02-01-2022, 10:29 AM
(01-31-2022, 11:21 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(01-31-2022, 09:34 PM)ac3r Wrote: It's odd because the ION runs directly beside CP tracks anyway and the CP tracks go behind plenty of houses nearby. I'm very curious what their reasoning is. At least CN is more open...CN took over GEXR/Genesee & Wyoming tracks in Southern Ontario once again and run trains from Elmira directly on the Ion tracks and do street running trains right through uptown Waterloo to connect them to their mainline in Kitchener. Though, since they withdrew their petition, I guess it was all nonsense anyway.
CN has no street-running trains in the City of Waterloo. I’m not sure what location you’re thinking of.
But your main point is absolutely correct, that trains seem to be able to run near other things when they want them to.
Yeah I worded that incorrectly, my bad. GEXR/Genesee & Wyoming operate the trains up to the chemical plant in Elmira, but then they come down along both the Ion tracks and CN Waterloo Spur. CN owns the tracks as the GEXR lease ended a few years ago though GEXR still operates the trains.