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Agreed, but the problem is that it is much more difficult to confidently decipher what DND and NRE stand for if it‘s not really clear...
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And it's becoming more of dirty word as time goes by. I'm just pointing out that in general, there's both preference and policy in...
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You should know your audience and stick to abbreviations which are commonly used in this forum. I invite you and @kEiThZ to search the...
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A slow-moving overnight train that has much slack in the schedule may be much easier for CN to handle, and they might even appreciate...
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That's because the timing of connections has changed over the years. In CN days, the evening traffic from Montreal and Ottawa all...
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No. I am suggesting that most people will wait for a 6am departure and be fine with reaching their destination at 10am. The handful of...
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Boarding early and requiring a lie flat to avoid a night at a hotel will be unnecessary if travel times are fast enough. You don't see...
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I kind of figured DND out, but it didn‘t make any sense to me since I had never come across NRE (not just as an acronym, but also as a...
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^It's such a reach from what VIA has done with the new train to reinstating the Cavalier.... let's be grateful for small wins and not...
Yesterday at 5:39 PM
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If even rail nerds like myself have no idea what we are talking about, there is a slight problem. What is DND and what is NRE? Don‘t...
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Which also shows that the excuses other provinces make for poor rail service and their insistence that all rail service be paid for by...
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That's called debating, but you don't strengthen your position by running off on tangents or grasping at straws. A staked out position...
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Then just make that argument and move on. When you get into the weeds of all the places a train can stop for passengers, when they...
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The NRE on one off customizations would be very high per trainset. It might also trigger the need for an updated TC safety approval...
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Given the maintenance agreements with Siemens it seems unlikely that any “in house” mods will be done in the early years of these...
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