ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[Canard]

503 is here, tucked away deep within the Lancaster Yard.

[timio]

I believe I saw a bobcat with a sweeper attached cleaning the tracks by GRH this morning.

[bgb_ca]

Is it coming up tonight?

[ijmorlan]

Is it coming up tonight?

4th LRV just went past Willow & William.

[bgb_ca]

[Canard]

Cool video! Pretty sure Kevin and I spotted you when we drove past!

Here's some of the footage I shot:



Worth noting that the crossing gates at Old Albert Street are now operational, so I'm assuming the ones in Waterloo Park are, too.

Kevin and I seriously contemplating cycling up alongside, but in the end, I'm kind of glad we didn't: It didn't leave the Lancaster Yard until about 10:30pm! That would have been one awfully frigid wait. It's too bad it went up so late - all the others were between 8pm and 9pm. Waiting an hour or so isn't so bad...

[bgb_ca]

Cool video!  Pretty sure Kevin and I spotted you when we drove past!

Well if you are referring to the person freezing their behind off on Union by the tracks then yes, that would have been me.

Can the next one arrive when it's not -20 out?

[ijmorlan]

Cool video!  Pretty sure Kevin and I spotted you when we drove past!

Here's some of the footage I shot:



Worth noting that the crossing gates at Old Albert Street are now operational, so I'm assuming the ones in Waterloo Park are, too.

Kevin and I seriously contemplating cycling up alongside, but in the end, I'm kind of glad we didn't:  It didn't leave the Lancaster Yard until about 10:30pm!  That would have been one awfully frigid wait.  It's too bad it went up so late - all the others were between 8pm and 9pm.  Waiting an hour or so isn't so bad...

Somebody needs to stick a tracking device on the flat car. Then your phone could tell you when it moves onto the spur and you could emerge from a nearby Tim Horton’s or whatever and meet the train a little ways up the line. Not that I recommend trespassing on railway property for the purpose of installing it or anything!

[Canard]

I think a radio scanner would probably suffice. As a kid, I remember my dad had one that was always on in our car whenever we went anywhere, so we could listen to railway chatter. If it still works and if they still use the same "system", I'm sure I could borrow it from him...!

[tomh009]

Yes, they still use radios. Some of that traffic is even streamed on the Internet, though not our area. For example:
http://www.railroadradio.net/content/view/23/131/

[Square]

Did the train still have to stop at King in Uptown Waterloo?

[Canard]

We couldn’t quite see as we were waiting closer to Erb/Caroline.

As for the scanners, I don’t know how it all works - I remember my dad’s would scroll fast through numbers 1-20, about once a second, and if any activity was detected it would stop. I’m guessing that it had 20 pre-programmed frequencies you had to figure out and enter?

Any idea what those frequencies would be for the GEXR train?

[ijmorlan]

Did the train still have to stop at King in Uptown Waterloo?

From my house I can see the train stop whenever it is reasonably long. In the past it stopped at Regina, then slowly edged through the gap between the buildings, then stopped again at King. Based on the sounds it makes and what I can see from my house I think it still does that.

[Square]

Did the train still have to stop at King in Uptown Waterloo?

From my house I can see the train stop whenever it is reasonably long. In the past it stopped at Regina, then slowly edged through the gap between the buildings, then stopped again at King. Based on the sounds it makes and what I can see from my house I think it still does that.

Thank you, was just wondering if the traffic lights on King turn red, and if the train has to completely stop and someone stops traffic like before or does it slowly inch forward?

[Square]

We couldn’t quite see as we were waiting closer to Erb/Caroline.

As for the scanners, I don’t know how it all works - I remember my dad’s would scroll fast through numbers 1-20, about once a second, and if any activity was detected it would stop. I’m guessing that it had 20 pre-programmed frequencies you had to figure out and enter?

Any idea what those frequencies would be for the GEXR train?

Try this link, I think it has our railroad frequencies :  https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?aid=7873