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Doubt it. No blood was shed and railways are huge lobbyists when it comes to influencing government policies. They will put profit over...

Yup and the same thing happened at lac Megantic. The brakes didn't hold.

https://www.cp24.com/mobile/news/railway-cars-loaded-with-sulphuric-acid-ran-uncontrolled-for-nearly-a-kilometre-report-finds-1.6889628?r...

I'm curious as to why in the past switcher locomotives would pickup the train from Union station and tow the train to TMC (back in the...

There are extra HEP baggage coaches not being used in the corridor. The RDC's can handle the weight of an extra baggage car so that's...

That would be a duplication of service, there is no way the feds would fund that.

The ocean and the Canadian used to be a daily service. But track slots are another problem.

I'm not arguing the viability of the service. It's not practical because the train only runs three times a week. You can't go from...

Sure but those are not established corridors. Start with what we have now. Not pie in the sky.

Is therev Is there a wye in Sudbury as well? Two locomotives for such a small train is a huge waste of fuel and reasources. Unless one...

Are there any more Amtrak NCPU's for sale? But apparently that didn't work out too well for ONR.

What happened to the GO electric bus fleet? I haven't seen a single one running in months.

I'm sorry to say that you are looking at it wrong. Nobody is going to take a train from Halifax to Toronto even if it's high speed. It's...

The issue lies in the lack of a national transportation system or strategy. Also even if you take the train, to complete your last mile...

One locomotive on each end? Are the RDC's compatible to be run as can cars? But that would defeat the purpose of using locomotive hauled...