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I would counter that it's not different. I know of people who came in from Belleville, Stoney Creek, Barrie and Woodstock for lowly...

Visibility is not nearly as good in a tunnel as it is outside. It's much harder to gauge stopping distances, for instance. So yes, you...

Sort of. It needs an asterisk. A line operating as GoA4 with the public needs to have a lot of additional systems and features in order...

Not apparently. One of the "features' of the ATC/ATO is completely unattended operation of equipment within the yard limits. This means...

Bob Sandusky had an incredible inspirational impact on just about everyone who wanted to take pictures of trains, His contribution to...

That is correct, it was because access to the TMC was blocked off. For the same reason, the equipment for the Canadian was deadheaded...

No different than the 4 expresses and 2 locals per hour they used to run pre-COVID. Dan

That claim was made, and thoroughly debunked. Tighter curves exist on the subway network, as do larger grades. The only advantage of...

Testing has been paused since Thursday. Dan

Because marketing wank. LRTs are not well suited for the line for a variety of reasons, that much is true. Gradeability is not one of...

While the RTCs have a fair amount of leeway in how they can keep their part of the system running, they also are given specific...

Historically, as the Thanksgiving long weekend is the busiest set of travel days for VIA, CN has worked extra hard with VIA to keep...

Here's a couple time-lapses of the demolition north & south of Cosburn Ave. And the Riverdale Shopping Centre demolition for the...

The promise to run only Tier 4-certified trains through Weston was also included in the EA, and that didn't make a lick of difference...

They may have loosened it slightly. They are allowing VIA to doublehead trains, but if there are three units one needs to be cut off...