07-05-2023, 07:30 AM
(07-05-2023, 06:22 AM)nms Wrote: I have hope that once the existing trainsets are coming into service, and given that Ontario Northland tacked their trainset order onto the tailend of VIA's order, that there is a chance that it will be easier for future management to add to their fleets (either VIA, GO, Ontario Northland, or their respective governments). All of VIA's equipment, including the LRC sets, were inherited from CN and/or CP.
I keep hoping for incremental improvements in railway transportation to the point that continual improvement becomes business-as-usual rather than a frill open to political whims. While Metrolinx is moving at a glacial pace with their improvements, they are at least moving forwards. Hopefully, and where railway tracks or corridors exist, there will be the option to introduce service or otherwise keep improving existing railway service in the province.
The problem with "slow but incremental progress" is that it doesn't occur in a vacuum. If we very gradually add train service, but rapidly expand roads and develop more sprawl we are actually losing ground, not gaining it.