CplKlinger
Senior Member
Sounds good! Cheers@CplKlinger I will give a more enlightened response tomorrow -- the wine hash got the besht of me thish evening.
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Sounds good! Cheers@CplKlinger I will give a more enlightened response tomorrow -- the wine hash got the besht of me thish evening.
That's a cool idea, I like the idea of compromising so that we can get the best of both worlds: The historic aspect in the summer, and use of the ROW in the winter. It's such a good route, I truly hope that something like this can be arranged. I love the ERRS, but it still kills me to see the line dead during half of the year. And whatever comes of the High Level - whether it be a "living bridge", or being repurposed with the more minimalist proposal of a trail and linear park (the name is escaping me), having a rail connection is a very important part of it. And there's obviously few people willing to base their regular commutes around a service that's unavailable during the winter.I don't expect them to go about this in reality and so it would have to be ETS or some variant of that. We would need another short siding in all likelihood on one or both sides to make this work and retain the historic cars from May-Oct.
Ah ok, that makes sense. I thought you were throwing shade at me, so that makes me feel betterIn essence -- when there is a "will" there is a "way".
Someone must be cutting onions in my house... That means a great deal coming from you, I'm glad that I can contribute to discussions here in a meaningful way even though a lot of the regulars here are far more accomplished in these areas than I.I would never throw shade at you. I have the utmost respect for the way you present yourself -- studied, reasoned, fair -- no hint of impassioned self-servitude. You are all As in my book!
I don't know if this is accurate, but someone on Reddit gave a pretty reasonable-sounding explanation for why it was shut off for good.Bring back the waterfall!
They definitely had a strong reason for closing it. I just would love to see it back in action someday, but I would understand if they couldn't make it happen.I don't know if this is accurate, but someone on Reddit gave a pretty reasonable-sounding explanation for why it was shut off for good.
"I believe the problem was that the treated water used in the waterfall was a major violation of DFO regulations about release of deleterious substances in fishbearing waters. The limit for chlorine is 2 parts per billion, while tap water is usually around 1 part per million (500 times the limit). So the only way to reactivate the system would be to use untreated water. Which would bring potential public health risks from the atomized spray for anyone on or near the bridge."
EDIT: They were right to an extent, but apparently the river water could be safe enough to use now.
Here's an article from 2012 when some people tried to get it back up and running using river water.
Here's an article from 2014 when council rejected using public money to restore it.
Give these two articles a read for more context.
Don't want to just make a miracle happen?Well this forum worked its magic with 102 Ave so why not this. Someone call someone and come back with good news!!! That’s what always seems to happen…