02-26-2020, 08:23 AM
(02-26-2020, 01:03 AM)Bob_McBob Wrote: Tonight's run:
22:58 Control mentions the freight train will be coming through in 7 minutes.
23:10 Control tells 508 (just departing Conestoga) they will be crossing over at Northfield and reverse running to Bauer (the crossover just before Erb and Caroline).
23:13 Line services confirms derail deactivation.
23:16 512 arrives at Waterloo Public Square and asks Control to "cancel the gate" (e.g. allow them to proceed) but Control tells them CN freight will be passing through imminently and they will have to wait.
23:23 Control tells 508 (now at Laurier-Waterloo Park) "you will have aspect at Bauer 2 Sierra crossing over southbound".
23:26 512 is cleared to depart Waterloo Public Square (10:44 behind schedule), right after 508 reaches Willis Way after crossing back over.
23:26 Control warns 506 (just departing Conestoga) they will be held at Northfield.
23:30 506 is held at Northfield.
23:35 506 is simultaneously cleared to proceed southbound from Northfield (5:47 behind schedule) as 512 arrives northbound, meaning CN freight is no longer on the line.
So it would seem reverse running southbound or regular running northbound while CN freight is on the spur line isn't an issue, which explains how an LRV was able to pass it last night. Most of the delay is just waiting for CN freight to get past the derail and interchange as well as ION only having access to a single track for both directions. This can impact up to 4 LRVs if the timing is bad because of all the various holds involved.
23:16 - I wonder where 508 was when 512 asked to proceed immediately? I can’t tell for sure but it’s entirely possible 508 was already in the single-track segment, meaning somebody would have to wait because of the single track, never mind the freight crossing through Uptown.
23:35 - 506 went on the usual southbound track? I’m just wondering because if 512 had arrived northbound, 506 could have reverse-run on the northbound track.
Thanks for all these details! Very interesting.