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VIA Rail
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Considering the performance of the trainsets prior to their neutering by CN, there will be no difference in performance with the...
Yesterday at 8:16 PM
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Ontario Northland/Northern Ontario Transportation
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What do you think the Charger is? Dan
Yesterday at 2:20 PM
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VIA Rail
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My understanding is that Bombardier's tender was for DEMUs, being based on models that they've built elsewhere in the world. And where...
Yesterday at 2:19 PM
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Finch West Line 6 LRT
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It was yesterday, although it wasn't a derailment. A train got stuck on an insulator. And when the trailing train tried to push it off...
Yesterday at 2:13 PM
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GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)
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It shares tracks with other "mainline rail" trains, so yes, it comes under the same regulatory regime. Dan
Yesterday at 2:08 PM
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VIA Rail
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I don't think that there are any "reliability woes" beyond the normal teething issues that occur with any new fleet - in fact, it could...
Tuesday at 8:17 PM
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GO Transit Fleet Equipment and other
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If you're talking about the 4 units they sold off in 1996, that's because they were the 4 newest units and would fetch the highest price...
Tuesday at 8:09 PM
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VIA Rail
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Blended braking can be controlled by the 27-pin MU. But as the leading F40 is not able to communicate via the MU and COMM circuits to...
Tuesday at 1:50 PM
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VIA Rail
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The same as if a regular passenger car was being towed by a Siemens set. Which has happened, as we all know. Just set the brake valve to...
Monday at 8:07 PM
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Finch West Line 6 LRT
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It doesn't. But it seems as if the buttons haven't been programmed in a way to differentiate between a press happening from inside the...
Monday at 7:58 PM
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Finch West Line 6 LRT
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With the legacy fleet cars, the doors will only open if the outer circle of the buttons are lit up and a button gets pressed. Otherwise...
Monday at 1:49 AM
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Finch West Line 6 LRT
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I was at those presentations. I've talked to TTC's planners. This is not true at all. The number of people taking the SRT north in...
Sunday at 2:56 PM
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Finch West Line 6 LRT
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There are a lot of moving parts which explain this. Part of it is the subways are specifically designed for a purpose or set of...
Sunday at 2:53 PM
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Train Spotting
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GO uses a different HEP standard than VIA. They are not compatible with each other. Depends on how bad it is. If it needs to be...
Friday at 1:23 PM
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GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)
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GO (and VIA, EXO and WCE) have been lobbying to the Federal Government and Transport Canada for many years for changes to many rules and...
Jan 1, 2026
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