GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)

[EnviroTO]

The speeds permitted on the rails by LRC engines and cars, where higher than the normal passenger speed on the tracks, would be in part due to an analysis of the weight and centre of gravity of the vehicles and how they would apply load on the rail and possibly aerodynamics as well as it relates to forces on trains and platforms it passes while running at that speed.

 

[smallspy]

P42s are geared for 110mph, but since the highest speed anywhere in Canada is 100mph....well, you get the picture. The F40s are technically geared for 90mph, but as they are getting rebuilt they are "upgraded" for 95mph.

As for equipment, the LRCs were only allowed to operate at LRC speeds with the banking enabled. It has been disabled for a good number of years now (and is removed in the rebuilds) and so they are limited to the passenger speeds. VIA is looking at having the suspension system redesigned in the cars, so it is possible that they may be allowed to again run at LRC speeds in the future. The Ren cars, on the other hand, are now allowed to operate at the higher LRC speeds.

As for track speeds, there are locations on the Kingston Sub where the passenger speed is 100mph (provided the equipment can hit that speed, of course). In most cases, and around the GTA, it tops out at 95mph (and before any Permanent Speed Orders - PSOs) might take effect.

As Vegeta wrote, the MP40s are geared for a max of 93mph. GOs equipment is cleared to operate at whatever the nominal passenger speed of that line is, so in theory they can operate at 100mph in those locations if they had the motive power to provide it.

Dan
Toronto, Ont.

 

[Nick.]

what the hell is a mph

 

[JasonParis]

MPH = Miles Per Hour.

 

[nfitz]

LOL. So the remaining LRC cars aren't able to operate at the higher LRC speeds, but the newer non-LRC equipment can operate at LRC speeds ...

what the hell is a mph

1.6 klicks

 

[vegeta_skyline]

what the hell is a mph

Its what the railway operates on.

All locations are designated in miles, all distances are calculated in miles and all speeds are measured in mile per hour.
When I say the maximum speed is 93mph, that's what the speedometer on the engine actually shows and that's all it shows.

 

[smallspy]

LOL. So the remaining LRC cars aren't able to operate at the higher LRC speeds, but the newer non-LRC equipment can operate at LRC speeds ...

Yeah. Just a little bit backwards, eh?

Dan
Toronto, Ont.

 

[Dan416]

Maybe we should just switch back to Imperial?

 

[Komiksulo]

Or bite the bullet and finish changing to SI. This in-between state sucks.

 

[EnviroTO]

There is this one country that holds most of the North American railway network that our railway needs to remain interoperable with.

 

[vegeta_skyline]

GOs equipment is cleared to operate at whatever the nominal passenger speed of that line is, so in theory they can operate at 100mph in those locations if they had the motive power to provide it.

GO's bi-level coaches may well be able to run at 100mph but we certainly haven't been 'cleared' for the maximum passenger speeds (the LRC speeds) only the normal passenger speed, the maximum of which is 95mph. For instance between mile 331.3 and 332.4 of the Kingston sub there is a PSO of 60mph for passenger trains and 70mph for LRC equipment. We're only allowed to operate under the provisions of passenger speed - 60mph.

 

[hawc]

When I watch GO trains approach from the West they all turn their big bright headlight off around the Bathurst Bridge. Why is this?

 

[Inkarnate]

When I watch GO trains approach from the West they all turn their big bright headlight off around the Bathurst Bridge. Why is this?

So they don't blind the westbound rail traffic leaving Union.

 

[smallspy]

GO's bi-level coaches may well be able to run at 100mph but we certainly haven't been 'cleared' for the maximum passenger speeds (the LRC speeds) only the normal passenger speed, the maximum of which is 95mph. For instance between mile 331.3 and 332.4 of the Kingston sub there is a PSO of 60mph for passenger trains and 70mph for LRC equipment. We're only allowed to operate under the provisions of passenger speed - 60mph.

In the GTA, you are correct - there are no locations where the passenger speed exceeds 95mph.

To the east of Toronto however, there are a number of locations where the passenger zone speed is 100mph, particularly between Cornwall and Brockville.

Dan
Toronto, Ont.

 

[vegeta_skyline]

I see, yes I was just speaking to territory over which GO currently operates.