A dozen old diesel trains have been abandoned in a Cheshire quarry, with aerial images showing the locomotives, built between 1989 and 1993, packed tightly together and slowly rusting away.

In order to build a rail link between Pearson and Union Station in time for the Pan Am Games, Metrolinx has chosen to run diesel-powered trains through neighbourhoods where 25,000 schoolchildren play.

He said just that before last night’s debate. “The Trans-Siberian Express is electrified, but Ontario wants to buy diesel trains at $10 million a train.

A dozen old diesel trains have been abandoned in a Cheshire quarry, with aerial images showing the locomotives, built between 1989 and 1993, packed tightly together and slowly rusting away.