GO Transit fleet
Introduction GO Transit, the interregional public transit system in Southern Ontario, has a number of various road and rail vehicles. This includes 91 locomotives, 979 train coaches, and 752 buses.
Rail ===Locomotives===;Active:The vast majority of GO Transit's active locomotive fleet consists of MP40PH-3C diesel-electric locomotives manufactured by MotivePower in Boise, Idaho. These replaced most of the older EMD F59PH over a 4-year transition program from 2008 to 2011.The new MP40 locomotives are significantly more powerful with 4000 bhp vs the F59's 3000 bhp, and their greater Head End Power capacity allows them to handle 12 coach trains instead of 10.In 2011, GO Transit ordered 11 MPI MP54AC locomotives, to be rebuilt from existing units, followed by an order for 10 new build locomotives. MP40PH-3C unit 647 was sent back to Boise for conversion with a Cummins QSK-95 diesel engine into an MP54 in 2012, and was completed in 2015 (although dual Cummins QSK-60 engines were substituted instead). Testing of the first MP54AC began in December 2015, and the locomotive was formally delivered in March 2016, by which time GO Transit had increased its order for newbuild units to 16, for a total of 26.The order of 10 rebuilt units was later converted to newbuilds, the first of which was delivered in March 2018.While they are technically model MP54ACs, GO classifies them as MP40PHT-T4AC units.MP54AC number 668 at the Malton GO stationYearManufacturerModelNumbersNotes1990 EMD F59PH III557-561 Rebuilt 2011 into F59PHR1994 EMDF59PH IV562-564 Rebuilt 2011 into F59PHR2008–2009MPIMP40PH-3C600-6262010627-6462010-11648-6562013-14657-666EPA Tier 3 compliant2015MPIMP54AC (MP40PHTC-T4)647Prototype MP54AC2017-2018MP54AC (MP40PHT-T4AC)667-682AC TractionTwo F59PH locomotives at Oakville station;Retired:YearManufacturerModelNumbersNotes 1967 Hawker Siddeley Canada Hawker Siddeley RTC-85SP/D (Single-level self-propelled unit) Built as D700-D701, D702-D708Renumbered to 9825-9826, 9827-9833 Self-powered Diesel multiple units. Cars part of original 1967 commuter car order built by HSC in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and based on the Hawker-Siddeley H-Series subway car. Almost identical to non-powered cab cars, but powered by Rolls-Royce engines. D700-701 equipped with controls at both ends. All later converted into non-powered cab cars by 1975 and renumbered 108-116.Sold off to ONR and AMT. 1973, 1976; 1982 General Motors Diesel Division / EMD  APCU (former FP7A) & APU (former F7B APU) 900-911 (some originally 9858-9862) & 800-802 Non-powered. 900-series are "APCU" control cab and Head End Power units built from FP7s from ONR and MILW. 800-series units are "APU" Head End Power cars built from BN F7Bs. All retired after the 1980s, some resold, most scrapped. 1966 General Motors Diesel Division GP40TC locomotive 500-507 All sold to Amtrak in 1988.Rebuilt by Norfolk Southern and now classed as GP38H-3s. 1973, 1975 General Motors Diesel Division GP40-2L locomotive 700-710 11 purchase; Retired 1991, 703 sold to Tri-Rail, all others sold to Canadian National (9668-9677) 1978 General Motors Diesel Division F40PH locomotive 510-515 Sold to Amtrak in 1990 and renumbered to 410-415.All retired by early 2000s. 1967 EMD GP40 locomotive 720-726 bought from Chrome Crankshaft in 1982.Rebuilt to GP40-2M by Chrome Crankshaft/CRI&P; traded to GMDD for F59PHs 561-568 in 1994 1988 EMD F59PH I 520-535 525, 527-528 sold to TRE. 526, 530, 532 now owned by Metra. 521, 529, 534-535 now owned by NCDOT (Rail Division for NC By Train Piedmont service). 533 now owned by West Coast Express. All others are owned by RB Leasing, some since resold to other agencies. 1989–1990 EMD F59PH II 536-539 Sold to RB Leasing, 2010.536 resold to NCDOT. 537-538 scrapped in 2013.1990 EMD F59PH II 540-547 543-545 sold to Exo. All others (540 to 542) sold to RB Leasing, later resold to NCDOT. 1990 EMD F59PH III 548-556 551 and 554 sold to RB Leasing, 551 resold to NCDOT, 554 scrapped in 2013.All others (548 to 550, 552 to 553, 555 to 556) sold to Exo. 1994 EMD F59PH IV 565-568 Sold to Trinity Railway Express in Irving, Texas, USA, 1997.