This is more realistic than running a cpkc/cn joint bypass... not to mention the grade required at the humber river would be insane...

I saw the V4 document and it mostly has do not exceed 60/70 mph until crossings occupied on specific crossings I don't see any new pso speeds on the Dundas, Strathroy and Kingston (most of it except 1 or 2 closer to Montreal), Montreal and St hyacinthe had like 1 pso added as well...

How many loaded bike coaches or e-bikes need to be on a GO Train before it becomes a "Key Train" or "Special Dangerous" train 😂

They've been using this routing for the last month or so

There's no switches on either end and it's not in the employee timetable table anymore

Yes, the only in service sidings on the Newmarket are Falkenburg, Martins and Trout Creek. Everything else was ripped out or is out of Service. The switcher out of Huntsville works 3 customers 3x per week. Usually the freight out of north bay leaves around mid afternoon.

The high priority oversiding BIT trains usually leave Brampton intermodal around 2-4 am. So that shouldn't conflict. Based on the timings on the business case the northbound would run ahead of the freight run to north bay and the sb would leave north bay 2-3 hr after the nb comes in The current...

the highest zone speed on the Bala is 70 passenger and 60 freight. While most of the Newmarket is 50 passenger 40 freight. I haven't been on the Kingston in a few years but the highest speeds if i remember correctly are 100/95 passenger and 65 freight. That's a 30 mph difference compared to the...

Yes, it's done by single crew Yeah Toronto crews will also do the Toronto-North bay run in addition to the Toronto-Capreol run while Capreol crews only do the Toronto-Capreol run + Capreol-Hornepayne The VIA crews for the Toronto-Capreol segment are based out of Capreol.

Likely just 3 tracks with the YNSE.

Macyard uses the Administration Building (old RTC Building) now Those are just recrew spots for crews running out of time due to transport Canada regulations that are convenient due to spacing between crossings and easy access. Quaker at Bethesda side road, langstaff go, Bramalea go, and quite...

Makes sense, langstaff to Bloomington can fit 3-4 tracks (the ROW). The Doncaster Diamond and Don Valley are the big constraints. Judging by the terrain around the Diamond the best option would likely be Bala sub under/over York sub as if you trench the York sub the grades would be too extreme...

That looks like it sped up to around 25 mph then slowed down to 15 mph

From people I know that work at GO they were proposing some very unrealistic things that with the Transport Canada rest regulations would make the operations very difficult. As a railroader, I probably have a bit of insight of the crewing requirements. For example we can't work more than 12...

I don't think this is feasible, the CN halton sub is already at 0.8 -1.0 % grade going from the humber in both directions. The CPKC alignment would be way greater than 2% there