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Old Posted Feb 8, 2019, 2:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Bellinghamgreg View Post
I use to work on the CNR ( Maintenance of Way gangs) from my high school years through college ( between Boston Bar, BC and Jasper, Alberta). There are sections of that stretch that adding another track is near impossible and cost prohibitive. I don't see it happening anytime soon.
CNR allows high-schoolers to work for them too? (I don’t mean it in a derogatory way.) That’s interesting.

I guess for similar reason, it may be financially infeasible to double track in Northern Ontario. (I even have a dedicated thread for that in the Ontario Subfurom.)
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Originally Posted by Ottawaresident View Post
Not with the current political climate. Austria and Switzerland have built efficient high speed rail.
Again, Canada was to blame for privatizing rail.
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