===Coaches===All GO Trains use bilevel rail cars entirelyUpper levels of the coach. (Plastic barriers and social distancing signs are temporary throughout the COVID-19 pandemic)GO's railcar fleet is composed exclusively of Bombardier BiLevel Coaches manufactured by Bombardier Transportation or its predecessors in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Since January 2021, newer BiLevel coaches are manufactured by Alstom. In November 2021, the fleet comprised a total of 949 railcars, including cab car variants.On June 1, 2012, Metrolinx contracted Bombardier to manufacture an additional 60 bilevel cab cars of an updated design incorporating crash energy management features and improved  Deliveries of these models have been ongoing since 2015.ManufacturerModelBuiltNumbersNotes Hawker Siddeley Canada Hawker Siddeley RTC-85 (single-level coach and cab car configurations) 1967-1976 1000-1105, 100-107(Renumbered from many different series). No Original 1967 commuter car order built by Hawker Siddeley Thunder Bay, Ontario and based on the Hawker-Siddeley H-Series subway car. Purchased in cab car and coach configurations for push-pull service. Subsequent orders placed between 1967 and 1976 for more equipment. Some cars leased to MARC. Cars sold to ONR (16) and AMT (92) in the 1980s. 2 cars went to Pandrol-Jackson (Electric Tamper and Equipment Company) as crew-cars for railgrinding operations; 7 cars scrapped. Cab car 104 was restored by GO Transit in 2017, and is displayed at the Toronto Railway Museum in downtown Toronto. St Louis Car Company Gallery coach/cab car 7600 series 1955 13 (test) run and several other 7600 series cars No Leased from C&NW; several 7600 series cars used with GO locomotive GP40 locomotives on runs beginning January 19, 1976 along Lakeshore Line. C&NW coach #13 paired with GO Transit GP40-2L #9811 for test runs in April 1976 Canadian Vickers Gallery Bi-level Town Car based on Pullman Company bi level cars 1969 9XX-9XX No 4 cars leased from Canadian Pacific Montreal-area commuter service (STCUM-AMT 900-series) for test runs in July 1974.HSC Bi-Level I coach 1976–1978 2000–2079 No 2000-2001, 2013-2014, 2016–2017, 2020, 2022, 2023-2024 sold to TRE, 1997, renumbered 1050-1059.HSC Bi-Level II coach 1983–1984 2100–2155, 200-214 No All cab cars were initially decommissioned and converted into coaches in 2016-17, however they were rebuilt and converted once again into cab cars in 2022-23 and are currently beginning to return to service again. UTDC Bi-Level III coach 1987-1989 2200-2253, 215-223 No 223 sold to TRE in 1999, renumbered 1000.All other cab cars decommissioned and converted into coaches in 2016-17.Several extra cars leased from Tri-Rail, 2002.UTDC Bi-Level IV coach 1989–1990 2300-2341, 224-241 No (see note) 224 sold to TRE in 1999, renumbered 1001.All other cab cars decommissioned and converted to coaches in 2016-17.The 2300 series cars were converted in to accessible cars in 1995, and later converted back to non-accessible when the Series VII accessible cars came in to service. UTDC Bi-Level V coach 1990–1991 2400-2455, 2499 No 2499 was a next-generation prototype, which all future GO Transit coaches would be based upon. Bombardier Transportation Bi-Level VI coach 2002 2500–2521 Yes Bombardier Transportation Bi-Level VII coach 2003-2008 2522-2544, 2600–2661, 242-250 Yes (2522-2544 only) 5 orders. All cab cars decommissioned and converted into coaches in 2016-17.Bombardier Transportation Bi-Level VIII coach 2008–2015 2545-2560, 2700-2857, 251-257 Yes (2545-2560 only) 4 orders. 2545-2546, 2700-2729, 251-253 delivered 2008.2547-2549, 2730-2754, 254, delivered 2009-2010.2550-2554, 2755-2814, 255-257 delivered 2011-2013.2555-2560, 2815-2857 delivered 2014-2015.Bombardier Transportation Bi-Level 10 coach 2015–Present 4000-4225, 4500-4533, 300-380 Yes (4500-4528 only) 5 orders. 300-361 delivered 2015-2016.362-366, 4000-4054, 4500-4504 delivered 2016-2017.4055-4107, 4505-4519 being delivered throughout 2018.Cars 300-380 are cab cars with new Crash Energy Management (CEM) features. Final order of 36 coaches (4195-4225, 4529-4533) placed September 10, 2019.
