10-20-2015, 05:01 PM
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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
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10-20-2015, 05:12 PM
Suddenly everything becomes clear.
They were actively doing roofing work, judging by those rolls of black material in the lower right of the photo. It was likely being applied with a torch, similar to what's being done in this video. Either there was an equipment malfunction, or the flame got away from one of the workers, and things got hot enough to combust the roofing material itself, and it became self-sustaining. 
10-20-2015, 07:24 PM
At 4:30 this afternoon they were spraying water on the roof again from the WFD ladder unit, no smoke was observed so they may have been clearing debris to see burn patterns...
10-20-2015, 08:43 PM
Rubber buffers are on and green spacers in place on the Benton curve:
![[Image: 20151020_173542.jpg]](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Vvx_ebcnS3g/Via-L-74AuI/AAAAAAAADzE/RhzYY9lKqv8/w1118-h629-no/20151020_173542.jpg) Some other utility work on Benton as well, near King: ![[Image: 20151020_173515.jpg]](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-jqWFVnNinho/Via-KDaEA2I/AAAAAAAADy8/mqTSd7Mn2QU/w1118-h629-no/20151020_173515.jpg)
10-20-2015, 08:50 PM
That's great progress at Charles/Benton. With the steel ties in place and studs into the ground, the track is now in the final alignment, ready to begin the forms for the concrete pour.
CTV Kitchener has been great, here's another update video with some more information on the fire: http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=731200
10-21-2015, 09:35 AM
The northbound Benton curve is having the rubber buffer installed as I type this.
10-21-2015, 05:48 PM
There have been no substantive updates on rideion.ca for a few weeks now. I guess things are slowing down as the end of the construction season nears.
10-21-2015, 06:36 PM
I wouldn't say that, they still send out the highly detailed updates at regular intervals. There is an astonishing amount of work going along the entire route.
10-21-2015, 10:41 PM
What is the construction schedule for the winter? Do they still dig up the ground and put in new pipes? Do they pour concrete when it's cold?
Thank you.
10-21-2015, 11:34 PM
Can someone tell me the difference between these two ride Ion youtube accounts?
Ride ION https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9rMncc...qlH07IGGHQ rideION https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtI8g0T...fPwgqHRn9g
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.
10-22-2015, 12:15 AM
(10-21-2015, 11:34 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: Can someone tell me the difference between these two ride Ion youtube accounts? The second one appears to be from the region's rapid transit team, which I think has taken the lead on most of this community engagement communication. I suspect the first one was setup by Grandlinq at the same time they setup rideion.ca (which is run by Grandlinq, not the region) just to hold on to the name. That's all purely my speculation though, I don't have any info on it.
Ottawa was finally closed at Mill overnight (but Mill remains open). Not sure how far the closure goes at the other end.
10-22-2015, 11:45 AM
Mill is still completely open the straight through way? Or is the section from Ottawa to the one end of the leg (the section that crosses the tracks) closed too, requiring you to take the leg to cross to the other side of Mill?
10-22-2015, 11:59 AM
(10-22-2015, 11:45 AM)GtwoK Wrote: Mill is still completely open the straight through way? Or is the section from Ottawa to the one end of the leg (the section that crosses the tracks) closed too, requiring you to take the leg to cross to the other side of Mill? Completely open. I'm expecting that to change at some point, but things have not reached that point yet. |
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