GO Transit Fleet Equipment and other

[cplchanb]

that was the plan from when the contract was signed in 2022

Not in the eyes of this report... this was just released last month and up until then it was still listed as 2025..... I understand a couple years but to shift by over half a decade is just disheartening and extremely disappointing

 

[Willybru21]

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Not in the eyes of this report... this was just released last month and up until then it was still listed as 2025..... I understand a couple years but to shift by over half a decade is just disheartening and extremely disappointing

In the eyes of the report, no. Internally, yes

 

[generalcanada]

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Not in the eyes of this report... this was just released last month and up until then it was still listed as 2025..... I understand a couple years but to shift by over half a decade is just disheartening and extremely disappointing

To be clear that date is procedural so they dont need to keep going back to council to get sidewalk closures approved. It was set as 2025, but that doesnt matter.
2025 was never a date for electrification, maybe under the previous liberals but that was unrealistic.
The press release about the signed contract with onexpress in 2022 even said 2031.
Its not a big deal at all.

 

[Metroscapes]

The Metrolink F59PH units that GO bought are on the move, headed to North Bay for an extensive rebuild.

Looks like they were moving on the 19th too. Second clip, 23 seconds in.

 

[SaugeenJunction]

Looks like they were moving on the 19th too. Second clip, 23 seconds in.

Those are the F59PHIs headed down to Mexico!

 

[SaugeenJunction]

GO’s new (old) power is in Canada now.

 

[Allandale25]

GO’s new (old) power is in Canada now.

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Back to the future.

 

[cplchanb]

Back to the future.

ghettoness

 

[ryanandmagic]

GO’s new (old) power is in Canada now.

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Which one is the Ex-GO F59PH? They seen better days.. can't wait to see them in the GO livery when freshen up! I wonder if one of them is gonna retain the K5LA's? P2's?

 

[T3G]

ghettoness

With low information soundbites like this, you would make a perfect fit for a high ranking political office.

Or perhaps you'd like to personally make a charitable donation to GO so that they don't have to operate ghetto equipment?

Yeah, I thought not. Feel free to keep your head down when a train with one of these is entering the station and move on.

 

[cplchanb]

With low information soundbites like this, you would make a perfect fit for a high ranking political office.

Or perhaps you'd like to personally make a charitable donation to GO so that they don't have to operate ghetto equipment?

Yeah, I thought not. Feel free to keep your head down when a train with one of these is entering the station and move on.

Dont forget this is a govt agency. Our charitable donation are our tax dollars and fare payments. I don't recall any other passenger rail operator around where we are so desperate and cheap for equipment that we would be forced to buy our ancient retired and sold equipment back just to run it on our lines again. These locos are approaching 40 years old for crying out loud!! The money it takes to buy and refurb them is probably close to getting newer locos.

 

[smallspy]

Which one is the Ex-GO F59PH? They seen better days.. can't wait to see them in the GO livery when freshen up! I wonder if one of them is gonna retain the K5LA's? P2's?

Neither. All of Metrolink's units were built new for them.

For the record, there still is no official word that these are for GO. All we know is that they are currently waybilled for ONR.

Dan

 

[SaugeenJunction]

Neither. All of Metrolink's units were built new for them.

For the record, there still is no official word that these are for GO. All we know is that they are currently waybilled for ONR.

Dan

You're right, no official word. BUT we have seen publicly that MX has set aside $15M to $100M for a "F59 overhaul" in their 2023-2024 public procurement plan.

 

[Bojaxs]

With low information soundbites like this, you would make a perfect fit for a high ranking political office.

Or perhaps you'd like to personally make a charitable donation to GO so that they don't have to operate ghetto equipment?

Yeah, I thought not. Feel free to keep your head down when a train with one of these is entering the station and move on.

Bruh... calm down.

They are rather "ghetto" looking in their current state. But I'm sure they'll look much better once refurbished.

 

[T3G]

What's the current status of the refurbished cab cars? I believe there was one that was running quasi regularly later in the summer. Is it still in service or has it vanished into the aether again?