10-08-2022, 03:07 PM
(10-08-2022, 12:20 PM)nms Wrote: Since we're in the realm of fantasy, how about this scenario:
1. Metrolinx finally electrifies the Kitchener corridor
2. CN uses the Kitchener corridor as a proof of concept for electric freight haulage since the catenary is in place (CN bought their first battery electric locomotive in November 2021; they last operated a pantograph electric locomotive in 1995)
3. The Waterloo spur is used as a test bed for short haul freight service up to Elmira, either using a catenary the whole way, or some other battery operated solution.
I mean, that's at least a plausible story...I could suspend my disbelief.
And frankly...it's more plausible than battery freight locomotives I think.