[Bojaxs]

July 31 - On a different note - seen outside the Whitby GO Transit Maintenance Facility today:

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Was 673 refurbished or just new livery?

 

[Willybru21]

I like these diagrams, thanks for sharing. What's the source on them?

I made them (There was actually a general template online that I made into each different Bi-Level Series).
I need to eventually remake them but I’ve done a diagram on all 16 variants that GO uses.

There’s a few details that I got wrong or forgot to include on each different one, but overall they still act as a good representative of what changes happened to a specific model of coach, whether it be removing a window or adding step lights, etc

 

[RU479]

Was 673 refurbished or just new livery?

673 is a fairly new locomotive, came around 2019 iirc.

 

[Bojaxs]

673 is a fairly new locomotive, came around 2019 iirc.

Ah shoot. I got 674 mixed up with 647.

 

[smallspy]

EP brakes can be applied and released faster and more evenly than a pneumatic system.

In theory, sure. And especially when compared to a standard, straight release system like used on freight trains.

But the system being used - and so far, only tested by GO - has not been liked by crews thus far mainly because it has not been able to release any faster or more reliably than graduated release.

Dan

 

[GOTransitFan206]

Saw Confederate (Confederation?) GO yesterday. I couldn't tell if it was open because it looked in construction. I also pulled a spike out of some decommissioned branch line in Port Colbourne.

 

[Willybru21]

I believe Confederation Station progress is being talked about in another thread

 

[GOTransitFan206]

Any updates on 200-214?

 

[ryanandmagic]

Any updates on 200-214?

I would like to know also.

 

[RU479]

For what it's worth, 209, which was once in a storage line, has now seemingly been moved somewhere else amongst the yard.

Perhaps it's getting ready to be used on a run?

 

[cplchanb]

For what it's worth, 209, which was once in a storage line, has now seemingly been moved somewhere else amongst the yard.

Perhaps it's getting ready to be used on a run?

It's surprising that they're still being shuffled in the dead line despite older unrefurbished cab cars still trundling around. There was one used on the unionville go today

 

[RU479]

It's surprising that they're still being shuffled in the dead line despite older unrefurbished cab cars still trundling around. There was one used on the unionville go today

Those ones were built in the late 2000s - early 2010s, so perhaps GO decided it wasn't worth taking them out yet

 

[GOTransitFan206]

Saw 201, 202, 203, 208, and 211 at Willowbrook yesterday.

 

[Bordercollie]

EP brakes can be applied and released faster and more evenly than a pneumatic system.

You would need to reconfigure the entire fleet unless there is some magical converter.

 

[RU479]

A few days ago, I witnessed both 208 and 214 seemingly both being used for OnCorr crew training. Maybe they see regular use once the switch over from Alstom to OnCorr crews occurs in 2025?