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Old Posted Sep 17, 2016, 8:52 AM
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AMT's new Mansfield Terminal under construction.
Prime real estate for a 200+ tower. Maybe one day they could build on top of what I presume will be a very underwhelming structure.
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 17, 2016, 1:12 PM
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Prime real estate for a 200+ tower. Maybe one day they could build on top of what I presume will be a very underwhelming structure.
It's temporary after all... I doubt it'll be useful when the REM opens.
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 17, 2016, 2:23 PM
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Doesn't this project seem to be moving a bit fast? It seems like we only heard about it a few months ago.
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 17, 2016, 2:48 PM
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Doesn't this project seem to be moving a bit fast? It seems like we only heard about it a few months ago.
The REM or the Mansfield Terminal?
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 17, 2016, 3:54 PM
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Oh I was thinking the Mansfield terminal was part of the REM project. Never mind...
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 18, 2016, 5:54 PM
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Oh I was thinking the Mansfield terminal was part of the REM project. Never mind...
It's a temporary AMT bus terminal for South Shore buses because the one under 1000 de la Gauchetiere is over capacity. Once the REM is operational, most buses won't cross the Champlain Bridge so that terminal will probably be useless.
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 18, 2016, 6:38 PM
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Ok, that makes more sense, thanks!
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 19, 2016, 6:43 AM
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Old Posted Sep 20, 2016, 4:35 AM
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Awesome! ^^^
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 20, 2016, 2:11 PM
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There will be a crossover at the tunnel on Eglinton, so if there is an issue like this in Scarborough, the entire line will not have to shut down.

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/calga...railment-tuscany-lrt-sept-2016-1.3770235

Things like this remind me why I hate Scarborough, I should hate Etobicoke too, but it doesn't even take up a third of the space.
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 20, 2016, 2:39 PM
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I really hope they include a few more crossovers and storage tracks on the Eglinton line. I recall Scarborough being about 50% bigger than Etobicoke with 100% more population. It definitely was not 3 plus times bigger than Etobicoke.
     
     
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Whoa, that LRV in Calgary must have had a fair amount of speed to derail that far past the end of the tracks. It looks like fully 2/3rds of the train made it off. Curious as to how that would happen - I would have thought the signalling system would have automatically engaged the brakes. Which could be completely wrong!
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 20, 2016, 11:15 PM
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Whoa, that LRV in Calgary must have had a fair amount of speed to derail that far past the end of the tracks. It looks like fully 2/3rds of the train made it off. Curious as to how that would happen - I would have thought the signalling system would have automatically engaged the brakes. Which could be completely wrong!
The train got to 60 kph before it derailed.
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 21, 2016, 2:27 AM
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Whoa, that LRV in Calgary must have had a fair amount of speed to derail that far past the end of the tracks. It looks like fully 2/3rds of the train made it off. Curious as to how that would happen - I would have thought the signalling system would have automatically engaged the brakes. Which could be completely wrong!
I may be wrong, but apparently they sometimes park trains rather close together on that section of track and that regular running trains shouldn't be there anyway, and because they often park trains rather close together they didn't have some of the safety stuff there.
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 21, 2016, 8:26 PM
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Whoa, that LRV in Calgary must have had a fair amount of speed to derail that far past the end of the tracks. It looks like fully 2/3rds of the train made it off. Curious as to how that would happen - I would have thought the signalling system would have automatically engaged the brakes. Which could be completely wrong!
It has a driver, people are fallible. Does the C-train have any kind of protection signalling or is it just to prevent the trains from running into each other?
     
     
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Skytrain routes are changing in advance of the Evergreen Extension opening in December:

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Old Posted Sep 21, 2016, 9:01 PM
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It has a driver, people are fallible. Does the C-train have any kind of protection signalling or is it just to prevent the trains from running into each other?
So what if people are fallible. So to can automation.
     
     
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