GO Transit 600-666
GO Transit 600-666 are MPI MP40PH-3C locomotives. The first order (MPI order 2901-2927), 600-626, were built in 2007 and 2008, and are to date the largest single order of motive power purchased by GO Transit. The second order (MPI order 2109-01 to -20) is numbered 627-646, and was ordered in the middle of 2008. A third order for 10 units (MPI order 2109-21 to -30), numbered 647-656 was delivered by early 2011. 657-666 was delivered between 2013 and 2014. They feature GO's new two tone livery.
At their July 2008 board meeting, GO's board of directors approved an additional order for 20 units from MPI. While details were not released, it was assumed that they would be more MP40PH-3C's, and numbered above the first 27. The order, indeed for more MP40PH-3Cs, began delivery late 2009 and continued into July 2010 as expected. GO's board at their March 2009 meeting authorized the taking of an option for 10 more units.
Powered by a 4000hp 16-cylinder EMD 710G3B-EFI-T2 and equipped with a 1000hp Caterpillar C27-ACERT HEP package, the MP40PH-3C's are the first locomotives ordered by GO able to supply power to a 12-car train by themselves. They are also faster, being geared for a maximum of 93mph. This series is equipped with 1,850 US gallon fuel tanks.
They are also equipped with a 2-setting HEP system, capable of providing GO's standard 575vAC on either a single of the two HEP buses or on both.
Units were delivered via Union Pacific to Chicago, where they were interchanged with Canadian Pacific and sent east to Toronto, initially via Norfolk Southern trackage to Detroit and then on CP's own rails from Detroit eastward. All units were transported under MPEX reporting marks until on GO property and in service.
The Georgetown South Project has allowed for more traffic along the Georgetown Corridor as well as the Union Pearson Express. Prior to the project's completion, GO Transit conducted an environmental assessment with respect to electrification of the corridor. They identified that it would not happen until the late 2010s, and found that in the interim, using Tier 4 compliant locomotives would sufficiently mitigate health effects from emissions. GO Transit planned to have one MP40 locomotive converted to use a Cummins QSK95[1] Tier 4 engine and act as a prototype to test in 2012/2013. Ten more MP40 locomotives would then be be converted in time for use in 2015. A request for proposals closed in June 2011 for the prototype, and unit 647 was sent back to Boise for conversion.[2] It was later announced that dual Cummins QSK60 diesel engines would be substituted for the single QSK95 after Cummins could not guarantee that the engine would be rail-certified in time. [3] Unit 647, now given the model designation MP54AC, was not completed until 2015 and was delivered to Toronto in November of that year.
The first order of units is equipped with GO's usual Nathan Airchime K5LA 5-chime horns, however later batches were fitted with the newly developed Nathan Airchime K5CA-LS and eventually this horn replaced the K5LA's on the first batch as well. To comply with new Transport Canada regulations, this dual-tone horn was developed with two different air chambers. While the K5LA was composed of a 1, 2, 3A, 4A and 5 bell, the new K5CA-LS has a 1L, 1, 3, 3B and 4 bell. [4] Nathan's manufacturing intention was to have the first three bells play in 'soft' mode, while all five bells play at full blast in 'emergency' mode. [5] However, the 'soft' mode usually only plays the 1L and 1, or the 3B and 4. The 3B and 4 combination produces a highly discordant high pitched sound many are familiar with.
Unit 607 from the first order was the first GO locomotive to be painted in the new "Metrolinx" two-tone green and white livery in July 2013, along with bilevel 2445.
A livery change during the order for units 657-666 saw already painted 657-661 delivered in the former scheme, while units 662-666 were delivered in the new "Metrolinx" livery. A prominent difference from earlier orders is the slightly different exhaust silencer area on these units.
Orders
| Fleet numbers |
Build date |
Serial numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 600-626 | 2006-2008 | 2405-01 to -27 |
| 627-646 | 2009-2010 | 0308-01 to -20 |
| 647-656[Note 1] | 2010-2011 | 0308-21 to -30 |
| 657-666 | 2013-2014 |
- ↑ 647-656 exercised option for 10 more units on second order.
