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Old Posted Jul 21, 2021, 12:56 PM
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Hopefully some good news for passenger rail for SW Ontario

https://london.ctvnews.ca/federal-ra...sday-1.5516896
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Whole lot of nothing, as expected. "An election might be coming, so vote for us and maybe we might consider possibly doing something with rail at some undetermined time in the future. Maybe"
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Whole lot of nothing, as expected. "An election might be coming, so vote for us and maybe we might consider possibly doing something with rail at some undetermined time in the future. Maybe"
Were you expecting something concrete?
This was a way to divert the tears from the HFR.
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Whole lot of nothing, as expected. "An election might be coming, so vote for us and maybe we might consider possibly doing something with rail at some undetermined time in the future. Maybe"
Absolutely.
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Why does the government just allow single-tracking on the mainlines? It's only a matter of time until this happens again. And next time, it could very well be crude oil or toxic chemicals on one of the trains.
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Why does the government just allow single-tracking on the mainlines? It's only a matter of time until this happens again. And next time, it could very well be crude oil or toxic chemicals on one of the trains.
Most of the mileage of mainline railways in this country are single track.

I don't know what failed here, but train control is supposed to ensure that only one train occupies any given piece of track.

Dual tracking would cost untold billions.
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Most of the mileage of mainline railways in this country are single track.

I don't know what failed here, but train control is supposed to ensure that only one train occupies any given piece of track.

Dual tracking would cost untold billions.
We used to have more double tack, but it was ripped up to save money.
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We used to have more double tack, but it was ripped up to save money.
The point stands though: Most of the mileage of track in this country is single track and has been for as long as it has existed.

A huge tens of billion-dollars mandate to dual track every piece of mainline track in this country for the rare failure of train control is asinine.
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The point stands though: Most of the mileage of track in this country is single track and has been for as long as it has existed.

A huge tens of billion-dollars mandate to dual track every piece of mainline track in this country for the rare failure of train control is asinine.
With the backlog of freight around the world, and in Canada, it isn't asinine to think that if it could move more freely, it would not face as many backlogs. Pick the busiest subdivisions and double track them.
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With the backlog of freight around the world, and in Canada, it isn't asinine to think that if it could move more freely, it would not face as many backlogs. Pick the busiest subdivisions and double track them.
That’d make sense. Twin tracks strategically (just as with TCH ).
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With the backlog of freight around the world, and in Canada, it isn't asinine to think that if it could move more freely, it would not face as many backlogs. Pick the busiest subdivisions and double track them.
Sell the idea to CN and CP.
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That’d make sense. Twin tracks strategically (just as with TCH ).
If you wanted double track across the country, one could literally just merge CN and CP.

Have one company's tracks be westbound exclusively and the other set eastbound. It wouldn't cost a nickel in new trackage, as they're already built.

Now whether that's a good idea from a competition point of view? That's a different take.

Forcing each company to build double track? As in - there's 4 sets of track across remote Canada? Seems wasteful.
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Sell the idea to CN and CP.
I mean, if they no longer “race to the bottom” (quoting @swimmer_spe), they may be receptive.
As for your idea, CN and CP actually share double tracks in select part of interior B.C., IIRC, so it may be tenable.
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Sell the idea to CN and CP.
I don't have enough initials after my name on my resume for them to even let me in the door.

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If you wanted double track across the country, one could literally just merge CN and CP.

Have one company's tracks be westbound exclusively and the other set eastbound. It wouldn't cost a nickel in new trackage, as they're already built.

Now whether that's a good idea from a competition point of view? That's a different take.

Forcing each company to build double track? As in - there's 4 sets of track across remote Canada? Seems wasteful.
They do that and where they do it, those are some of the busier sections that should be double tracked first.
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Why does the government just allow single-tracking on the mainlines? It's only a matter of time until this happens again. And next time, it could very well be crude oil or toxic chemicals on one of the trains.
You do realize that the section of track that this collision occurred on is double tracked. Double track doesn't guarantee that all trains will always be travelling the same direction.
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You do realize that the section of track that this collision occurred on is double tracked. Double track doesn't guarantee that all trains will always be travelling the same direction.
This. Rail operations aren't the same as freeways for cars, especially for infrequent services like freight.
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This. Rail operations aren't the same as freeways for cars, especially for infrequent services like freight.
Maybe it should be. I'd think it would be more efficient to run them one direction per track.
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Old Posted Sep 26, 2021, 3:36 PM
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Maybe it should be. I'd think it would be more efficient to run them one direction per track.
How so? Train control - if properly implemented - generally means that collisions are a non-issue.

This is more a fluke than anything. Derailments for other causes are much more common than actual collisions.
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How so? Train control - if properly implemented - generally means that collisions are a non-issue.

This is more a fluke than anything. Derailments for other causes are much more common than actual collisions.
Currently there is a high demand for moving freight. By keeping the tracks directional, you should be able to move more
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