And don‘t even dare to suggest on the „Rail Fans Canada“ Discord server that we might sooner rather than later regret the decision to build a new rail transit system with zero regards of its effects on existing transportation systems and known infrastructure needs. All hail the REM! Amen.

We’ll only have to wait until the year 2216 (after the once-renewable lease of 99 years has expired) to ask for our tunnel back…

I believe that the federal funding decision to allow Amtrak to purchase shunt enhancers discussed here falls roughly in line with my rough estimate from above: https://groups.io/g/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/99994

For instance, but those only occured a decade into their operation. So far I struggle to see how the Siemens trains are having worse teething issues than previous fleets rolled out by VIA or its predecessors: https://groups.io/g/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/99708

Compared to their typical life span of 40 years, these speed restrictions will be a short episode nobody will remember in a decade…

They are by no means slower than the old ones. They are just temporarily required by the main infrastructure owner to obbey special speed limits at certain locations until they have been retrofitted with minor additional equipment which will ensure their safe detection.

Rumours shared on groups.io claim that VIA is considering to procure generator cars: https://groups.io/g/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/99967

Definitely a fascinating aspect of Canadian history (which ranks high on my personal to-visit list!) and a reminder of how closely it is tied to its railways! Yet, this would probably be more on topic in this thread: https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/general-railway-discussions.31918/page-142

Given the timeline the Liberals have set, their opinions and preferences are pretty much irrelevant, as the “final decision of the federal government” has been scheduled to fall well beyond the latest-possible date for the next federal election, where all polling suggests that they will face...

If even Tom Box is not aware of such through trains, I believe it can be safely assumed that no such trains ever operated: https://groups.io/g/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/86218

I actually remember a time where there was a sleeper train leaving Berlin-Lichtenberg station every Saturday afternoon and splitting into 8 different groups of through car, one of them terminating some 5,130 km later in Novosibirsk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibirjak I always wanted to...

Not that I am aware of. You always had to transfer at least in Montreal…

I‘m not talking about the Conservatives shelving the project, but about them descoping the project to the point where (presumably) Cadence throws in the towel and the Conservatives start a more traditional RFP, but one which actually stands a chance to attract the funding it requires. The...

If Cadence is indeed the chosen development partner, then it will only show how none of the project’s promoters has understood the less-than-subtle differences between the preferences of a liberal and of a conservative government. Good luck to totally-not-SNC-Lavalin, the CDPQ and yet another...

Of course! It was the low axle count and not the axle weight, right?

IIRC, this was exactly the issue why RDCs could not be deployed on the Corridor. They would have been a great match for Train 85/88…

I would assume that YYZ offers more airline choice and direct flights than YUL (let alone: YOW), which could justifyfor Ottawa passengers spending 2 hours more in the train than heading to Dorval. Besides, many international companies have their HQs or offices in close proximity of Pearson Airport…

Maybe because these are just conceptual drawings and may be very different from whatever VIA may or may not be allowed to procure? Still, certainly interesting, but I don‘t understand the commentary provided by Alexander…

It really has become the North American standard locomotive for intercity passenger railroads:

I’m not arguing against expanding municipal bus service in whatever county(ies) Barrie and Collingwood are located. I just fail to see why such local service should be co-funded by the federal taxpayer when there are multiple other layers of givernment which are much closer to such concerns…