12-22-2017, 10:54 PM
(12-22-2017, 10:38 PM)jamincan Wrote:(12-22-2017, 05:32 PM)Canard Wrote: For those lamenting the ploughing of the tracks - have you not noticed the station platforms are always bare concrete, perfectly shoveled and salted?
I thought they were having heated platform surfaces so that they wouldn't need to be shovelled? Or was that Ottawa? (or my imagination)
I mentioned the idea on this board a while back as something they should have done. While somewhat more expensive, it would have permanently eliminated the labour associated with clearing, and dramatically reduced tracking of slush and especially salt onto the trains.
It’s also possible you’re thinking of the platform heating which I understand exists at a few stations — press a button and an infrared heater comes on for a while.