Bus GO Transit currently operates two types of buses: single-decker highway coaches, constituting 75% of the active fleet; and commuter-type double-decker buses, constituting the remaining 25%. All vehicles run on diesel fuel. *The current highway coach fleet consists exclusively of D4500-model coaches built by Motor Coach Industries (numbered from 2100 onwards). The first of these coaches were ordered in 2001 and orders have continued until 2015.They have a length of . All orders since 2005 (from 2267 onwards) are of a facelifted design, designated as D4500CT, and two of these vehicles (3000 and 3001), ordered in 2008, have a hybrid-electric drivetrain and are model D4500CTH. Older vehicles in the fleet are retired after reaching a certain mileage; as of 2017, the oldest vehicles in the active fleet were made in 2004. *The double-decker fleet uses Alexander Dennis Enviro500s. They come in three distinct configurations, differing mainly in height and distinguishable external appearance:**The standard-height version (numbered in the 8000s) are  in length and have a height of . Built in Falkirk, Scotland, they entered service in 2008, but their height prevents them from meeting many height standards set by the provincial Ministry of Transportation, restricting their usage to the Highway 407 and Highway 403 corridors, providing service between Peel and York Regions. **The ''Go-Anywhere'' version (numbered in the 8100s and 8200s) are the same length, but have a shorter height of . This variant, also made in Falkirk, entered service in 2012, and their lower height allows these buses to meet many more clearance standards as a result and are used on a wider variety of routes, including those that travel on Highway 401 into Durham Region. **The ''Super-Lo'' version (numbered in the 8300s) are longer than previous orders, at  in length, but have an even shorter height of . Developed specifically for the GO Transit network, it is capable of accessing bus terminals with height restrictions that prevent previous double-deckers accessing them. They are also the first double-decker buses to be manufactured locally (from a newly established facility in Vaughan). The first of these vehicles entered service in 2016 and orders are ongoing to replace older single-decker coaches. By 2020, Metrolinx estimates that 75% of the active fleet would be composed of double-deckers.In May 2023, GO Transit placed two electric buses into revenue service on a trial basis. They had been tested without passengers since December 2021.An electric bus costs $1.5million compared with $700,000 for a diesel bus; the electric bus has lower fuel and maintenance costs. Between charges, an electric bus can run about  in winter and  in summer; GO bus routes can be as long as . Battery charging takes 3–4 hours at garages.===Active===YearMakeModelLengthEngineNumbersNotes2006'''MCI'''D4500CTYesCaterpillar C13 EPA 20042298–23172007'''MCI'''D4500CTYesCaterpillar C13 EPA 20042318–23532008'''MCI'''D4500CTYesCaterpillar C13 EPA 20072354–24192009'''MCI'''D4500CTH (Hybrid)YesCummins ISL 330HP EPA 20073000-30032009'''MCI'''D4500CTYesCummins ISM EPA 20072420–24392012'''Alexander Dennis'''Enviro500YesCummins ISL (EPA 2010)8101-82052013'''Alexander Dennis'''Enviro500YesCummins ISL (EPA 2013)8126-81658131 caught fire and stored.2014'''Alexander Dennis'''Enviro500YesCummins ISL (EPA 2013)8166-81952015'''Alexander