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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
(09-04-2015, 08:54 AM)timio Wrote: According to the design in the Project Agreement (C-PP-030), looks like the Gauntlet track starts mid-crossing.  Also, due to the proximity of the station, the tracks are slightly further apart in this location to come in either side.

That’s very interesting. I hadn’t really looked at that closely. I’ll be interested to see if they really put the points in the road, or if they go outside. It certainly is possible to put points in the road, but I suspect it is not preferred. One purpose of gauntlet track is to avoid having points in a crossing — have the tracks converge in the road, but stay shifted by just a few inches (rail width plus flange space) until the other side of the road and put the points there.
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RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit - by ijmorlan - 09-04-2015, 03:59 PM
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