nfitz
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Wasago!
Wasago will be renamed Isago!
(sorry ...)
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Wasago will be renamed Isago!
(sorry ...)
ShonTron
Moderator
Work on the new platform at Temagami today.
reaperexpress
Senior Member
What a beautiful station building! Too bad it apparently won't be used by the Northlander - Temagami is listed as a location to be served by a standard shelter. The only stations listed as using existing station buildings are North Bay, Englehart and Cochrane.
Edit: the building is occupied by the Temagami & District Chamber of Commerce with a public information centre, so in practice passengers probably can wait for the train in the building - unofficially.
cplchanb
Senior Member
In that case they should've gone with a raised platform to ease boarding
lenaitch
Senior Member
The station is owned by the municipality. Most of the station buildings were divested by ONR and CN after service was stopped.
I doubt they will open the building for the proposed train times: 0415 s/b and 0110 n/b.
Seeing as every other station stop will be either ground or low platform boarding, that wouldn't make much sense.
ShonTron
Moderator
All three stations continue to be owned by ONR. Englehart has a small freight yard. In May 2012, our northbound Northlander train was bustitued between North Bay and Englehart because the southbound train had hit a moose and the engine had to be inspected. We got back on the northbound train at Englehart, as they were able to inspect, service and clean (yes, you need to clean off the smell of a dead moose) that trainset.
Union Station in Toronto is technically an existing station building as well. The CN station in Huntsville is now a barbecue restaurant. I only saw evidence of platform construction in Timmins (Porcupine), Swastika, Temagami, and South River stops on my trip up north, and I passed by the Gravenhurst, Bracebridge, and Huntsville stops as well. Did not bother going by North Bay or Matheson.
NorthernTracks
New Member
I can confirm that platform work is ongoing in North Bay.
Garuda
Active Member
Better than nothing. At least Temagami Station is being maintained and used. And the public can enter to see the beautiful architecture.
reaperexpress
Senior Member
Yeah the website was referring specifically to the portion of the route where new or restored infrastructure is required for passenger service. Langstaff and Gormley are of course using existing station buildings as well.
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micheal_can
Senior Member
I have heard that Via has received all their new trains. If that is the case, when are we expecting to see the trains for the Northlander?
lenaitch
Senior Member
I have been told the first train is scheduled for delivery to the VIA MMC in February 2026.
micheal_can
Senior Member
With the mess going on with Via and the new trains, what about the ones for the Northlander? I thought they would only have about 3-4 cars. There isn't a demand for much more. And, they will use CN's Bala and Newmarket subdivisions, so that makes me wonder how they will be able to ensure the crossings work with that much shorter train on those subdivisions and cannot ensure the same thing for Corridor trains. Or will the Northlander be going so slow it won't matter?
dowlingm
Senior Member
Pretty sure we’ve been over this before -it isn’t all CN crossings, just ones where it has the detection equipment to provide differential warning between freight and passenger, and a zone speed high enough to need them. The Newmarket’s zone is presumed too slow to bother, I don’t recall what the Bala’s situation is but they may not have bothered there either.
Bordercollie
Senior Member
Considering that the tracks are there. How hard would it be to run trains between Sudbury and North Bay?
lenaitch
Senior Member
Anything is possible with enough money and political capital to spend. I'm sure the host railway would appreciate the income.
Whether there would be ridership is unknown.
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