Very nice work, well worth waiting for. That first shot at St Mary's, I love the sound of the wheels as they cross the bridge. Looking forward to more!
Great video! Some really cool shots in here. Here's some extra context/info: Extra service between London and Toronto wasn't a bad idea, but the way this was executed was asinine. It was a 5am departure from London and a four hour trundle over track that wasn't suited for this nor upgraded to make this more feasible. The reason MP40s couldn't run it was because they exceeded the weight restriction on the giant bridge in St. Marys, so as a result the trains could only go to 10 cars. Towards the end of the service the ridership was nonetheless promising, and with better timing and infrastructure it could have been a good service. The reinstatement of VIA trains 82 and 83 which use the Oakville and Dundas sub helps London commuters with a 2h15 trip, but passengers between London, St Marys, Stratford and Kitchener are out of luck. They're still stuck with a late-morning 84, which was retimed to avoid the GO train and hasn't returned to the original schedule.
Thank you Im glad you liked it! Lots of great info on track and weight restrictions too! So it was total tonnage on the bridge and not specific to an individual piece?
Great video Love the F59 and the original gp40s, gp40-2w, f7. My question is that in model railroading there's a standard to run at scale speeds ( slow) When operating the engine is it frustrating to run at extremely slow speed? ( Real train)
Very nice work, well worth waiting for. That first shot at St Mary's, I love the sound of the wheels as they cross the bridge. Looking forward to more!
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. It definitely made some neat sounds crossing the bridge 🙂
Great Video. Can't wait to see Part 2
Thank you! Im glad you enjoyed it!🙂
Great video! Nice to see some uncommon footage
Thank you! 😊
Great video! Some really cool shots in here. Here's some extra context/info:
Extra service between London and Toronto wasn't a bad idea, but the way this was executed was asinine. It was a 5am departure from London and a four hour trundle over track that wasn't suited for this nor upgraded to make this more feasible. The reason MP40s couldn't run it was because they exceeded the weight restriction on the giant bridge in St. Marys, so as a result the trains could only go to 10 cars.
Towards the end of the service the ridership was nonetheless promising, and with better timing and infrastructure it could have been a good service. The reinstatement of VIA trains 82 and 83 which use the Oakville and Dundas sub helps London commuters with a 2h15 trip, but passengers between London, St Marys, Stratford and Kitchener are out of luck. They're still stuck with a late-morning 84, which was retimed to avoid the GO train and hasn't returned to the original schedule.
Thank you Im glad you liked it! Lots of great info on track and weight restrictions too! So it was total tonnage on the bridge and not specific to an individual piece?
Great video
Love the F59 and the original gp40s, gp40-2w, f7. My question is that in model railroading there's a standard to run at scale speeds ( slow) When operating the engine is it frustrating to run at extremely slow speed? ( Real train)
All depends sometimes you gotta go fast and other times slow. A nice slow ride out in the country side 😉
GO Transit Will Never Retire Their F59PHs & Will Repaint Their F59PHs In The New Metrolinx Scheme
I hope they are around for a long time!🙂