Keeping trains on the GO: Willowbrook Rail Maintenance Facility

Take a behind-the-scenes look at how the GO Transit fleet remains at the ready. The Willowbrook Rail Maintenance Facility is an amazing Metrolinx facility where GO locomotives and coaches are kept running safely.

[@phoenixsmith8148]

I got a tour in 2016 and one on October 25th
Thank you for this opportunity metrolinx.

[@trevorsmith8466]

Hey phoenix it’s me Marill lover21 just on my dad’s tablet

[@Leonard_Wilson]

I'm amazed that this is all done in about 6 hours. Go Transit is just like the Long Island Railroad in my hometown, NYC.

[@nickysexperience004]

1:22 Number of the beast

[@devvydoesstuff]

Her: in each locomotive is a 4,000 horsepower engine
F59ph: Am i an actual joke to you

[@krypto_9872]

MP54's flexing with their 5000 horsepower

[@Thomas1980]

this is a very nice video. Best regards and of course thumbs up :)

[@ladyprecise77]

1:22 is this GO Trainsit or the satan Exprees

[@franciscoantonio4321]

Hermosos modelo de Tren, magnífico vídeo, gracias.

[@alexanderip1003]

0:51 What a big fuel dispensing gun!

[@IainHendry]

Do you ever do public tours or open houses of these facilities? Maybe as part of the Doors Open programme?

[@boardinrider]

Unfortunately it is a working yard and is far to dangerous to have the public walking around.

[@devvydoesstuff]

They don’t do open doors at willow brooks but they do open doors at the Whitby facility

[@awesomeman116a]

@@devvydoesstuff Do I have to sign up or anything?

[@ionIoveanyone]

1:22 Man that's a Go train I won't like to ride.

[@ionIoveanyone]

Thanks for the like :D

[@Yourdailyfactos]

Why whats rong wit this train

[@stanpatterson5033]

Some people are superstitious of the number 666 (the number shown on the locomotive).

[@devvydoesstuff]

zorvix yt it’s has 666 ( known as the devils number )

[@MiddleboroLakevilleRailfan]

Lol true

[@KeroseneSkies]

I take a picture of train 666 every time I see it! But i haven't seen it in a while!

[@trevorsmith8466]

I’m pretty sure it caught on fire or something

[@KeroseneSkies]

@@trevorsmith8466 I sent them a message asking them where it was and they said it was on another line for a bit lol but still in use

[@trevorsmith8466]

Oh wow the last time I saw 666 was at guildwood

[@KeroseneSkies]

@@trevorsmith8466 I used to see it there too! Probably moved it back to Lakeshore East!

[@trevorsmith8466]

Kerosene Skies I mainly saw it at union or rouge hill

[@김정민-b6c1o]

Keep up the good work. thanks guys

[@cryall5258]

1:12 0_0 Go Transit 666!

[@cryall5258]

lol that was way to early i mean 1:22

[@JulienGittens]

I was on that😂😂😂

[@Bigryan757]

1223455(89990

[@The_Union_of_Christianity]

The people who have this job work hard

[@armaanbaraech7775]

1:22 the power of crisis. Compels you!!!!

[@ivanvrkljan1056]

I remember my dad talking to me about how he was putting together this rail yard

[@JulienGittens]

On my school trip I was on the train 666 😂😂😂

[@Noodle_Train]

Awesome!

[@michlo3393]

Bombardier: "so you want to run two more trains? how many cars do you think you'll need? 8 or 10?"
GO Transit: "346"

[@Railfan562]

Why is the train number 666

[@stanpatterson5033]

Maintenance has never been an issue. Communication has for years. I quit using GO Transit in 2012, it wasn't worth the hassle anymore. Yeah, I know, stuff happens that's beyond the control of the folks who run GO, but it doesn't or shouldn't take 4 hours to get word to the riders who are stuck on a train, or waiting for a train... Nothing like finding out what went wrong on the nightly news as you're dozing off in bed, after a screwed-up day. But hey, hike those fares up again this year and tell us the same old thing - it's going to help GO Transit run on time !

[@sandraknutzen6064]

all aboard!

[@michaelsegal3558]

Is the consist number the same as the fleet number? Like for example at 1:55 you can see the fleet number 2819 is that also the consist number?

[@tjjames3447]

no sir, the consist number is the train as a whole and the 2819 is the individual coach number

[@tjjames3447]

every coach will have a 4 digit number on it, currently a consist will have 12 coaches and all will have different 4 digit numbers.

[@michaelsegal3558]

@@tjjames3447 I see so it’s like how with the subway for example how each car has its own 4-digit number

[@michaelsegal3558]

@@tjjames3447 I see so the coach number in that case is like each subway car having its own 4-digit number for example

[@cobra5087]

How long does a motor last in an engine? I never got a chance to go for orientation through Willowbrook during my training. Would I be able to get a chance?

[@sc0tte1-416]

Hey there, can I ask how you got a job in this facility? I'd absolutely love to work there. What are the requirements?

[@awesomeman116a]

@@sc0tte1-416 rip they didnt answer

[@sc0tte1-416]

@@awesomeman116a lol I know right haha

[@briansokoloski776]

Same Passenger Cars in Vancouver Bc West Coast Express Built in Thunder Bay Ontario

[@kn00tcn]

the video editor needs to disable frame blending on the drone footage, it looks awful
maybe it was an attempt to slow it down? or maybe it was 24 fps attempted to fit into 30

[@RockyFoxxowo]

ah yes using locomotive 666, the demon train

[@n9642]

mantap

[@FiqFake157]

I can see Domics in the commuter

[@ib2neat]

How can i become a go train driver (locomotive engineer)go transit? and whats the salary?

[@sohailahmed1968]

Trains are operated by Engineers they are not drivers

[@devvydoesstuff]

@@sohailahmed1968 he said engineer

[@richmondrailfan8444]

They did the document on go rail 666

[@cykz2004_dwimmy_the_oof]

1:23 bruh train unit 666

[@jbrewphotos79]

Canadian MetroLink

[@StudioSA15]

No

[@n9642]

wow sekolah tehnik mesin sekolah masinis lokomotif kereta api aku mau ikut

[@rancesurbina3246]

Sell some canopy train to the Texas railway express. something new for dallas Tx. Thank you!

[@BurnedNoodle]

you think a comment like this will make a Transit Agency do it???

[@dfwrproductions]

@@BurnedNoodle ikr

[@StudioSA15]

It's pronounced H,E,P not HEP

[@wdue]

Lol i live near withby and i see the rail facility also sorry 4 bad language

[@tyren818]

Thank god trains run more often now, can't believe they used to run two trains a day for commuters only. Way to subsidize drivers and suburbanites which are already a plague for city's finances!

[@s.bk.655]

This is importan

[@maximagmhondafan8892]

1:22 the train from hell