There is a huge difference between a volunteer led outfit running antique trains on a limited schedule on 10 mph track and a regular transit service….. the big difference is money. Certainly the Region could make the investment if it saw a need - but the poulation just isn’t there, soi far . - Paul

I’m sure people ride up there, but I would be surprised if they rode them to catch the Northlander and left their bike there for a couple days, yes.

Lifted from FB but very interesting. I chuckled a little at the inclusion of bicycle posts in New Liskeard - how many days will one be leaving one's bike for? but nothing wrong with anticipating and hoping they will come. The point is, the new stations may not be classic, but they clearly...

I'm equally puzzled by projects described as "In Design" where the field forces are already out there - eg St Clair-Rogers on the Kitchener line, 2nd track and platform at Caledonia, And, um, where is that infamous bridge? - Paul

Considering that flagpersons have to be CROR qualified, they can't be ordered quite as fast as a pizza. The workforce is managed close to demand. Some of that lag time may be ML's internal processes. Flagpeople don't just turn up on the day of.... instructions have to be drafted and input to...

Definitely less expensive than a second set of tunnels, but...don't underestimate the lighting, winter maintenance, adjusting track centers, fencing or hard walling, cameras and security. And the mods to the footbridge. And accessibility considerations. Unfortunately any GO station will have...

There is no simple answer to this one. As a parent of a family of 4, I can say that the car allows a certain flexibility especially around bringing teddy bears and amusements for the trip, without the risk of leaving any behind on the train. And bringing the family pet along. And having mobility...

The areas that I noted were being "dried" in Mount Dennis station were fundamentally open to air, ie outside any fire doors or barriers and adjacent to open-air staircases and ramps leading to street and surface platforms. I can't imagine any easy ventilation retrofit to these, certainly not...

Nice to see the track finally being laid, but......If the CPR had been built as slowly as ML gets work done, Van Horne would still be at Palgrave. I do wonder about the cost of equipment and materials for these jobs. I hope ML is not paying a per diem on all the work equipment that has been...

There is a CN freight train that comes down every night from McMillan Yard via Malport to the CPKC yard at Lambton and then returns to CN. On this particular evening, the train broke down and could not complete its run before morning. It was still blocking the route at the start of GO/UP...

Update from this morning’s GO ride: the second cutter head is lying face down on the surface, alongside what looks like the front sections of the second TBM. - Paul

When I last rode the GO past that site, some large components of the second TBM were still sitting at surface level waiting to be lowered into the pit. So, I'm not expecting it to begin work immediately - but it won't be long. Good to reach this milestone. Now, will there be a tracker ? - Paul

Lol Hey don't sell WCR short. The "hopper" fare is an all day ticket, allows the rider to board at Northfield, get off at Farmers Market or in St Jacobs, catch the next train to Elmira, and then layover there and come back on the last train to Northfield. So it saves a couple bus fares in the...

LOL. When the Newfoundland Railway was torn up, every garden center in the Maritimes had a stack of used ties for sale for garden use. The neat part being, the narrow-guage spike holes made it clear where the ties were from. I was sorely tempted to rent a truck and import a bunch. Probably...

A significant number of the fatalities are pedestrians, but also....Brightline has long stretches like this with many level crossings. Can we see the problem? - Paul

Track diagrams dating back to GTS showed CPKC doubling their mainline from Black Creek to Osler. I guess it is finally happening. One would expect a switch tieing the connecting track into the new Track 0 on the Weston Sub. To date, the connecting track continues west as Track 0, but going...

Well, ok, it has been raining heavily…. But in a newly opened station, this isn’t encouraging. Mount Dennis, this afternoon - Paul

That 2030 completion date kinda took my breath away, considering that this project places constraints on LSE and Stouffville service plans…. But it really isn’t that far away (at my age, calendar math is not my friend). The plan to do the east side does suggest that the biggest piece of widening...

It’s only a weight issue for the bridge * in its current state of low and historically deferred maintenance * No reason that it couldn’t be refurbished to enable better service on the line. - Paul

Exactly.... the idea of threatening to play around with a network that involves two nations just to move CN on matters between Windsor and Montreal is really poking a hornet's nest. I don't know how crucial the Sarnia-Montreal corridor is to CN's network. I suspect the answer is, "very...