Canadian Railroads > The new face of GO Transit

With 67 cab cars with a new nose design delivered to GO Transit in 2015-2016, the cab car ends of their trains certainly look different these days. Here six of them (GOT 307, GOT 302, GOT 355, GOT 328, GOT 304 & GOT 361) lay over at the North Bathurst Yard a bit before the start of the afternoon rush on September 14th, 2017. Shot from the nearby Bathurst Street overpass.

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looks like europe oh ya trudeau

Dilworth Wrote:
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> looks like europe oh ya trudeau


What an absurd statement!

Michael

What happened to the old cab cars? Relegated to trailing status?

That is a great image!

611

Another burden on the taxpayer.

CPR_4000 Wrote:
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> What happened to the old cab cars? Relegated to
> trailing status?


Correct.

Michael

PennPlat Wrote:
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> Another burden on the taxpayer.

How is this anymore of a burden on the taxpayer than new equipment on any other commuter rail or transit operator in North America?

PennPlat Wrote:
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> Another burden on the taxpayer.


WTF are you talking about?
The old cab cars were requiring more maintenance etc.
The new ones (even though I personally think they are ugly) were needed and are a major improvement!
As a taxpayer in Ontario who only uses GO Transit about once a year (retired, no longer have to go to Toronto), I do NOT object to my tax dollars being used for this kind of improvement.
If you are an Ontario taxpayer, I would like to hear more from you.
If you are not .... stop using your head as a suppository!

Will MacKenzie
Dundas, ON

The whacko one sentence and gone posters are busy on this thread...

Michael

thehighwayman Wrote:
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> PennPlat Wrote:
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> > Another burden on the taxpayer.
>
>
> WTF are you talking about?
> The old cab cars were requiring more maintenance
> etc.
> The new ones (even though I personally think they
> are ugly) were needed and are a major
> improvement!
> As a taxpayer in Ontario who only uses GO Transit
> about once a year (retired, no longer have to go
> to Toronto), I do NOT object to my tax dollars
> being used for this kind of improvement.
> If you are an Ontario taxpayer, I would like to
> hear more from you.

Yes Will, agree, the daily commute to Toronto for me was well
and truly over some years ago as well.
The new cab cars suspect also offer some form of crash protection not seen
in the previous cab cars. Thinking here of
level crossings where operating signals and lowered gates mean nothing to some;
and also too animals of all shapes and sizes.
Thinking here of some of the more rural areas invaded by deer, they can
cause a bit of a mess...

The prior cab cars can sometimes be seen mid-train, the bell and horns on the
roof a positive indication of what was.

Bryce Lee
Burlington, Ontario

I support the idea of better crash protection for the train crews. That said, I miss the "cab ride" view the old cars provided.

DaleR

Mberry Wrote:
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> The whacko one sentence and gone posters are busy
> on this thread...

I don't know how you did it Michael - you post a nice, straightforward picture of the evolving commuter rail scene in Toronto, and it turns into a real troll magnet!

Ray

Thanks for the picture.

Do these cars meet the compression / crash testing applied to US rail cars? I can think of a few places that could use cars like them.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/13/17 16:20 by Lackawanna484.

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> Thanks for the picture.
>
> Do these cars meet the compression / crash testing
> applied to US rail cars? I can think of a few
> places that could use cars like them.

I believe they are already in service in Seattle on the Sounder

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Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> Thanks for the picture.
>
> Do these cars meet the compression / crash testing
> applied to US rail cars?

Yes, these are a Crash Energy Management design. As MBerry confirmed above, the old cab cars are being used as trailers now.

CPR_4000 Wrote:
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> Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> > Thanks for the picture.
> >
> > Do these cars meet the compression / crash
> testing
> > applied to US rail cars?
>
> Yes, these are a Crash Energy Management design.
> As MBerry confirmed above, the old cab cars are
> being used as trailers now.

Thanks to all.

Mberry Wrote:
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> With 67 cab cars with a new nose design delivered
> to GO Transit in 2015-2016, the cab car ends of
> their trains certainly look different these days.
> Here six of them (GOT 307, GOT 302, GOT 355, GOT
> 328, GOT 304 & GOT 361) lay over at the North
> Bathurst Yard a bit before the start of the
> afternoon rush on September 14th, 2017. Shot from
> the nearby Bathurst Street overpass.

In addition to the 3xx cab cars there's a whole new order of passenger cars in the 4xxx series. The seating those cars uses the same style seats as the new cab cars.