dowlingm
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Apologies if this was said upthread and I missed it, but are GO doing the bike car retrofit themselves, or having someone else do it?
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RU479
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Seems like it's inhouse as the cars were shown to be retrofitted at the Whitby Rail Facility.
AHK
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Siemens lands contract for Toronto-area passenger infrastructure maintenance
Agreement with Metrolinx covers passenger network’s Central RegionTORONTO — Siemens Mobility has been awarded a contract by Ontario transportation agency Metrolinx to handle track, signal, and right-of-way maintenance for the Central Region of Toronto’s passenger rail infrastructure system, Siemens has announced. Siemens already has a similar contract in the West Region and handles signal and communications services at the Metrolinx Network Operations.
Duration and value of the contract was not announced.
“With this announcement, we are excited to strengthen our partnership with Metrolinx, keeping their system running safely, efficiently and sustainably, and providing passengers with reliable and available service 365 days a year,” Yves Desjardins-Siciliano, CEO of Siemens Mobility in Canada, said in a press release. “Our teams combine experience and expertise in both the real and digital worlds, to assist railways in meeting the needs of today and shaping tomorrow.”
Siemens and Metrolinx will collaborate to mobilize resources, including vehicles and large equipment, in preparation for the start of services in summer 2024.
Siemens’ involvement in Canadian transit includes infrastructure maintenance in Quebec and Ontario; light rail vehicles for Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta; and electrification and system maintenance for the light rail network in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont. The company has also built new trainsets for VIA Rail Canada, is building equipment for Ontario Northland scheduled for delivery in 2026, and is working on locomotives for Montreal-area commuter operator Exo.
generalcanada
Senior Member
So theres this for the "central region" and then theres this for the "west region of toronto" https://www.railway-technology.com/news/siemens-mobility-service-contract-metrolinx/?cf-view
what are theese for? Onxpress is taking over most railway corridors including maintenance. So what is this contract for?
GOTransitFan206
New Member
About the old cabs with CEM, Sunrail has CEM in their old style coaches. I don't think they have it for their cabs. Any opinion on the old cabs having CEM?
GOTransitFan206
New Member
They could take the series IX cabs and fit old A ends onto them. I do and don't see why not.
GOTransitFan206
New Member
Where's 200? And in one of the pictures I found on the web, on 206's rebuild, I noticed the K5LA missing. In newer pictures, it looks like a K5CA-LS on the roof.
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WB62
Senior Member
Is it even possible for the old cabs to be retrofitted in that way?
WB62
Senior Member
Obviously stuff like that is going to be missing literally in the middle of the rebuild process, they’ll just add stuff like that back on at the end so it isn’t damaged while they work on the coach
smallspy
Senior Member
WB62
Senior Member
That’s what I thought, thanks
pokechimp88
New Member
Quick question, how do you even identify a K5CA-LS from a K5LA by looking at it? From a distance (when filming at the bridge near Willowbrook), they look very similar.
pokechimp88
New Member
AFAIK GO Transit has partial CEM features on cab cars 255-257 which were built in 2012/2013, retrofitting these on the old cab cars 200-214 would likely be unfeasible, however.
WB62
Senior Member
I’m not sure, I personally don’t care about horns or any of that
lenaitch
Senior Member
It seems the horn fan club is back.