Toronto 11.15 & 11.16

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Toronto 11.15 & 11.16

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Saturday, November 14, 2015

At the Bathurst St Overpass, an eastbound VIA Train from Windsor approaches Union Station.

ImageVIA Approaching Toronto Union Station by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Shortly after departing Union Station, a westbound GO Train comes out of the tunnel for the western Toronto suburbs.

ImageGO Train Coming Out of the Tunnel by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageGO Train - Bathurst St, Toronto by tcamp7837, on Flickr

One car had a Thomas the Tank Engine paint scheme.

ImageThomas Wrapped GO Car by tcamp7837, on Flickr

The Union-Pearson Express train makes its run from Union Station to the airport.

ImageUPR Express - Bathurst St, Toronto by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Streetcar Action

ImageToronto Streetcar by tcamp7837, on Flickr


Sunday November 15, 2015

On the CN Oakville Sub, various Lakeshore West GO Trains pass the GO and VIA Shops at the Islington St overpass.

ImageGO Train - CN Oakville Sub by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageGO Train leaving Toronto by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageGO Train at Islington St Overpass by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Meanwhile, while GO moves consists around, VIA breaks down the consist from the inbound Canadian.

ImageGO Train Snaking at the Shops by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageGO Islington St Shops by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageVIA Rail Canadian - Islington Shops by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageBreaking up the Canadian by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageVIA F40s & Toronto Skyline by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Next, the Union-Pearson Express passes the station at Bloor and approaches the new fly under at West Toronto Jct.

ImageUPR Express- Bloor Station, Toronto by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageUPR Express - West Toronto Jct by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Later, at the old Roundhouse Exhibition in Downtown Toronto, various CN and CP locomotives and cars on display sit around the turntable.

CP Rail 7020

ImageCP Rail 7020 - Toronto Roundhouse by tcamp7837, on Flickr

CN 6213

ImageCanadian National 6213 - Toronto Roundhouse by tcamp7837, on Flickr

CNR Caboose & CP 2 Tonner

ImageCNR Caboose & CP #1 by tcamp7837, on Flickr

CN 4803

ImageCanadian National 4803 - Toronto, ON by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Canadian Pacific Cape Race

ImageCanadian National Cape Race - Toronto, ON by tcamp7837, on Flickr

CN Crane

ImageCrane - Toronto Roundhouse by tcamp7837, on Flickr

The weekend miniature excursion train moves tourists around the roundhouse area.

ImageRoundhouse Excursion Train by tcamp7837, on Flickr

At the west end of Union Station, various GO Trains arrive and depart.

ImageGO F59 coming into Union Station by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageGO Triclops leading out of Union Station by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageGO 558 passing Rogers Centre by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageGO Cab Car leading out of Union Station by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageGO 558 approaching Union Station by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Next, a VIA F40 and consist is moved to Union Station to add to the lineup of Windsor and Sarnia bound trains.

ImageVIA 6418 - Toronto, ON by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageVIA P42s at Toronto Union Station by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Lastly at Union Station, boarded VIA 87 for Sarnia.

ImageToronto Union Station by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageVIA Departures by tcamp7837, on Flickr

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Re: Toronto 11.15 & 11.16

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Great documentation of the variety of passenger action around Canada's largest city! I love Toronto and have a few photos from there but have never really spent any considerable time railfanning, it's usually been just a convenient moment where I've been able to snap a photo or something coming by. An exception would be the Roundhouse Exhibiton areas downtown, which I did explore about 5 years ago. And a day spent watching TTC streetcars. I really enjoyed your Via photos (especially the Canadian) and the museum stuff. Question: what's the deal with the brighter green GO coaches? Are they slowly converting to a new scheme? Or does the difference in color signify something special, since there never seems to be more than one per train?

Thanks for sharing!

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Dont know about the paint scheme, maybe someone else can answer?

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I didn't know that the GP7's ordered by CN had flexi coil trucks. They had a sizeable fleet of GP9's with flexi coil trucks too.
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I am surprised at how large the GO Consist are. Some are as big as the Empire Builder.

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AARR wrote:I didn't know that the GP7's ordered by CN had flexi coil trucks. They had a sizeable fleet of GP9's with flexi coil trucks too.
The GP7s were delivered with Blomberg B trucks, but many received Flexicoil trucks from 4100 series GP9s some time in the 1960s. CN decided to replace the trucks on the GP9s, and the GP7s were to be phased out of service, along with other 567B powered locomotives. Since the GP7s were approaching retirement, the decision was made to swap the trucks.
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Thanks for the additional information.
redlodger wrote:
AARR wrote:I didn't know that the GP7's ordered by CN had flexi coil trucks. They had a sizeable fleet of GP9's with flexi coil trucks too.
The GP7s were delivered with Blomberg B trucks, but many received Flexicoil trucks from 4100 series GP9s some time in the 1960s. CN decided to replace the trucks on the GP9s, and the GP7s were to be phased out of service, along with other 567B powered locomotives. Since the GP7s were approaching retirement, the decision was made to swap the trucks.
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