micheal_can
Senior Member
I suspect the other 2 have been held back to do those modifications. Not sure about this one.
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SaugeenJunction
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Unable to share the link but posted on the OTS - Ontario Train Sightings Facebook page is a video of a locomotive sent to TMC by ONTC to pick up the first Chargee/Venture set to take it north.
micheal_can
Senior Member
Bordercollie
Senior Member
I'm surprised they sent a single locomotive since you need 12 axles to run at track speed.
crs1026
Superstar
Say what ? Four axles of locomotive will work just fine.
PS if you are going really fast, too many loco axles are your enemy....too much unsprung weight stressing the rails
- Paul
Bordercollie
Senior Member
CN: Requires a minimum of 12 axles for track-speed operation. Which means if you send a single locomotive it slows down the line.
crs1026
Superstar
That's for light engine moves. If hauling.a trainset, that rule does not apply.
- Pul
Bordercollie
Senior Member
How do you think it got down from North Bay?
crs1026
Superstar
As an extra unit in a regular freight consist. It was delivered to TMC by CN's regular freights and wayfreights, North Bay to Mac Yard to Aldershot to Oakville to TMC.
- Paul
Bordercollie
Senior Member
See that I didn't know. So thanks for that. I thought they drove the single locomotive down from North Bay as a light engine move.
micheal_can
Senior Member
There is almost daily CN fright moving between North Bay and Mac Yard.
Jonathan's Junction
New Member
https://www.yorkregion.com/news/nor...cle_e192593a-a3c0-5e7c-826d-ac89e0abef76.html
Seems like those in Northern York Region feel sidelined by the Northlander passing right by them without a station.
One one hand, they market this as a way to get to Toronto better for more opportunities etc. and as some sort of "commuter rail" experience, and also as an easier way to access all the recreational activities up there and along Lake Simcoe.
On the other hand, this isn't really branded as some sort commuter rail, and the North in Northlander isn't York Region, it is Ontario. The likely timing for the trains is not optimized for those kind of trips, and is suited for longer distance travel.
Thoughts?
Seems like those in Northern York Region feel sidelined by the Northlander passing right by them without a station.
One one hand, they market this as a way to get to Toronto better for more opportunities etc. and as some sort of "commuter rail" experience, and also as an easier way to access all the recreational activities up there and along Lake Simcoe.
On the other hand, this isn't really branded as some sort commuter rail, and the North in Northlander isn't York Region, it is Ontario. The likely timing for the trains is not optimized for those kind of trips, and is suited for longer distance travel.
Thoughts?
micheal_can
Senior Member
Take one or 2 RH GO trains and have them start and stop there every day. Problem solved.
hw621
Senior Member
Is it really a big deal to add one stop? I mean it's not a rapid transit kind of thing...
micheal_can
Senior Member
The short answer is... yes. This train is a Northern ON focused train. It is focused on bringing people to Toronto from the North, and to bring people from Toronto to the North. Not to be a commuter train for the GTA. The 2 stops in the GTA; Langstaff and Union makes sense from a Northerner perspective. Somewhere in farm country on the shores of Lake Simcoe does not.
From a GTA centric view, of course...it is only one stop....