claim that there was "no due dilligence"...

That GSM-R has been not made to be a requirement anymore is a good thing. A friend of mine works in the industry, and while he has had...

It's not necessarily 30km/h, but there is a policy in place to limit speeds on most of the open-cut areas - it is an operational policy...

Then you must also be aware then that it uses an antiquated radio frequency spectrum that can not be used in North America and who's...