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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
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06-28-2016, 11:29 AM (This post was last modified: 06-28-2016, 11:30 AM by Canard.)
The comments about discovering artefacts is just like discovering our corduroy road!

I took the photo on the right on the weekend, from the very same spot as the black and white photo! I've been waiting quite a while for this moment, when the trackwork was just about at the same spot!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Then and now. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wrLRT?src=hash">#wrLRT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WRConnected">@WRConnected</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/chrisjamesdrew">@chrisjamesdrew</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/transitfok">@transitfok</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TramWorld">@TramWorld</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RegionWaterloo">@RegionWaterloo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KenSeiling">@KenSeiling</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/rideIONrt">@rideIONrt</a> <a href="https://t.co/0iwXib206c">pic.twitter.com/0iwXib206c</a></p>&mdash; iain (@Canardiain) <a href="https://twitter.com/Canardiain/status/747584543327199232">June 28, 2016</a></blockquote>
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#4,367
06-28-2016, 12:32 PM
On Francis Street:
[Image: NetnIf1.jpg]
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#4,368
06-28-2016, 12:34 PM
An underground linguini factory! Big Grin
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#4,369
06-28-2016, 12:43 PM
Giant tapeworms from the bowels of the earth!
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06-28-2016, 12:49 PM
zomg hyperloop!!!1one
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#4,371
06-28-2016, 12:51 PM
(06-28-2016, 12:43 PM)clasher Wrote: Giant tapeworms from the bowels of the earth!

Ewww!!
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06-28-2016, 01:15 PM
One mans linguini is another mans tapeworm!
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06-28-2016, 02:01 PM
(06-28-2016, 01:15 PM)JoeKW Wrote: One mans linguini is another mans tapeworm!

Ewww to you too!
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06-28-2016, 02:25 PM (This post was last modified: 06-28-2016, 02:26 PM by GtwoK.)
[Image: zGE4h40.png]

But... why? Tracks done. Traffic poles are in. Apart from stringing catenary, this intersection is train-ready! Or so I thought.
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06-28-2016, 03:38 PM
I was wondering that too. Are they rebuilding Freemont now?
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06-28-2016, 04:05 PM
(06-28-2016, 02:25 PM)GtwoK Wrote: [Image: zGE4h40.png]

But... why? Tracks done. Traffic poles are in. Apart from stringing catenary, this intersection is train-ready! Or so I thought.

Where are you getting that from?
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06-28-2016, 04:46 PM
http://www.rideion.ca/traffic-updates.html
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06-28-2016, 04:57 PM
That's got to be wrong. The only thing even remotely close to there that isn't finished is the gap where the OCS/catenary grounding has to occur. If that's going to take 4 months, we've got big-time problems!
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06-28-2016, 06:01 PM
Was up at Conestoga Mall today. Forms are starting to go in...

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These threw me off at first because they looked backwards. Then I realized I'm used to seeing them build centre platforms; these will be side platforms.

View of things from the Conestoga Road end:
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Lane-reduced King Street:
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06-28-2016, 07:08 PM
Great to see the forms finally going up at Conestoga!

Here's CTV's coverage of Steven Del Duca's (and others) visit to the OMSF on Monday.

http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=900264
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