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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
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02-17-2016, 11:56 PM
   
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02-18-2016, 12:04 AM
(02-17-2016, 10:42 PM)BrianT Wrote: They are still going to be working on our Flexity Freedom LRVs. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-ba...-1.3452078

I should hope so, they just added Edmonton to their orders.
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02-18-2016, 12:56 AM
(02-17-2016, 03:53 PM)tomh009 Wrote:
(02-17-2016, 11:46 AM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: Does that mean fire sale? I keep hearing that the transportation division is the one part of Bombardier still making money, and you fire 3200 of them? But the one division tanking hard, commercial aerospace, you fire no one at all?

They won't lay off people who are needed to build product.  If they are terminating production workers in the transportation division (not clear in which country) it's because they don't have enough orders to keep those people employed.

Toronto Star reporting the following information about Bombardier job cuts (February 17, 2016):

"2,830 will be in Canada, with 430 in Ontario and 2,400 in Quebec. In all, 400 jobs will be axed in the train division and 2,430 in the aerospace division in Canada."
 
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"A Unifor spokesman said no unionized job losses were anticipated at Bombardier’s transportation plant in Thunder Bay, which makes the long-delayed TTC streetcars"
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02-18-2016, 07:18 AM (This post was last modified: 02-18-2016, 07:19 AM by Canard.)
Most of the Thunder Bay employees being laid off (250-350 people) will be in ~9 months when the last Toronto Rocket MOVIA Metro train is built and delivered. Some of them may be transitioned over to FLEXITY of production warrants (and I think it certainly would).
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02-18-2016, 09:25 PM
   

   

   

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02-18-2016, 10:53 PM
From Twitter user @reaperexpress - the first catpoles:

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02-19-2016, 12:13 AM (This post was last modified: 02-19-2016, 12:13 AM by timc.)
I noticed those today as well. Also I think some are up near McCormick.
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02-19-2016, 12:18 AM
I think it's gonna be pretty sweet to see the trains running under the manulife bridge on Charles.
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02-19-2016, 04:34 PM (This post was last modified: 02-19-2016, 05:49 PM by GtwoK.)
New Ion update today. Very little in it that we didn't already know. Of note:

The King / Erb intersection officially will not need to be closed this year, thank god

Waterloo Park station construction underway

Foundations for the rail bridge at King / Victoria are done

Work on Charles in front of the tannery will resume in a week

The remainder of the track on Borden will be installed starting on Tuesday
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02-19-2016, 04:43 PM
(02-19-2016, 04:34 PM)GtwoK Wrote: Foundations for the rail bridge at King / Victoria are done

Does anyone know how that might compare to the planned timeline? Last we heard was I believe that work was six months behind schedule on the King underpass- any indication lately if this estimate has improved or not?
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02-19-2016, 05:44 PM
(02-19-2016, 04:34 PM)GtwoK Wrote: The King / Erb intersection officially will not need to be closer this year, thank god

Why would it? There's no track going in there.
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02-19-2016, 05:50 PM (This post was last modified: 02-19-2016, 05:52 PM by GtwoK.)
(02-19-2016, 05:44 PM)KevinL Wrote:
(02-19-2016, 04:34 PM)GtwoK Wrote: The King / Erb intersection officially will not need to be closer this year, thank god

Why would it? There's no track going in there.

They're redoing the street up to (and including) Erb, though. As well, there were concerns about underground connections, etc.

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02-19-2016, 06:06 PM
Ah, that's understandable.
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02-19-2016, 07:39 PM
Lots of work going on between the Laurel Creek culvert and Erb including new track most of the way along PI and what looked to severing of the one good cargo track.

Is this one of those full-weekend "pushes"?

Sorry new photographic device at the time.
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