Post #3923368
2026-07-18 18:56 UTC
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@heliomass@cosocial.ca 2026-07-18 18:58
“A guy pressed the button to ask what the directive and action plan are, as people are starting to not feel good. They told us to be patient and stop calling as they had to work.” Incredible.
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@jfmezei@cosocial.ca 2026-07-19 01:48
@heliomass@cosocial.ca Outside REM substations 1- Substation st Leduc / 10 2- south of 132 , east of 10/15. 3- South of Lachine Canal. (Wellington at Saint Patrick) 4- Substation north of Canora station. With all stations being dead ends at one end, I had expected ech station to hgave the power subsystems at that end, didn't expect to see separate buildings.
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@jfmezei@cosocial.ca 2026-07-18 19:07
@heliomass@cosocial.ca this is PPP, with either 25 or 30 year contract, so just like Ottawa can't get rid of RTG, CDPQ can't easily get rid of Pulsar or whatever name they use this week. Also remember that CDPQ owns 18% of Alstom, so they can't eally fire themselves. This is just about a bunch of newbie PR oriented people starting a service so they can brag about it, without knowing how to run a service, Give them 10 years and they will eventially learn.
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@jfmezei@cosocial.ca 2026-07-19 01:21
@heliomass@cosocial.ca Looking at how much CDPQ invested to get power to its REM including its own 315kv line and substation "Poste des Patriotes" at the Deux Montagnes maintenance facility connected directly to the big Poste Chenier hub. Brossard is right next to Poste La Prairie so I assume it draws from it. Not sure where else they draw power from. I would have expected much better reliability of the power system. Oh wait, SNC Lavalin is involved :-(
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@jfmezei@cosocial.ca 2026-07-19 01:42
@heliomass@cosocial.ca If the open infrastructure map is accurate, Pulsar has substations at: Deux Montagnes Île Bigras Pierrefonds/Roxboro Next to Poste Saragay. (when CN/EXO drew power for the train). du Ruisseau Just south of Metropolitain. White "ATCO" style building. Just north of Canora station (same ATCO style). Central station. Just south of Lachine Canal Île des Soeurs South of 132, east of 15 (ATCO) Panama (REM, not Pulsar) East of 10, south of Leduc.