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20161213. Like Snowpiercer, the Union Pearson Express flies through snow on the tracks (GO Weston Subdivision) to Union Station during Toronto’s first accumulated snowfall.
20161203. Permanent fans watch the accessibility ramp of Rod Robbie Pedestrian Bridge, named after Skydome’s (@RogersCentre) architect.
20161201. LRV in the landscape. A new TTC streetcar turns around at the Fleet Street Loop.
20161118. A TTC Flexity Outlook LRV rises from the underground.
20161112. “Night Truss” and “Centre Span Xs” on the Queen Street Viaduct.
20161111. The R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant Service Building is impressive even in the rear view.
20161027. A parkade perspective below a pair of pedestrian bridges tempts the would-be traveler at Terminal 1.
20161025. A TTC Flexity Outlook LRV (light rail vehicle / streetcar) heads underground on route to Union Station.
20161020. Getting close to TTC’s Flexity streetcar fleet.
20161020a. 4417 vs. 4425. Two TTC 510 Spadina Flexity streetcars (LRVs) meet at Queen and Spadina. Vehicle 4425 is the latest to enter service.
20161020b. Narrowly dodging a TTC Flexity Outlook streetcar on Queens Quay.
20161015. The Humber Bay Arch Bridge is striking no matter what the angle.
20161013. The broad, curving roadway at ground level leaving Toronto Pearson International Airport Terminal 1.
20161005. From left to right, the three buildings of the wonderful Art Deco R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant are the Pumping Station, Service Building and Filtration Building.
20160929. The massive concrete pads supporting the columns (or bents) of the Gardiner Expressway sit unearthed at the site of the future WestBlock / LakeShore / LakeFront development (where the art deco Loblaw Groceterias building will be re-built).
20160924. A boy puts a railway underpass on Eglinton Avenue into scale.
20160912. Seeking out shadows in the night under the Gardiner Expressway.
20160911. This is where the Gardiner Expressway’s future Simcoe Street off-ramp will land.
20160909. Night transforms Lake Shore Blvd E into a sub-freeway speedway.
20160904. Nail-polish scented steam escapes as a PVC liner is cured within a watermain requiring rehabilitation.
A PVC liner is inserted into a watermain between two manholes. Hot steam is then used to expand the liner to the width of pipe. The thermosetting resin in the liner is then cured by the steam and hardens. After cooling, the liner is now waterproof. This trenchless technology is used to stop leaks from imperfections or gaps in piping.
20160812. A Toronto TTC Flexity Outlook LRV does the Charlotte Loop (510 Spadina).
20160729. Under Toronto’s pristine elevated Gardiner Expressway East.
20160622. An aerial view of Toronto Union Station’s historic exposed train shed steel structure.
Progress on the train shed has stalled as the future electrification of Go Transit trains will require either modifying the overhead wiring system to fit under the shed, lowering the floor or raising the roof with the latter being the worst case scenario as it involves considerable cost and harming the historic steel structure.
20160616. The Bessarian perspective on TTC’s Sheppard Line.
20160612. TTC’s Wilson Station mushroom.
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20160609. Presto fare gates have replaced the old turnstiles at TTC’s Wellesley Station.
