[dowlingm]

Metrolinx has more bilevel coaches than they can realistically sell off. Metrolinx is currently refurbishing their oldest coaches. They're even refurbing their oldest cab cars. 214 just got put back into service. Metrolinx wouldn't be spending all this money refurbing their coaches and cab cars if they thought EMU were in the works. It's going to be electric locomotives hauling bilevels. I assure you.

Buy Exo’s 20 ALP-45DPs to launch, and order a bunch of ALP-46s for wider rollout, come on let’s go

 

[TheHonestMaple]

I’m on an errand to Aurora, and looking at the new platform construction at Maple. The bases for what must be future OCS poles are inplace on the platform…..but their placement sure seems bizarre. I’m all for function over beauty, but putting the poles in the middle of the platform will make things look junky when the wires arrive - IMHO anyways.

Looks like there will be crossovers just north of the platform….but one would hope the double track is extended all the way south to Rutherford, enabling ise of both platforms there.

- Paul

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I disagree. You won’t even notice them. No different than a light pole. Pretty standard practice for them to be on the platform. You see that all over Europe.

 

[Allandale25]

Interesting points from Paul here re electrification

GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)

Anyone know what the columns are for? Just idle pile driver attachments, the one attached to the machine in this photo of yours is a helical drill bit while the others standing in the ground (looking like columns) are hammers for the steel beams (piles) driven into the earth. I’m not familiar...

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