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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Was up at Waterloo Park today, had a bit of a look around.

First time I'd seen this arrangement for transporting bundles of rail. Looks practical, if inelegant.

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From the new pedestrian crossing. Looks properly polished and elegant! I note that only the left-side tracks here, the ones that will carry the freight trains, require those central guidance rails.

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Opposite view.

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Not so elegant: these old wooden railing pieces that have yet to be removed.

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The TPSS is certainly a standout, but it seems offset enough from the tracks that a screen of bushes/trees could go in to obscure it some more.

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And finally, some concerned citizen has alerted us to the presence of something classically monstrous within the culverts...

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RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit - by KevinL - 07-17-2016, 08:13 PM
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