Dennis'''Enviro500YesCummins ISL (EPA 2013)8195-82052016'''Alexander Dennis'''Enviro500 'SuperLo'YesCummins ISL (EPA 2016)8300-83372017'''Alexander Dennis'''Enviro500 'SuperLo'YesCummins ISL (EPA 2016) / Cummins L (EPA 2016)8338-83782017-2018'''Alexander Dennis'''Enviro500 'SuperLo'YesCummins L (EPA 2016)8379-84292019'''Alexander Dennis'''Enviro500 'SuperLo'YesCummins L (EPA 2016)8430-8470Image:GO Transit MCI D4500 2109.jpg|GO Transit MCI D4500 with original paint schemeImage:GO_Transit_MCI_D4500CT_2267.jpg|GO Transit MCI D4500CT with original paint schemeImage:New_GO_Bus_Design.jpg|Back view of the 2007 GO bus paint scheme back viewImage:New_Go_Bus_Design_Front_View.jpg|Front view of the 2007 GO bus paint schemeImage:GO Bus 2336 in new green.JPG|A D4500CT with the 2013 GO two-toned liveryImage:GO_Transit_double-decker_bus.jpg|Standard-height Alexander Dennis Enviro500Image:Go Transit 8129.jpg|Go-Anywhere height Alexander Dennis Enviro500Image:GO Transit SuperLo Enviro500 8308.jpg|Super-Lo height Alexander Dennis Enviro500===Retired===Previously, GO Transit also operated suburban-style transit buses from General Motors, Orion Bus Industries, and New Flyer Industries, and motor coaches by Prevost Car. GM buses were manufactured in London, Ontario and Orion buses in Mississauga, Ontario. All of these older vehicles are now retired.YearMakeModelLengthEngineNumbers1970 GMDD T8H-5305ANoDetroit Diesel 8V711000–10191973 GMDD T8H-5307ANoDetroit Diesel 8V711020–10291974GMDDT8H-5307ANoDetroit Diesel 8V711030–1039, 1120–11231975GMDDT8H-5307ANoDetroit Diesel 8V711045–10561976 GMDD S8H-5304ANoDetroit Diesel 8V711060–10991977GMDDT8H-5307ANoDetroit Diesel 8V711100–11191985 Ontario Bus Orion I 01.508NoDetroit Diesel 6V92TA1125–11291987 Ontario Bus Orion I 01.508NoDetroit Diesel 6V92TA1130–11412000 Orion Bus Orion V 05.501YesDetroit Diesel S501150–11632002 Orion Bus Orion V 05.501YesDetroit Diesel S501164–11731975MCIMC-8NoDetroit Diesel 8V711250–12621978MCIMC-8NoDetroit Diesel 8V711270–12811980MCIMC-9NoDetroit Diesel 8V711290–12941981MCIMC-9NoDetroit Diesel 8V711300–13241986MCI102-A2NoDetroit Diesel 6V92TA1400–14161987MCI102-A2NoDetroit Diesel 6V92TA1417–14251988MCI102-A2NoDetroit Diesel 6V92TA1426–14351989MCI102-A2NoDetroit Diesel 6V92TA1436–14451990MCI102-A2NoDetroit Diesel 6V92TA1446–14581991MCI102-A2NoDetroit Diesel 6V92TA1459–14681990MCI102-A3NoDetroit Diesel 6V92TA1500–15141993MCI102-C3NoCummins L101520–15311999PrevostLeMirage XLYesDetroit Diesel Series 601600–16091991 New Flyer D40SNoDetroit Diesel 6V92TA1900–19502000OrionV 05.501YesDetroit Diesel Series 502000–20072001OrionV 05.501YesDetroit Diesel Series 502008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 20162008Alexander DennisEnviro500YesCummins ISM EPA 20078000-80112009Alexander DennisEnviro500YesCummins ISM EPA 20078012-8021
Support vehicles A GO Transit Safety Special Constable Dodge Charger.YearMakeModelNotes Ford Ranger Support 2008 Ford E-150 Station Operations  Ford F-250 Station Operations 2000–2006 Dodge Sprinter Station Operations 2002–2008 Dodge RAM Super Duty 4X4 Maintenance 2002–2005 Ford Ranger Bus Operations 1999–2001 Chevrolet Trailblazer Supervisor 2003–present Chevrolet Express/Savanna 2500 Rail Operations 2005 Dodge RAM 205 5RM Maintenance 2006 Chevrolet Silverado Maintenance 2006 GMC (automobile) Sierra Maintenance 2008–present Dodge Grand Caravan
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