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generalcanada said:
that was the plan from when the contract was signed in 2022
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Not in the eyes of this report... this was just released last month and up until then it was still listed as 2025..... I understand a couple years but to shift by over half a decade is just disheartening and extremely disappointing
 
cplchanb said:
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Not in the eyes of this report... this was just released last month and up until then it was still listed as 2025..... I understand a couple years but to shift by over half a decade is just disheartening and extremely disappointing
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To be clear that date is procedural so they dont need to keep going back to council to get sidewalk closures approved. It was set as 2025, but that doesnt matter.
2025 was never a date for electrification, maybe under the previous liberals but that was unrealistic.
The press release about the signed contract with onexpress in 2022 even said 2031.
Its not a big deal at all.
 
cplchanb said:
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With low information soundbites like this, you would make a perfect fit for a high ranking political office.

Or perhaps you'd like to personally make a charitable donation to GO so that they don't have to operate ghetto equipment?

Yeah, I thought not. Feel free to keep your head down when a train with one of these is entering the station and move on.
 
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T3G said:
With low information soundbites like this, you would make a perfect fit for a high ranking political office.

Or perhaps you'd like to personally make a charitable donation to GO so that they don't have to operate ghetto equipment?

Yeah, I thought not. Feel free to keep your head down when a train with one of these is entering the station and move on.
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Dont forget this is a govt agency. Our charitable donation are our tax dollars and fare payments. I don't recall any other passenger rail operator around where we are so desperate and cheap for equipment that we would be forced to buy our ancient retired and sold equipment back just to run it on our lines again. These locos are approaching 40 years old for crying out loud!! The money it takes to buy and refurb them is probably close to getting newer locos.
 
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ryanandmagic said:
Which one is the Ex-GO F59PH? They seen better days.. can't wait to see them in the GO livery when freshen up! I wonder if one of them is gonna retain the K5LA's? P2's?
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Neither. All of Metrolink's units were built new for them.

For the record, there still is no official word that these are for GO. All we know is that they are currently waybilled for ONR.

Dan
 
smallspy said:
Neither. All of Metrolink's units were built new for them.

For the record, there still is no official word that these are for GO. All we know is that they are currently waybilled for ONR.

Dan
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You're right, no official word. BUT we have seen publicly that MX has set aside $15M to $100M for a "F59 overhaul" in their 2023-2024 public procurement plan.
 
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