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[smallspy]

has an answer for you. "...also get to benefit from more space, air conditioning..." This means that the old cabs have no AC.

Your interpretation of his statement is incorrect.

The old cabs have A/C. There is an overhead position-able vent in the cab, in fact.

What they do not have however is their own controllable A/C. On the new cab cars the crews can set the temperature level independently of the rest of the coach.

If the crew wanted to increase or decrease the level of A/C - or heat, for that matter - on an old car, they needed to adjust temperature the whole HVAC unit at that end of the car.

Dan

 

[GOTransitFan206]

It may be that the new cabs have more control over ventilation, separate from the rest of the interior.... but....the old cabs were within the coach's HVAC, and they most certainly had the benefit of the coach's.air conditioning.

- Paul

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So you're saying that the cab door was open to let the A/C in?

 

[GOTransitFan206]

206 has been wyed to face west (the direction cab cars face when leading). Not my picture.View attachment 559456

HUGE sign of hope there. Before, it was first car in the consist, facing toward the rear of MPI 623, as shown in my profile picture. Do the cabs always face West on all lines? Also, which yard is this?

 

[GOTransitFan206]

Are there any aerials of 200-214? I wanted to find out what the horn was. Likely a K5CA-LS.

 

[SaugeenJunction]

206 has been wyed to face west (the direction cab cars face when leading). Not my picture.View attachment 559456

LET’S GO!

 

[turbanplanner]

Were the upstairs controls ever in use? I often sit at the ends upstairs and see an openable window and a key slot

 

[smallspy]

Were the upstairs controls ever in use? I often sit at the ends upstairs and see an openable window and a key slot

Yes they were used, in the olden days before the cars were made accessible and the controls were installed in the doorways.

Dan

 

[WB62]

Sign of hope there. Before, it was first car in the consist, facing toward the rear of MPI 623, as shown in my profile picture. Do the cabs always face West on all lines? Also, which yard is this?

Locomotives always face east, and cabs west at Union

 

[WB62]

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So you're saying that the cab door was open to let the A/C in?

Well the air conditioning is siphoned through the coach, though those little vents you see above the lights on every level.

I think it’s safe to assume air conditioning was also vented into the cab, but couldn’t be controlled separately from the rest of the coach like what was previously mentioned.

 

[Bibi L]

The old coaches have 1 condensing unit on each side, so in total 2. The new ones appear to have 2 on each side, 4 in total. Maybe the older cab cars had to share the HVAC system with the rest of the car since there were only 2, while the newer ones can have their own separate A/C because they have 4?
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[GOTransitFan206]

Locomotives always face east, and cabs west at Union

206 was facing east.

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[GOTransitFan206]

Well the air conditioning is siphoned through the coach, though those little vents you see above the lights on every level.

I think it’s safe to assume air conditioning was also vented into the cab, but couldn’t be controlled separately from the rest of the coach like what was previously mentioned.

Okay. Got that.

 

[GOTransitFan206]

Were the upstairs controls ever in use? I often sit at the ends upstairs and see an openable window and a key slot

I saw them too. They were in use in the 1980's period. You know how GO conductors look along the platform via the doors? I think that's what they used the openable windows for.

 

[crs1026]

I saw them too. They were in use in the 1980's period. You know how GO conductors look along the platform via the doors? I think that's what they used the openable windows for.

They were the conductor's original designed placement, but the move to 3-person crews plus the requirement for the CSA to operate the mobility ramp (which was a new addition) forced relocation to the lower level.

- Paul

 

[WB62]

206 was facing east.

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Well they aren’t driving from that one now are they