Posts: 6,905
Threads: 32
Joined: Oct 2014
Reputation:
224
08-06-2016, 07:13 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-06-2016, 08:03 AM by Canard.)
What a wonderfully produced series! That's really great. Now, we just need a similar series about safety around the tracks, a few months before train movements begin.
Forgot to post this last night - was out with some friends for dinner in uptown Waterloo. This summer has been incredible.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nice evening in <a href="https://twitter.com/citywaterloo">@citywaterloo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RegionWaterloo">@RegionWaterloo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WRConnected">@WRConnected</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KWAwesome">@KWAwesome</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/rideIONrt">@rideIONrt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wrLRT?src=hash">#wrLRT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PictureYourWaterloo?src=hash">#PictureYourWaterloo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trains?src=hash">#Trains</a> <a href="https://t.co/J9gaYQsAcr">pic.twitter.com/J9gaYQsAcr</a></p>— iain (@Canardiain) <a href="https://twitter.com/Canardiain/status/761893991357026304">August 6, 2016</a></blockquote>
Posts: 101
Threads: 1
Joined: Mar 2016
Reputation:
0
(08-05-2016, 10:45 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Grandlink has constructed a fairly elaborate pedestrian crossing around Allen.
I walked on that last night... almost took a similar picture 
I'm going to go back in the daylight and take a few pics. Tweet at Alex Kinsella that we have a new winner for most romantic bridge in town now that the Charles Street one is long gone.
One of these days I have to start sharing more of what I've taken, the good and the mediocre.
Posts: 10,847
Threads: 67
Joined: Sep 2014
Reputation:
392
(07-29-2016, 10:30 PM)KevinL Wrote: The Schneider Creek bridge. The high curb here is interesting - which side will the tracks be on?
The base is poured now, next to the curb. I'm pretty sure the track is between the curb and the side of the bridge: there is enough height between the concrete base and the top of the curb to lay the embedded track (see second photo).
Posts: 10,847
Threads: 67
Joined: Sep 2014
Reputation:
392
Progress on Charles is much more gradual at the moment, but it hasn't stopped completely.
The last bit of concrete poured on the curve between Stirling and Kent, so the embedded track is now complete:
And the rails on the EB curve at Borden are looking good now, need some concrete:
Posts: 779
Threads: 2
Joined: Oct 2014
Reputation:
44
(08-06-2016, 10:04 AM)tomh009 Wrote: (07-29-2016, 10:30 PM)KevinL Wrote: The Schneider Creek bridge. The high curb here is interesting - which side will the tracks be on?
The base is poured now, next to the curb. I'm pretty sure the track is between the curb and the side of the bridge: there is enough height between the concrete base and the top of the curb to lay the embedded track (see second photo).
So no sidewalk?
Posts: 10,847
Threads: 67
Joined: Sep 2014
Reputation:
392
It looks like the sidewalk will be only on the opposite side of the bridge; at least that's my interpretation of the current state of construction. And note that the tall dividing curb is slanted inward on the side of the bridge centre: the slanted side of the curb is normally on the outside of the embedded track.
Posts: 4,604
Threads: 16
Joined: Aug 2014
Reputation:
150
Yes, it looks that way to me as well. Might they put a separate pedestrian deck alongside the original bridge?
Posts: 779
Threads: 2
Joined: Oct 2014
Reputation:
44
Thank you. Will be interesting for it to come together. Just strange that the drawings show a sidewalk, and Borden didn't get the same treatment at the creek.
Posts: 6,905
Threads: 32
Joined: Oct 2014
Reputation:
224
Crews are out working on the deck of the King St. Grade Sep this morning!
Posts: 6,905
Threads: 32
Joined: Oct 2014
Reputation:
224
08-07-2016, 10:15 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-07-2016, 10:20 AM by Canard.)
Posts: 6,905
Threads: 32
Joined: Oct 2014
Reputation:
224
08-07-2016, 10:17 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-07-2016, 10:20 AM by Canard.)
Posts: 6,905
Threads: 32
Joined: Oct 2014
Reputation:
224
3/4 - Sunday, August 7, 2016
One of my new favourite views, down King, toward downtown Kitchener. A nice long shot of an LRV popping up out of the grade sep. is going to look fantastic, here.
Looking up King, toward Waterloo. All those tram signals!
Another shot up King, toward Waterloo.
...and looking back again, down toward Kitchener.
Tracks in place at the future Allen station.[/i]
Posts: 6,905
Threads: 32
Joined: Oct 2014
Reputation:
224
4/4 - Sunday, August 7, 2016
Just a few more shots of track in place along King, at Allen.
Posts: 6,905
Threads: 32
Joined: Oct 2014
Reputation:
224
LRT Progress: By the Numbers - Paige Desmond, The Record
Posts: 1,935
Threads: 102
Joined: Aug 2014
Reputation:
18
Thanks for all the new pictures.
It always crazy to me seeing the photos of King and Victoria without a road.
|
