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I suspect that what you describe is more an artifact of the tracks being in an unfinished state.
R&T Park has had to accommodate freight traffic for some time, and so they've put the switch the correct way. (If it were the other way, there'd be no track for the train!)
UW is not yet in use, and they have only just placed the rail down, so it's in a configuration presumably convenient for installation.
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10-19-2015, 12:03 PM
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Markster is correct; at UoW, the drawbar which tugs at the "blades" of the rails isn't installed yet, so both of the rails are just spring outward toward the adjacent rail since that's their relaxed state. At R&T Park, they're semi-permanently fastened in the state they're in (for about 1 year) until the switch gear is installed. I say 1 year because realistically that's the timeframe we're looking at, for the earliest possible requirement that they might want to switch it the other way. The UoW stop is very much "under construction" - a good chunk of the E-Clips are missing!
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Marking the ground to pour the rail bed just south of University station. The pedestrian crossings have been closed and re-graded to track level until the rails are in.
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(10-17-2015, 08:01 AM)Canard Wrote: FLEXITY Outlook = 204 Custom Toronto streetcar with all the delays
FLEXITY Freedom = 182 (Metrolinx) Eglinton Crosstown + 14 ion standard North-Amerocan spec LFLRV's
Flexity Outlook are Cityrunner, right? (Not to be confused with the completely different ex-ABB Eurotram which is/was also branded Flexity Outlook.) Is Flexity Freedom also a Cityrunner model, or some other acquisition?
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We got a fire on the new operations building!
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HEAVY black smoke from the site blowing across 85... I have a view of the site from my office.
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Twitter's got the pictures:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">View from my office: Some serious fire and smoke coming out of one of the new LRT buildings in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Waterloo?src=hash">#Waterloo</a>. Be safe! <a href="https://t.co/XV8AxDnsKb">pic.twitter.com/XV8AxDnsKb</a></p>— Sarah Exel (@sarahexel) <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahexel/status/656217893286354946">October 19, 2015</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fire at a new <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ion?src=hash">#ion</a> building in Waterloo. <a href="https://t.co/M2pArnAhDO">pic.twitter.com/M2pArnAhDO</a></p>— Jamie Reaburn Weir (@msjweir) <a href="https://twitter.com/msjweir/status/656214740755206144">October 19, 2015</a></blockquote>
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10-19-2015, 05:39 PM
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Oh no! The LRT maintenance buildings appear to be on fire! https://twitter.com/TopRight3/status/656213756700184576
I can see the view of the pillar of smoke from my window and it was going for quite some time.
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This is awful, it's mostl out now but patches keep flaring up...
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So much water. Oh my god. I'm literally sick to my stomach. 
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You know you read too much WRC when; My first thoughts on seeing the smoke were this is going to crush Canard, I hope he's OK!
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Remember when the new Waterloo police station collapsed during construction? Our region doesn't have a great record lately with new builds...
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10-19-2015, 07:07 PM
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(10-19-2015, 06:37 PM)notmyfriends Wrote: You know you read too much WRC when; My first thoughts on seeing the smoke were this is going to crush Canard, I hope he's OK!
Thanks, that made me smile, a little. 
When I was driving home from work and I heard "Fire on Dutton" my heart just completely sank.
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/fire-at-lrt-...-1.2617237
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/5967...-waterloo/
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Bit more info from the Record: http://www.therecord.com/news-story/5967...-waterloo/
I know a firefighter (indirectly) who was there last night, I'll know more in a few days.
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