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GO 208 in preparation of being delivered back to GO.

Maybe they could convert the refurbished old cab cars to allow for bike accessibility?

They could use one to replace the 647 that never sees any use due to it being extremely unreliable and a horrible runner

Speaking of, kind of surprised we haven't heard much else about them, since the very first ones are supposed to arrive next year.

wonder if Alstom could do the same for the 13 diesel locomotives that GO wants to acquire?

255-257 from what I’ve seen do have a conductor desk. And the refurbished ones from NB have had them installed.

Yes. Most of the crews vastly prefer the new cab cars because of that and the other reasons mentioned above.

GO 2629 is on CP being delivered, not sure if towards Thunder Bay or coming from as it is painted in the Metrolinx scheme.Image credit to Nicholas Kasim.

Yesterday, I overheard this conversation by the crew of the 16:38 train to Allandale. It had classic cab car 251 at the head of the train. Conductor: Man I already hate this. Engineer: Hate what? Conductor: The cab car. Considering how on top of 200-214, there is the possibility of the...

An in progress shot of the remaining cab cars at North Bay. Image credit to James Lalande.

There are 7 of them, 251 - 257. Out of the 56 old cab cars on GO’s fleet, that’s a 12.5% of old cab cars still operating as a cab cars and in the original green livery.

Honestly I have no idea. 206 is the only one that has been used in service and that was as a regular coach right behind the locomotive. I’m assuming perhaps they will start seeing use once the 13 locomotives arrive, and when all 15 of them are delivered.

207 poking out at Willowbrook Believe 206 and 212 are attached behind it

The Siemens Charger and the F125 are the only new options I can think. Keep in mind though both have more horsepower than what the tender states

It has been closed since September of 2022, I posted this just to see what we may expect.

I noticed that in the tender listing, it states that the 13 locomotives being acquired range from 3000 to 4000 horsepower.

Those would be heading to Thunder Bay for a refurbishment. Wonder when we will see refurbished ones come back down to Toronto? The articles about the refurbishment seemed to suggest the first few would be returning now.

At Willowbrook there are 3 of the refurbished cab cars coupled up together.

So I have noticed something occurring, trains no longer seem to be following old route patterns. For example, the 5:08 train to Allandale used to become the 8:03 to Union the following day. Which in turn would turn into the 12:34 to Kitchener (before the April 8 cuts it used to go to Mount Joy...

You know throw on the electric buses on the flatcars and you got yourself an EMU