ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[bgb_ca]

Any updates on the location of 508 and 509?

[Spokes]

Just a note, this thread has just passed 4 million views. Just to repeat, FOUR FREAKING MILLION VIEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


That is all.

[Coke6pk]

Shouldn't the word Ion be backwards if it is being seen in the rear-view mirror?

Yes. Yes it should.

Maybe the train did the backwards name... just like an ambulance?

Coke

[danbrotherston]

Yes. Yes it should.

Maybe the train did the backwards name... just like an ambulance?

Coke

It's double ended though...which end would you put the backwards name on?

[JoeKW]

If a driver can see the ION in their rear view mirror they're doing something very wrong.

[ijmorlan]

If a driver can see the ION in their rear view mirror they're doing something very wrong.

Good point. It’s not a streetcar, after all…

[Coke6pk]

Maybe the train did the backwards name... just like an ambulance?

Coke

It's double ended though...which end would you put the backwards name on?

Its an LED screen.... so whatever side is the front.  

If a driver can see the ION in their rear view mirror they're doing something very wrong.

If the iON was far enough behind you, it can be seen in the rear view.  But you are correct that if its the vehicle behind you, there may be an issue.  (In the drivers defence, in the poster, they are clearly in a vehicle lane)

Coke

[Canard]

Since were NITTING, why are you capitalizing only the ON and not the i?

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[jason897]

Since were NITTING, why are you capitalizing only the ON and not the i?

DISCUSSSSSSSSSSS

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[Canard]

Let's move on.

Offloading was scheduled for Monday, but unless 508/509 show up this afternoon at Lancaster and go up tonight, that's not going to happen.

Very curious what the plan is to pull them up the spur - I imagine one scenario is they'll leave 1 at Lancaster and just pull one up per evening. If they pull both up together, I don't think they have room in the siding at Commonwealth Plywood to store them + the flatcars.

[bgb_ca]

Let's move on.

Offloading was scheduled for Monday, but unless 508/509 show up this afternoon at Lancaster and go up tonight, that's not going to happen.

Very curious what the plan is to pull them up the spur - I imagine one scenario is they'll leave 1 at Lancaster and just pull one up per evening. If they pull both up together, I don't think they have room in the siding at Commonwealth Plywood to store them + the flatcars.

I thought the Chem train was M-T?

My prediction is it shows up in Lancaster some time over the weekend and goes up Monday.

As for the siding, can't they temporarily use one of the many other sidings off the spur as well for the second one?

[ijmorlan]

I thought the Chem train was M-T?

Usually Monday – Thursday.

As for the siding, can't they temporarily use one of the many other sidings off the spur as well for the second one?

There aren’t “many sidings” unless you are referring to the LRT tracks — the siding they use is the only one between the junction and Home Hardware in St. Jacob’s, other than LRT-related tracks. However, I do wonder if they could park the whole string on the LRT track immediately outside of the OMSF. That track, however, is not built to the same standard as the freight track; I wouldn’t be surprised if they aren’t allowed to put non-LRT vehicles on the non-freight tracks at any time for any reason (although I will stick out my neck and claim that that chance of LRT track being damaged or even significantly worn by having a few flat cars slowly trundled onto it and parked for a few days is essentially nil).

[Canard]

2 years on, still no progress to an official crossing at Traynor.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4746584

[Bob_McBob]

We've known since November it wasn't in the region's budget until 2019.

http://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/s...5#pid45035

[Canard]

Thanks - that’s news to me, or I’d forgotten. The media certainly didn’t know (or the vast majority of the general public).

The figure quoted in the budget will cover about a quarter of the costs to build it, from the rumblings I’ve heard. Where will the rest of the money come from?