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  1. Metroscapes

    GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

    I think you're on to something with the loco being derailed. Again, quality is crap and it's difficult to distinguish from normal sway, but it seems the locomotive is already derailed, and the misalignment between it and the last coach makes it "pop" violently as it hits the switch. That's just...
  2. Metroscapes

    Toronto Toronto | Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

    No bloody map. Is it basically the same as what was approved years ago?
  3. Metroscapes

    GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

    This is a significant cold snap, one that has pushed the Great Lakes beyond the max ice cover seen around February 21 last year (~52%), and it's climbing at a very fast rate compared to other years. I think it's plausible that it's going to drive some issues.
  4. Metroscapes

    GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

    This reminds me of a time at work. A metal bar that was part of a gate mechanism on a small dam got bent out of shape and rendered inoperable until it was replaced. It was raised during a regular weekly engineering meeting, and most people around the table rolled their eyes and vented that a...
  5. Metroscapes

    GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

    There should be a TSB report, as they are a very capable body that does excellent and thorough investigative work. But since GO is a provincial transit company and it's on a Metrolinx right-of-way, all safety investigations are provincial jurisdiction. TSB only gets brought in at MTO's request.
  6. Metroscapes

    General railway discussions

    From Baffinland's website:
  7. Metroscapes

    General railway discussions

    Once complete, the most northern railway in the world. The Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Line terminates around 70°12' N, whereas Milne Inlet is at 71°53' N.
  8. Metroscapes

    GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)

    From a civil cost, maintaining existing operations and construction phasing, yes, a new line is cheaper and easier. But once you bring property into scope, it gets more expensive and difficult. It's insanely frustrating to see projects pitched or discussed as being rational, but then you look...
  9. Metroscapes

    General railway discussions

    Rail service returning to Iroquois Falls. https://www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/article/locomotive-returns-to-iroquois-falls-after-more-than-a-decade/
  10. Metroscapes

    Cycling: West Toronto Railpath (City of Toronto, Phase II Proposed)

    It's perimeter is concrete, they couldn't have made it all concrete?
  11. Metroscapes

    Cycling: West Toronto Railpath (City of Toronto, Phase II Proposed)

    The additional fence is terrible. OBC requirement combined with laziness / value engineering, and rooted in the worthy principle of not letting people (especially small kids) fall from great heights, but one that is affecting the aesthetic of many projects involving bridges and other overlooks...
  12. Metroscapes

    GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

    From Michael Lindsay on LinkedIn, since I didn't see anything posted on here. Seems to confirm the driver was on the southern access road, plowed through the fence and onto the tracks.
  13. Metroscapes

    Toronto Toronto | GO Transit: Davenport Diamond Grade Separation | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    Adjusting for inflation, about $2.3 million in profit.
  14. Metroscapes

    Finch West Line 6 LRT

    https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/why-does-winter-weather-seem-to-throw-the-finch-west-lrt-off-track/article_f6798a57-2c1e-4c9b-bc1f-1598914188ae.html

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