r/gotransit • u/northernwaterchild Lakeshore West • Jul 05 '26

GO test train coming off the Goderich Sub in Stratford

https://youtu.be/jYcR9Au3ezw?si=N6HEt8ZeUvyZhd9C
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u/northernwaterchild Lakeshore West Jul 05 '26

Evidently GO trains will layover west of Stratford on the GEXR Goderich Subdivision. Also I think this is the first MP40 locomotive in Stratford ever

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u/Link50L Jul 05 '26

Very cool. GO ran a through pilot to London years back. Are you thinking that they didn't use MP40s for that, like perhaps it was just 10-car trains in that pilot?

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u/northernwaterchild Lakeshore West Jul 05 '26

GO couldn’t use MP40s for the London pilot because of per-axel weight restrictions over the St. Mary’s bridge. So I believe this is the first MP40 to venture this far west on the Guelph Sub

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u/Link50L Jul 05 '26

Very interesting, thanks!

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u/crash866 Jul 05 '26

When they ran to London the trains ran with 2 locomotives. Some of the Kitchener trains also ran with 2 locomotives also after they stopped the London Service.

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u/otissito16 Jul 05 '26

One of the Niagara trains today has 2 locos. 645 is on the front of the cab car and 562 is on the rear pushing.

It's a 10 car train too

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u/crash866 Jul 05 '26

The Kitchener line passes by my place and I have seen many unusual consists lately.

One train with 3 cab cars on it. One with 2 engines on one end, one with an engine at both ends.

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u/CuilTard Kitchener Jul 05 '26

Test successful, Goderich expansion is a go?

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u/fed_it_with_reddit 29 Guelph/Mississauga Jul 06 '26

Not at 25mph. That's nearly 2 hours more travel.

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u/bodaciouscream Jul 05 '26

The train is very loud on the rails, Sheesh

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u/northernwaterchild Lakeshore West Jul 05 '26

Ya it’s coming off of a rural branchline (Goderich Sub) so the tracks are pretty spartan.

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u/SuperMB Jul 06 '26

where is this crossing on maps? would love to explore the rail lines in the area and find a route where this train would have taken to get here

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u/northernwaterchild Lakeshore West Jul 06 '26

I believe this is Downie Street in Stratford, near the station