Bordercollie
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Wonder when the rebuilt ones will enter service?Jan 16
Please put in 3000 liters and check the oil at Aldershot GO Station
Seen this car more than the other x-cab cars At Aldershot
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RU479
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I'd assume sometime this year or the next.
As far as I know 14 of the 15 cars to be refurbed have arrived at the ONR North Bay Yard, and atleast 3 have been refurbished.
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
Looking forward to the refurbished and re-painted cab cars.
RU479
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GO Transit Decommissioned Cab Cars 246 and 249 are being sent to the Alstom plant in Thunder Bay for a rebuild into regular coaches
RU479
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I have been wondering, I have seen some photos of the work going on in North Bay with the refurbishment of the Series II Old Cab Cars. Among the Series II cabs, there was also standard coach #2114. It had been sent back to Toronto it seems with no modifications (ie. Repaint, the installation of newer BiLevel features). I have to wonder why it was sent when the refurbishment order only called for the 15 Series II Cab Cars, and wasn't given any modifications.
SaugeenJunction
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Shot of another GO cab refurbishment in North Bay. Can’t wait to see these leading a train in their new paint scheme. Facebook post caption unrelated.
RU479
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I wonder what's going on with the paint job near the vent
Allandale25
Senior Member
GO coach refurb announcement today:
urbantoronto.ca
Ontario Northland/Northern Ontario Transportation
Timmins has already been announced and it would be highly unlikely they would re-start service to Cochrane only to take it away, again. If I recall correctly, earlier announcements said service would re-start first from Toronto-North Bay. I can't see how they don't eventually have some kind of...
RU479
Active Member
Which Series of coaches is it?GO coach refurb announcement today:
Ontario Northland/Northern Ontario Transportation
Timmins has already been announced and it would be highly unlikely they would re-start service to Cochrane only to take it away, again. If I recall correctly, earlier announcements said service would re-start first from Toronto-North Bay. I can't see how they don't eventually have some kind of...
APTA-2048
Senior Member
With 56 coaches, it sounds like the Series II. I guess that makes sense since they’re already working on the Series II cab cars.
RU479
Active Member
Along with this article comes this picture of three of the 15 old cab cars being in the most complete state I've seen
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
They actually look so good in the new GO livery. Excited to see them back on the GO network soon, if only to provide variety to appease my inner rail fan.
Along with this article comes this picture of three of the 15 old cab cars being in the most complete state I've seen
RU479
Active Member
Ontario Northland inks $109M deal with Metrolinx to refurbish dozens of GO Transit railcars
Metrolinx, an agency owned by the Ontario government, and Ontario Northland have signed a multi-million dollar contract to refurbish GO Transit railcars in North Bay.
From the CTV news article, GO 212 is one of the cabs that are in the most refurbed state
SaugeenJunction
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Funny how they’re still using the old Metrolinx logos.Ontario Northland inks $109M deal with Metrolinx to refurbish dozens of GO Transit railcars
Metrolinx, an agency owned by the Ontario government, and Ontario Northland have signed a multi-million dollar contract to refurbish GO Transit railcars in North Bay.northernontario.ctvnews.ca
From the CTV news article, GO 212 is one of the cabs that are in the most refurbed state
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RU479
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You know, I have to wonder what MX's thought process is,
200-214, which are nearly 40 years old and would be the second closest series of cars to EOL, would have their controls reactivated and lead trains again.
Yet 242-250, the series VII deactivated cab cars and are only 16-18 years old, will have their controls permanently deactivated and be converted into regular coaches.
One would think that it would be the opposite way around, no?
200-214, which are nearly 40 years old and would be the second closest series of cars to EOL, would have their controls reactivated and lead trains again.
Yet 242-250, the series VII deactivated cab cars and are only 16-18 years old, will have their controls permanently deactivated and be converted into regular coaches.
One would think that it would be the opposite way around, no?