There is some track layed between maple and the intermediate signal south of maple. Handthrow switch was installed there too

There's some double track under construction between Rutherford and maple go now. Also quite a bit of land has been cleared between Aurora and king city.

They posted a Locomotive Engineer posting today but I believe that's only for qualified Locomotive Engineers, conductor still need to go through the process of CSA to Conductor which is at least 8-12 months. Someone can correct me if im wrong... Most Locomotive engineers I know at CN have at...

That's true, I guess it's a tradeoff, worse days off but better money.

I know engineers on extended run pools (Toronto-Capreol), (Capreol-Hornepayne) currently making 190k -200k which means this offer is a bit of a pay cut/very slight increase for people on extended run terminals. But for yard guys it's a massive pay increase. Which means opinions are very split on...

I still don't get why anyone would transfer from GO to CN, unless the working conditions are that bad... class 1 work is more physically demanding and our spareboard is 24/7 while Alstom gets their windows. I get the Alstom to VIA transition I just don't get why anyone would do Alstom to CN/CP...

I would love to take transit to my work but the 24/7 spareboard on call with 2 hours notice makes it virtually impossible to take transit

I kinda posted the 401 comment as sarcasm. My only gripe with the shift trucks to 407 is... alot of these truckers don't have proper road etiquette and will literally stagger across all 5 lanes of the 407. I've seen it on my way to work but if it helps everyone else its fine. I personally pay...

I would vote for any politician who tears out the 401 and 400

I'm guessing based on the turnout on the east end of the station the on being installed will also be a 25 mph turnout?

Even along the Bala there are some very difficult terrain such as lakes, rock cuts and high embankments. The cost for the bala would be astronomical. Then add that cost for the Ruel, Caramat, Allanwater and Redditt subdivision and thats just to double track to Winnipeg.

Max length for trains on the Bala sub is about 13000, might be 12k feet but i would have to double check on that... However in recent memory the longest train I've been on was just shy of 12k feet.

1.94 km is 6364 feet which added to the 6500 that zephyr has already would make it 12,864 feet

What I can think of is all the stations except Georgetown are on the south side of the corridor. Also that the Weston sub comes in at the south side of the Halton Sub at Halwest.

Just Medora and Brechin East are signaled sidings with 25 mph speed limits. Medora fits about 13k feet and Brechin East fits 12.6k but only 8.8k between crossings That's kinda why I mentioned extending smail southwards to the crossing south of smail (would then fit 14k feet) or moving Pefferlaw...