ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[timc]

Unless there is a notice posted, or a fence around the building, I can't see how going onto the McDonald's property to take some photographs is trespassing. On the other hand, trespassing on railway property is absolutely against the law. As we know, the law in this regard is rarely enforced, especially in situations where the risk is low. Same as a lot of laws. And some people are more willing to bend the rules than others.

Refusing to traverse the tracks to take some photographs is perfectly reasonable. Especially if it gives you an excuse to buy a nice lens. :-)

[Canard]

Sorry, I just take a lot of pride in the fact that I try my best to respect other people's property and rules, so it really rubbed me the wrong way. I realize he wasn't attacking me. Sorry.

Let's move on - it sure is a beautiful day, and I bet there's lots of activity out there! If you're lucky enough to have the day off, please share what you see!

[ijmorlan]

Sorry, I just take a lot of pride in the fact that I try my best to respect other people's property and rules, so it really rubbed me the wrong way. I realize he wasn't attacking me. Sorry.

Let's move on - it sure is a beautiful day, and I bet there's lots of activity out there! If you're lucky enough to have the day off, please share what you see!

I did not intend to say anything that sounded like an attack, so I’m sorry for that — I certainly didn’t intend to make your day start out badly at all! My point about the McDonald’s is that while technically it at least might be trespassing, it would be beyond strange to criticize somebody for doing it, and my opinion is that some (definitely not all!) railway trespassing is in the same category. But at the same time I respect your choice to follow the rules more rigorously.

At this point I will say again how much I appreciate your photos. Please, don’t stop, I and many others enjoy seeing them!

[boatracer]

Saw some welding activity at the KCI crossover location around noon today.

And the Ion Instagram feed had an overhead shot of the Conestoga crossover that was pretty neat.

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[Coke6pk]

"Most" land is private in some way/shape/form, but there are implied invitations to enter private property. The steps to McDonald's were open to the public for the granting of access to the restaurant. Once that restaurant is closed, with no "colour of right" to enter that property, the law would define an occupant as trespassing. Approaching my front door to sell me girl guide cookies is legally allowed (unless I banned the girl guides ), but coming into my backyard and approaching my kitchen door would be a violation, despite my lack of "No Trespassing" signs and zero (so far) enforcement.

I see both sides of the spat above, and I don't think any of the comments were malicious. If we wanted to infight, we would invite Jay Aissa to the forum!

Coke

[Square]

http://www.570news.com/2016/11/08/woman-...kitchener/ Man, people really don't like the lrt construction lately, lol

[KevinL]

Track is in place across King, at Benton/Frederick.

[Canard]

FINALLY!!

<blockquoteclass="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Community Open House: join us at the OMSF Sat, Nov 26 - full details: <a href="https://t.co/upwOrHP1Jq">https://t.co/upwOrHP1Jq</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RegionWaterloo">@RegionWaterloo</a> <a href="https://t.co/xzRnjiOgar">pic.twitter.com/xzRnjiOgar</a></p>&mdash; ION (@rideIONrt) <a href="https://twitter.com/rideIONrt/status/796406176003031040">November 9, 2016</a></blockquote>

[KevinL]

And of course, I'm currently scheduled to work that day.

At least I have enough lead time to hopefully rearrange...

[Canard]

Hoping Tom Galloway is going to bring a train back from Thunder Bay when he visits on the 21st and surprise us all.

[KevinL]

Work on Duke is progressing well!

Crossing at Young.



Future Kitchener City Hall station.



Crossing at Ontario.



Looking from midblock toward Ontario... 



...and Queen.



From Queen toward Frederick.

[ijmorlan]

FINALLY!!

<blockquoteclass="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Community Open House: join us at the OMSF Sat, Nov 26 - full details: <a href="https://t.co/upwOrHP1Jq">https://t.co/upwOrHP1Jq</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RegionWaterloo">@RegionWaterloo</a> <a href="https://t.co/xzRnjiOgar">pic.twitter.com/xzRnjiOgar</a></p>&mdash; ION (@rideIONrt) <a href="https://twitter.com/rideIONrt/status/796406176003031040">November 9, 2016</a></blockquote>

That reminds me (because I’ve been interested in being able to see the OMSF up close). I had another thought about the railway trespassing issue for you: I think you should count it a success that the issue came up for discussion. You’ve brought the issue into people’s consciousness so that somebody felt a need to recognize the issue when they posted certain photos. So, I believe that you have made a contribution to safety, and I think you would be justified to be proud of that, even if there is still some disagreement on the matter.

[jamincan]

I completely agree ijmorlan. There have generally been a lot of really good conversations on here about bike safety, road safety and, of course, railroad safety. I'm also really impressed with how respectful the conversations generally are on here, despite the fact that we don't always see eye to eye.

[BuildingScout]

The best way to fix and put and end to the "walking by the rail tracks" debate is high speed railway. People used to walk by the rails in Germany and there were a large number of un-signalled level crossings. Most of those are gone now, since HST trains (and cars in the autobahn) at > 240Km/h seem to move in heartbeats: you first see it in the distance, hearbeat, look again and it's right behind you, hearbeat, and its way in front of you.

[panamaniac]

Indeed, I would give up hikes down the tracks in exchange for badly needed HSR service to Union Station!