[RU479]

So with the London service ending. I'm assuming that means the F59s will be repurposed for their original role of pulling the smaller 6 car trains?

Or is it possible that we may finally see the end of the F59s on GO service?

I mean they’d have to go eventually, and even though Metrolinx stated the F59s would not get replaced by the 13 locos they are planning on acquiring, plans could have changed now that the London Service is going to end.

 

[drum118]

Or is it possible that we may finally see the end of the F59s on GO service?

I mean they’d have to go eventually, and even though Metrolinx stated the F59s would not get replaced by the 13 locos they are planning on acquiring, plans could have changed now that the London Service is going to end.

I expect the F59's will be around until the final plan what the system needs to meet the 2025-50 service needs. That plan maybe completed by 2025 with the F59's been use on 6-10 car trains until their end date is known.

Need power to add more service as well having a spare ratio to do it.

 

[RU479]

I expect the F59's will be around until the final plan what the system needs to meet the 2025-50 service needs. That plan maybe completed by 2025 with the F59's been use on 6-10 car trains until their end date is known.

Need power to add more service as well having a spare ratio to do it.

This has me curious about the 13 diesel locos Metrolinx is supposed to be acquiring by 2024-2025.

I'm assuming the reason why GO is rebuilding the old cab cars to lead trains again is so that they can be used in conjunction with the new locos. Yet there has been no news on them since the deadline closed in September of last year.

 

[drum118]

It’s currently at Aldershot GO:View attachment 489594

It also facing the wrong way and will have to be wye.

 

[RU479]

It also facing the wrong way and will have to be wye.

It appears to be facing west, so it's facing the correct way.

 

[Allandale25]

View attachment 489538

Different angle here.

 

[Jayson9999]

Coaster Cab Car and repainted bilevel at Thunderbay today, was also an ACE bilevel and another GO cab car waiting to be refurbished

 

[RU479]

Coaster Cab Car and repainted bilevel at Thunderbay today, was also an ACE bilevel and another GO cab car waiting to be refurbished
View attachment 491616View attachment 491615

Did you happen to get the numbers of any of the GO BiLevels?

 

[Jayson9999]

Did you happen to get the numbers of any of the GO BiLevels?

No but there were 5 un touched coaches on top of the one cab car I mentioned and the repainted one in the picture, I didn’t get them but were definitely the first generation bilevel design

 

[RU479]

No but there were 5 un touched coaches on top of the one cab car I mentioned and the repainted one in the picture, I didn’t get them but were definitely the first generation bilevel design

I see.

I still wonder whether those cab cars that were sent up there would have their cab controls reinstalled with the refurbishment.

 

[turbanplanner]

I see.

I still wonder whether those cab cars that were sent up there would have their cab controls reinstalled with the refurbishment.

On the converter cab cars there is still a "closet" on the right side. I wonder what's left in that area

 

[WB62]

On the converter cab cars there is still a "closet" on the right side. I wonder what's left in that area

Not much is left in those closets, it’s mostly empty. Not sure what was previously in those or how filled up they were, but you can now fit one or two people in them.

 

[RU479]

Not much is left in those closets, it’s mostly empty. Not sure what was previously in those or how filled up they were, but you can now fit one or two people in them.

The refurbished cab cars still have that compartment.

 

[WB62]

The refurbished cab cars still have that compartment.

Oh I was talking about the ones converted to coaches, the closets in those still exist but probably have had stuff taken out of them.

 

[drum118]

Oh I was talking about the ones converted to coaches, the closets in those still exist but probably have had stuff taken out of them.

Unless the the cab cars been used as coaches since the 300's replaced then have refurbished as coaches, they still have their equipment in place to be use as a cab car again