^ There is a nightly freight that comes down from CN MacMillan Yard and interchanges traffic with CP at Lambton Yard. The TTC streetcars being rewelded in Quebec have all taken this route. So while this week is unusual, freights pass thru the Weston tunnel all the time.
The grade is tricky especially for longer trains going west, but not impossible or unsafe. I am told that the speed limit is 25 mph. The 401 tunnel is more restrictive, in that due to clearances and the current tunnel construction, freights can only use the middle track.
There have been a couple reroutes in each direction overnight for the past few days, and one each way during the day. This morning, two westbounds ran off CP up to CN at Malport. The overnight trains have not been a problem but running a freignt in the day on top of GO and UP has not been easy. It has taken all day for some trains to go from Malport to the Junction and vv. Between two Newmarket GO trains an hour at the Davenport diamond, and two an hour on the Weston Sub, it’s like threading a needle.
- paul