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Canadian Railroads > GO 907Date: 11/14/19 21:45 GO 907 Author: refarkas GO 907 is at the east end of a westbound GO train nearing Toronto Union Station in Toronto on March 23, 1982.
Bob Date: 11/15/19 05:43 Re: GO 907 Author: joemvcnj F unit as a cab and HEP car I assume. They may have gotten the idea from the LIRR when they started doing that in 1971.
Date: 11/15/19 05:45 Re: GO 907 Author: King_Coal Good photo of late 1st Gen Go Transit service. The "FP7" power car is a nice touch. What happened to the original cars? Aren't these the ones that GOT started with?
Date: 11/15/19 06:32 Re: GO 907 Author: ghCBNS joemvcnj Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > F unit as a cab and HEP car I assume. They may > have gotten the idea from the LIRR when they > started doing that in 1971. It was originally an Ontario Northland unit and a couple were acquired from the Milwaukee Road for conversion. https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/GO_Transit_900-911 Date: 11/15/19 07:01 Re: GO 907 Author: ghCBNS King_Coal Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Good photo of late 1st Gen Go Transit service. The > "FP7" power car is a nice touch. What happened to > the original cars? Aren't these the ones that GOT > started with? A lot of these single level cars went to Montreal’s AMT……and this photo is quite a contrast to the 10 to 12 car GO Bilevel Trains you see through there now operating on mostly an every 15 minute frequency through the day. Date: 11/15/19 07:05 Re: GO 907 Author: erielackawanna Great image - my first trip to Toronoto was too late to see these cars.
Date: 11/15/19 10:54 Re: GO 907 Author: joemvcnj EXO does not use them anymore. I rode them on the ONR Northlander 4 times. They rode like cinderblocks. Over 30 MPH, constant vibration and rattling, with jarring over every switch (if you thought Amfleet-1 was bad). Besides lousy shocks, Toronto subway car trucks don't help.
Date: 11/15/19 11:54 Re: GO 907 Author: PHall joemvcnj Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > EXO does not use them anymore. I rode them on the > ONR Northlander 4 times. They rode like > cinderblocks. Over 30 MPH, constant vibration and > rattling, with jarring over every switch (if you > thought Amfleet-1 was bad). Besides lousy shocks, > Toronto subway car trucks don't help. Doesn't help that by the time they had made it to the ONR they were way past their prime. Date: 11/15/19 14:21 Re: GO 907 Author: krm152 Nice action photo. Conversion to HEP Control Cab gave that unit a somewhat extended stay.
Thanks for your photo posting. ALLEN Date: 11/18/19 21:02 Re: GO 907 Author: feclark Classic equipment I remember well, and your framing with the signals and tie pile is really sharp, too.
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