crs1026
Superstar
Procuring electrical switchgear and power control system components, and stringing and commissioning the wires, takes even longer than procuring locomotives. Plenty of time yet.
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Procuring electrical switchgear and power control system components, and stringing and commissioning the wires, takes even longer than procuring locomotives. Plenty of time yet.
- Paul
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
We know that Alstom will be providing the new electric locomotives, and this quick peek slipped out in an Alstom video last year. Still looks like an early design. Unsure if the order has been put through officially yet, because I would assume that Alstom would want to announce it.
smallspy
Senior Member
While it's a nice rendition and will likely be used in marketing the impending electrification of the system, I would not give it too much attention as far as it being a guideline to what the actual locomotives will look like. There are far too many details missing from it, not the least of which are some major regulatory requirements.
Dan
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
Agree. And it might not be the only electric product we get from Alstom either.
GOTransitFan206
New Member
Why second last coach, though?
drum118
Superstar
Could be an equipment move like the one I saw a few weeks ago like this setup or out been tested.
ssiguy2
Senior Member
Technically there is lots of time as the openings can be pushed back to infinity. If Metrolinx was smart, which I admit is a really big stretch, they would begin electrifying in sections as opposed to doing it all at once.
If all the core electrified lines are to be running by, for example 2028, it would be far more prudent to concentrate on individual lines as opposed to doing them all at the same time. This would mean that certain lines would be open a couple years earlier and with nearly 40% of GO's operational budget, GO would see more faster financial gains.
drum118
Superstar
First section was to be open in 2019 by replacing UPX DMU's with EMU's and that remain as #1. Bramalea could be #2, but with Whitby yard ready for electrification, the east end would be #1
GOTransitFan206
New Member
They look very similar to the ACS-64 locomotives Amtrak is using. Is this intentional? Or is this the way they rendered it?
WB62
Senior Member
It looks like any random electric engine, not a particular type
Bojaxs
Senior Member
It's nothing. It's just a random image of an electric GO train. Something they sketched up for that promotional piece.
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
Yup nothing is set in stone yet. Will be exciting when we eventually get renderings of the various different models of trains we may be getting from Alstom in the future.
crs1026
Superstar
Of course they will, for good reason. I would look to California for a case study. There will be a need to deliver and commission the whole electrified infrastructure, likely with one or more locos arriving early for break-in and familiarisation. The operating parameters will have to be verified with some period of test operation. There will have to be enough units on hand for training, stress testing of the system, and then opening day. Delivering the rolling stock good and early is just good planning, even if they sit around for a bit. This is not a situation where “just in time” is prudent.
For the first part of the equipment procurement, a two year lead time is probably not unrealistic.
- Paul
drum118
Superstar
Since you like horn, this should be up your alley as to the various types of RR horns
dowlingm
Senior Member
Which is why (for me) the obvious Alstom product is the one already on North American roads - ALP-46 - rather than reworking Prima but then finding the reworked design has bugs.