ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[chutten]

What am I missing re: the grade of those 2? There doesn't seem to be any difference in concrete height, unless I'm mistaken and grade means something different here.

It's hard to tell with the clouds flattening the light, but the level of the concrete between the rails appears to be lower than the level of the concrete outside it.

This morning they were ripping up the North CN track just east of Duke. They have an interesting rail-bound truck for pulling ties out of the ballast. Pretty mesmerizing to watch, actually.

Ah, nuts, I meant _WEST_ of Duke (well, WSW. Stupid KW). The pile of ties is what's East of Duke. And the switching rails, which they left atop the North track.