GO Transit Cab Car Cavalcade

GO 200

While spending a couple of enjoyable, sunny September afternoons watching the departure of GO Transit commuter consists west from Toronto Union Station, I was taken by the flat faces and appurtenance-laden GO 200-series cab cars, finding myself inexplicably photographing each one, trying to highlight different details or alternating angles. This post is the result. A cab car cavalcade. Enjoy!

GO 244

GO 248

GO 211 and crew

GO 211

GO 238

GO 219 and crew

GO 219

GO 222

GO 206

GO 238

GO 233 detail

Something different this way GOes...a Bombardier rendering of one of the 65 new cab cars to be built:

And another un-sourced version of a cab car, this one wearing the Metrolinx scheme:

Running extra...

Speaking of appurtenances, did you know that Columbus Castings produces three times more knuckles than couplers? Guess which part breaks more often. Did you know that 90% of Nathan air horn bodies are made of aluminum-alloy? Does this ring a bell? Decide whether you like clapper or electric bells. Can one have too much bell?

Also, did you know there was a transit agency in Cincinnati named SORTA? It's the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority. In Kingston, it's Kingston Transit. But imagine if our transit agency was instead called Kingston Intermodal Non-car Development Authority? That would be KINDA, SORTA.

I'm about to start reading astronaut Chris Hadfield's book - An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth. Then I'll have to find space for it on my bookshelf.