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The long-running morning short turn trains, first to St. Clair West and more recently to Glencairn. Dan

At an unknown future date, yes. They have short-turned some in testing service in order to train the ops and also to re-sequence trains...

That used to be the case before everything that has gone on with CN neutering the Siemens sets began and caused VIA's On-Time...

If we rather look at freight rail (and the volumes transported), we are world class and Japan is the developping country…

The whole of Leaside Yard - and even if the CP mainline was moved to the northern edge of the property - is considerably larger than all...

As always, there is a lot more nuance than is available on the internet.... Because concrete ties are heavier, they can't be replaced...

As well as the deteriorated concrete in the margins, I believe that they are also doing carstop rail replacement. The rails at stops and...

All of the rebuilds got one when they were done by IRSI. Dan

Cost is not just of building, but also of maintaining the structure and everything inside (and potentially above) it. Which, with a...

All the devices in Ottawa use an "Ottawa" fare table. Just like the TTC's devices use a "Toronto" table, and YRT's use a "York Region"...

It's not. The system on each vehicle or faregate uses a table to figure out which fare to charge the card. They are simply removing the...

Except that the TTC has been doing a "bedding in" on every line launched since the original section of the Yonge line in 1954. That's...

You need to stop trying to apply Ottawa's experiences to this. They simply don't apply. The TTC has been building, testing...

It starts August 3rd. Dan

The capacity issues stem from the fact that CN has put an artificial cap on their own services to Halifax. There is just one container...