[micheal_can]

Little unfun fact.... The Northlander has been shut down for almost as long as Eglington has been under construction.

 

[NorthernTracks]

Ontario Northland reassures public amid VIA Rail winter disruptions

'Ontario Northland will conduct extensive testing on the Northlander equipment to ensure that all systems function correctly under operational conditions and meet safety, performance, and regulatory requirements'

www.baytoday.ca

 

[lenaitch]

Ontario Northland reassures public amid VIA Rail winter disruptions

'Ontario Northland will conduct extensive testing on the Northlander equipment to ensure that all systems function correctly under operational conditions and meet safety, performance, and regulatory requirements'

www.baytoday.ca

If I'm understanding from on this forum that the problem seems to be an airflow-snow ingestion problem impacting HEP/wiring/communications, if the ONR wants to do real time winter testing, they had best gets their skates on. Snowfall and swirling light snow conditions get pretty sporadic in late winter.

 

[micheal_can]

If I'm understanding from on this forum that the problem seems to be an airflow-snow ingestion problem impacting HEP/wiring/communications, if the ONR wants to do real time winter testing, they had best gets their skates on. Snowfall and swirling light snow conditions get pretty sporadic in late winter.

One would think that any future updates to resolve that problem with the Via fleet will be done to the ONR fleet.

 

[lenaitch]

One would think that any future updates to resolve that problem with the Via fleet will be done to the ONR fleet.

For sure (who pays for it being an aside). Observers are seeing what VIA is going through and rightfully questioning ONR. The actual cause(s) of the outages aren't really being widely shared, and ONR routing is a lot more isolated.

 

[micheal_can]

For sure (who pays for it being an aside). Observers are seeing what VIA is going through and rightfully questioning ONR. The actual cause(s) of the outages aren't really being widely shared, and ONR routing is a lot more isolated.

And it is a lot more snow. And traveling in the overnight, when it tends to be colder.

 

[NorthernTracks]

Sudbury-White River train on hiatus

Sudbury-White River train on hiatus

Travellers who rely upon VIA Rail’s tri-weekly train service between Sudbury and White River have officially been left stranded. The company’s only operating train set in this isolated area of Nort…

northerntracks.blog

 

[micheal_can]

Sudbury-White River train on hiatus

Sudbury-White River train on hiatus

Travellers who rely upon VIA Rail’s tri-weekly train service between Sudbury and White River have officially been left stranded. The company’s only operating train set in this isolated area of Nort…

northerntracks.blog

We need new equipment.