10-07-2014, 05:15 PM
(10-07-2014, 01:15 PM)HAL8950 Wrote: Where do you think the first new RAILS and TIES will be placed for the LRT? Maintenance building, CN rail line Waterloo, Caroline, Borden, or else where?
Hard to say. There is an incredible amount of ground work to do before the tracks can be laid down. They have been compacting and recompacting the land for the maintenance building for a couple of weeks now. They have also been testing the soil at the Maintenance site to make sure that it is not contaminated. Between the existing soil that was there and the fill that was brought in, I wouldn't be surprised if there were a few surprises there.
Technically, the first (though not new) tracks will be along the CN spur as any tracks temporarily moved for underground work have to be put back in place immediately to keep the GEXR happy.
My bet is that tracks will not be laid until next spring.