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  1. If you are talking about the new Siemens sets they are only used on Tuesdays and I believe it is still only Montreal to Ottawa.
  2. I know the Ren stock has corrosion issues but how do they compare these days to the LRC cars. Also has anyone heard anything about the results of the structural tests on the Budd cars?
  3. To be fair to those on this forum it is not only this forum that suffers from this, I have seen it on other forums. Of course it is still no excuse for it in my book. One thing I have not heard anything about is whether or not there were any passengers on the bus at the time and if so how are they?
  4. Thanks for the laugh Nick! I know lots of ops that have left because of lack of support. No comment...
  5. New drivers are literally thrown into the deep end when they first start. They have to learn the routes very quickly, sometimes minutes before taking over if they are on standby. There is also the problem of drivers driving around a certain area on one route and them driving that same area on another route and missing a turn (I know as I did this myself!!!)
  6. If those stations on 7th Ave had been in the middle of the road as proposed it could have made driving down the road interesting! I do remember seeing a proposal somewhere that they wanted to put the line behind Chinook Mall, near Elbow Drive. Now I need to see if I can find it!
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    Kingston Transit

    https://www.kingstonist.com/news/rural-transit-study-to-look-at-future-of-transit-in-kingston-area/
  8. After the gong show that SNC-Lavalin did on the Ottawa system this should be fun.
  9. Didn't I show you the destination sign for the 305 that said BRT Crowfoot, or something like that?
  10. When I drove the 3 I would put the PR code for South if heading south and North if heading north because of Heritage station. The older signs allowed the driver more leeway in adding things like that.
  11. The greatest football player ever, RIP.
  12. From the video it looks like he just gunned it. The op should have eased off the power, that is what I did when the back end of my 301 skidded up at North Pointe.
  13. Not sure if I am misreading this but just because he signed up at SG does not mean that it is an SG run. I always signed at SG or over the phone and often took runs out of VP and once from AG.
  14. Forgot I had taken photos of this.
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    Amtrak

    I wonder how many sets Amtrak will be getting. Also yesterday, and off-topic, Ontario Northland announced they are getting three sets.
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    Snow on site

    Snow, I thought it was dandruff falling off my head. Guess I didn't need that Head & Shoulders after all!!!
  17. I thought they were going for electric Vicinities, of course I am way out of the loop since I no longer live in Calgary. For the record I hate the Arbocs. Having sat on the rear bench I found the suspension to be hard. I once asked VP diesel if the rear suspension is a 2x4 and he said 'pretty much'.
  18. As 1046 is not in revenue service you will need to wait for a charter, which seems to happen every few years.
  19. Even though Blue Arrow service was gone by the time I started with CT they still told us how it worked, this was in 2011. I don't know offhand when the Blue Arrow was stopped but I do remember seeing old Blue Arrow signs including one on Bow Trail for the 101 / 104 routes.
  20. It's -40c, you need a mobility aid to walk to the stop or you have a stroller. Previously you could just walk down the street to the stop but now you have to go three blocks. What would you do? The problem is if you remove the feeders people will find another way, perhaps they have a friend with a car willing to pick them up or you have a car and while gas is expensive it is easier than having to walk so far to a bus stop. By the time you get to the bus stop you could already be at work and be nice and warm if it is a cold day. Yes I realize that this would not be realistic if you go to the core as parking is very expensive. They say the first time is the hardest but after three times it is a habit and transit is forgotten. In the UK, in the 1960's, they decided to cut non profit railway routes (the Beeching cuts.) The idea was that if people were willing to drive to the nearest station to catch a train on a branch and then transfer to another train on the mainline they would be willing to drive to the mainline station or still go to their nearest station to catch a feeder bus, which was much cheaper to run. However after the cuts they found that the people no longer went to the old station so the bus service was pulled, but they also did not go to the mainline station because once they were in the car they decided to drive the remaining distance to their destination. For the record I have walked long distance to catch a train, even if there was a bus service, but that was because I wanted the exercise and could also stop to do some shopping on the way.
  21. Politicians never understand the basics of life. If you cut off the routes (or should that be roots) that feed the main trunk then the whole system will die. Seen this before and not just in buses but also railways.
  22. That is actually interesting as it suggests that VIA could see some value to it for the future. Of course it could also be a case of VIA not knowing, or caring, what they have on hand.
  23. Perhaps the boss of a certain model train company will buy Pavilion?
  24. So I decided to check my photos to see if I had photographed any of the buses I drove on my birthday, seems I only took photos in 2011 (was a Saturday so worked out of VP) with 7936 on route 10 (photo taken at Anderson) and 7951 on route 4 (photo taken in the core).
  25. When I first moved to Bowness the 305 was always artic (I lived right by the stop at 46th Ave and 84th Street so when I drove it on spare board I could quickly go home for a drink and say hi to my cats). However when I signed on it I only had 40 footers and that was just after it changed to COP (which was stupid in my opinion as I went ages without a passenger going to or from COP.)
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