My brother got me the Athern 3-pack of Go Transit passanger cars, the're nice, but look out of place behind a Santa Fe loco and I can't find any n-scale Go loco, any suggestions?
Originally posted by spitfire
Zug, are those Athearn cars? Because I know for a fact that Athearn makes a full GO transit set, with 3 Bombardier cars and a GP40. Possibly they also offer the loco on its own.
I reccommend you check with a Canadian hobby shop as they often have local paint schemes that are not shown on US manufacturer's websites. One of my favourites is the Credit Vally Railway, located just outside of Toronto. They are very well-stocked and the people are knowlegeable and friendly.
If anyone can get it, they can. 905-826-1306, or online
Hope this helps.
Val
I think soOriginally posted by 60103
The F40PH is probably the only pre-painted model you'll find for GO Transit in N.
GO started with a few GP40TC locos, I think a unique model to GO.
They then bought a collection of (some used) GP40-2W, GP40-M-2 and used F7 A and B units. The F7s had their traction motors removed and were used for HEP (head end power). A GP40-2 had to be paired with an F7 as the geeps had no HEP. I also heard that trains over 12 cars needed 2 HEP units. The F7As were used on the opposite end from the geeps to provide cabs when in push mode as GO didn't buy enough cabs for all the trains.
GO now uses exclusively F59PH with a different cab from any other F59.
Coaches in the 2300 and 2500 series are wheelchair accessible. Each train has an accessible car in the 5th position from the loco. The 2300s are being displaced from this positon by the 2500s. The position is dictated by raised ramps on the platforms that match the western door on the accessibility car. (Not all stations have ramps -- some platforms can't be reached by wheelchairs.)
Have I covered everything?
Originally posted by 60103
A few years ago, GO rented some them back and some others and there was one train, possibly two, running in foreign colours.
Originally posted by csxnscale
What about this :
Paul