Recent content by chrisvazquez7

As mentioned by CplKlinger, yes, there were freight trains. Quite a bit of traffic actually. Even though CP’s main yard was in Strathcona, they interchanged with CN north of the river, and had numerous customer spurs where Railtown Park is now. Also, CP, at one point owned a share of Northern...

Thanks for sharing the article. Last I heard, the master plan was going to inform the budget this year, which is dropping at the end of February. I wonder if we’ll see at least part of the plan at that point.

I think I heard that nearly half the mass of some of the steel pieces has been lost from rust. That’s not really something you can repair. That steel is gone forever. The problem is CP hardly (if ever) painted it, allowing rust to eat away at the steel. I believe the city has done what they can...

The deterioration of the bridge is primarily due to lack of maintenance by CP back when they owned the bridge. It’s really unfortunate, but a bridge should be a safe piece of infrastructure first and foremost, no matter how historically significant. I think demolishing and building a new bridge...

I was imagining they would build the spans next to the right of way and then use a crane to lift them into place as one whole piece.

I still don’t know what to make of that giant concrete triangle on the southeast corner. Is that for skateboarders to do some sick tricks off of? Maybe an amphitheater for one? A living wall where all the plants were cut down because they died? A ramp for Evil Kanevel?

How come this new rendering from Clark Builders bears no resemblance to the preliminary designs submitted to the city?

Why is the park fenced off?

That’s not quite an apples to apples comparison. Urban LRT construction requires concrete track slabs, tight utility constraints, etc. Whereas intercity/regional rail would most likely use ballasted track. There is already a large talent pool working for/contracted by CN and CPKC...

That’s what the city says now, but I doubt it’ll ever get built. Fort Road and 50th are close enough. I doubt there will ever be the political appetite to spend the money on an overpass once the intersection has been closed for a decade or more and new traffic patterns establish themselves...

They’re no longer building a bridge at 66 Street. It’s going to be closed in a similar way to how 89 Street or 149 Street intersections were closed. Essentially just remove the traffic lights and put up some concrete barriers. Not a lot to it.

Ouch, that pun made me groat.

People have started moving into the Pilot townhomes. Looks like at least half a dozen rented so far.

What does that mean for full capacity? Will a four-car train have the same capacity as an existing five-car SD160? Do you know the model we might be ordering from Hyundai Rotem?

Encore has already started building in the next phase that the city just finished servicing this fall. This is on Lois Argue Road