I'm actually optimistic that this has been a tipping point moment and the city won't be going back.. There's no question that both Lines 5 and 6 were designed and built with tradeoffs assumed that led to mediocrity. Some of the mediocrity was baked in by Council and TTC decisions that have...

FWIW CP24 did show a picture of a mobile crane hoisting the nose end of the locomotive. Grabbing a decent screen capture is beyond my skill level. - Paul

So, the inaugural trams will have a start time of 05:40 at Mount Dennis on Sunday? Same from the east end? Good luck finding a coffee shop open near either terminal at that hour. Connecting bus, either. - Paul

So that’s what happens when Willowbrook Willie doesn’t see his shadow… - Paul

Hopefully some images will emerge showing the rerailing. that may explain things. But - as explained already, the equipment was sitting on some complicated and potentially compromised trackage with lots of things in the mix - signal wiring, power wiring, gas lines, switch machines, switch...

Unless the cans were hung on the levers as an operator workaround meaning "do not touch"......... a heritage version of a yellow sticky on a control panel - which in safety space is never a good thing. - Paul

This photo from Mr Lindsay's post is interesting - note the cluster of workers gathered around the switch to the east of the engine. If the last coach and loco were already off the rails by the time they passed over that switch, any amount of damage could have been done...and then again to the...

Lots of telecom and power cables, and gas pipes for the switch heaters….and the double slip switches themselves need to be protected from further damage.. Can’t just drag things. Finding jacking points etc must be tricky. Plus the need to repair whatever was damaged, and inspect and test...

Yes, that's the section with the greatest separation of vehicles from cyclists and pedestrians. Makes no sense to lower it to 40. Eastwards, the lights at Glendale and Sunnyside pretty much choke the flow anyways. Westbound, the speed rises at South Kingsway, again despite any real conflict...

The loco and rear of the last coach ended up on the next track over from where the front of the train had been routed. Something made them take a diverging path at a switch. Any number of mechanical issues could cause that - weather, ice, and extreme cold are all suspects, as are broken...

I tend to agree that the Queensway has an illogical mishmash of speed zones with no real change in road width or conditions, and with unhelpful signage when the speed limit changes. I am never sure that I am going the right speed. But having said that, the Queensway is just a good case study of...

Totally agree that we all need to keep our minds open and not second guess or prejudge the findings. The point is, this is a very heavily trafficked zone where there are frequently multiple trains moving adjacent to each other. The incident is therefore a "near miss" with a potential harm level...

I have to agree that the remarks made represented a serious risk to someone's employment.... but... I would never criticise a possible whistle blower. The question of ML ought to be, will there be a TSB investigation and a publicly discoverable report? There are technical allegations here that...

Indeed. Note that some photos are of air electrics not the CLRV-displaced PCC's in post-70's rebuilt condition. The deadline that formed at Wychwood after the arrival of the CLRV's was a different proposition than earlier deadlines of air-electric PCC's that happened as Line 2 opened and the...

And were vandalised and had an arson fire while in that location. - Paul