[ScreamingViking]

So CN will step up and construct noisewalls around their entire yard then right? And their mainline? Surely they can afford this on a gross profit of $9B.

CN (and CP) seem to spend as little as they can beyond operating the lines they have, though this is understandable given they are businesses. I'm actually surprised there have been level crossing improvements to CN's main route through Hamilton; so many of the others, like CP's and those of the "shortline" railways and spurs in Hamilton's industrial north end, are awful.... though in the latter case the money to fix them probably isn't there.

 

[innsertnamehere]

Those level crossing improvements have likely been bankrolled by metrolinx for service to Confederation.

 

[ScreamingViking]

Those level crossing improvements have likely been bankrolled by metrolinx for service to Confederation.

True, and it's mainly been Gage that I've noticed in the past year or two. I haven't crossed other CN corridors in a long time, except where they're grade-separated. Along the Grimsby Sub the one at Ottawa St. is still a launching pad for cars going too fast, and Parkdale used to be horrible too but I've not been on that part of the street in a while.