Comments on: ONR Extra Train 999 (running under the ID CN P30031 19) is on extremely rare mileage for any sort of ONR equipment as it makes it’s way westbound on the CN Halton Sub bound for Port Colborne, where it will act as a prop in the filming of “The Handmaid’s Tale”.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 23:01:21 +0000

I do have a pic of the Waterloo LRT Gauntlet with a freight:

http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=36709

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 19:30:52 +0000

Waterloo ION LRT has Gauntlet tracks but for the opposite reason they are usually used – they break a single track into ‘two’ to avoid the platforms

gauntlet tracks were used to bring two tracks ‘into one’ over a bridge

funny enough Mile 9.9-10.33 of the Welland sub was gauntlet possibly right until the re-location project in the 70′s..???

By: ngineered4u

ngineered4u — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 15:23:18 +0000

@Aitch….lol I did the google search before i replied to you So by definition the only true gauntlet tracks may be the ones up in Kitchener?

By: Aitch

Aitch — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 15:18:45 +0000

@ngineered4u: Thanks for clarifying. Wikipedia has this description of gauntlet track: “Gauntlet track or interlaced track is an arrangement in which railway tracks run parallel on a single track bed and are interlaced such that only one pair of rails may be used at a time. Since this requires only slightly more width than a single track, all rails can be carried on the same crossties/sleepers.” Try Google for some images.

By: ngineered4u

ngineered4u — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 14:51:17 +0000

@Aitch..yes sir that is true. They are usually laid in the middle of the tracks going over a bridge or the entrance to a tunnel or overpass or pedestrian walk way. Maybe I am confused by the term you used? The track dept refers to all rails in the centre of the main rail as jordan rails.

By: Aitch

Aitch — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 14:43:29 +0000

@ngineered4u: Interesting. I thought Jordan rails were lengths of rail laid between the tracks to act as a guard to prevent derailments from falling of a bridge (?)

By: ngineered4u

ngineered4u — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 13:45:14 +0000

There are indeed jordan rails (gauntlet) on the bridge at Stewarttown. No not all the switches between Ash and Stewarttown are equilateral turnouts.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 01:13:32 +0000

I believe all the single to double main track on the halton between Speyside and Ash are equilateral

By: Aitch

Aitch — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 00:59:00 +0000

Thanks. I think there are a few similar examples on the Halton. Always wondered if they were gauntlets.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 23:35:13 +0000

They are not. Just an equilateral turnout