Details
| Fleet # |
Thumbnail | Date | Serial number |
Livery | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 600 | 
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2006 | 2405-01 | 
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| 601 | 
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May 2007 | 2405-02 |
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| 602 | 
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May 2007 | 2405-03 |
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| 603 | 
|
2007 | 2405-04 |
|
Entered service February 23, 2008. |
| 604 | 
|
2007 | 2405-05 |
|
Entered service March 9, 2008. |
| 605 | 
|
2007-08 | 2405-06 |
|
Entered service March 9, 2008. |
| 606 | 
|
2007-08 | 2405-07 |
|
Entered service April 26, 2008. |
| 607 | 
|
2007-08 | 2405-08 | 
|
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| 608 | 
|
March 2008 | 2405-09 |
|
Entered service May 1, 2008. |
| 609 | 
|
2008 | 2405-10 |
|
Entered service July 7, 2008. |
| 610 | April 2008 | 2405-11 |
|
| |
| 611 | 
|
July 2008 | 2405-12 |
|
Entered service September 20, 2008. |
| 612 |
|
2008 | 2405-13 |
|
Entered service August 23, 2008. |
| 613 | 
|
2008 | 2405-14 |
|
Entered service September 10, 2008. |
| 614 | 
|
2008 | 2405-15 |
|
Entered service September 20, 2008. |
| 615 | 
|
2008 | 2405-16 |
|
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| 616 | September 2008 | 2405-17 |
|
Entered service October 4, 2008. | |
| 617 | 2008 | 2405-18 |
|
Entered service October 27, 2008. | |
| 618 | 
|
2008 | 2405-19 |
|
Entered service November 1, 2008. |
| 619 | 
|
2008 | 2405-20 |
|
Entered service November 6, 2008. |
| 620 | 
|
2008 | 2405-21 |
|
Entered service November 4, 2008. |
| 621 | 
|
2008 | 2405-22 |
|
Entered service November 14, 2008. |
| 622 | 
|
2008 | 2405-23 |
|
Entered service January 1, 2009. |
| 623 | 
|
2008 | 2405-24 |
|
Delivered January 2, 2009. |
| 624 | 
|
2008 | 2405-25 |
|
Entered service July 30, 2008. |
| 625 | 
|
2008 | 2405-26 |
|
Entered service August 30, 2008 |
| 626 | 
|
2008 | 2405-27 |
|
Entered service September 27, 2008. |
| 627 | 
|
2009-10 | 0308-01 |
|
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| 628 | 
|
2009-10 | 0308-02 |
|
Entered Service February 24th?. |
| 629 | 2009-10 | 0308-03 |
|
Entered service April 1, 2010. | |
| 630 | 
|
2009-10 | 0308-04 |
|
Entered service mid-May 2010. |
| 631 | 
|
2009-10 | 0308-05 |
|
Entered service mid-May 2010. |
| 632 | 
|
2009-10 | 0308-06 |
|
Entered service mid-May 2010. |
| 633 | 
|
April 2010 | 0308-07 |
|
Entered service mid-May 2010. |
| 634 | 2009-10 | 0308-08 |
|
Entered service June 2010. | |
| 635 | 
|
2009-10 | 0308-09 |
|
Entered service June 2010. |
| 636 | 
|
2009-10 | 0308-10 |
|
Entered service June 2010. |
| 637 | 
|
2009-10 | 0308-11 |
|
Entered service June 2010. |
| 638 | 
|
2009-10 | 0308-12 |
|
Entered service June 2010. |
| 639 | 2009-10 | 0308-13 |
|
Entered service June 2010. | |
| 640 | 
|
2009-10 | 0308-14 |
|
Entered service mid July 2010. |
| 641 | 
|
2009-10 | 0308-15 |
|
Entered service mid July 2010. |
| 642 | 
|
2009-10 | 0308-16 |
|
Entered service mid July 2010. |
| 643 | 
|
June 2010 | 0308-17 |
|
Entered service mid July 2010. |
| 644 | 
|
June 2010 | 0308-18 |
|
Entered service mid July 2010. |
| 645 | 
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2009-10 | 0308-19 |
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Delivered. |
| 646 | 2009-10 | 0308-20 |
|
Delivered. | |
| 647 | 2010-11 | 0308-21 |
|
| |
| 648 | 2010-11 | 0308-22 |
|
Delivered. | |
| 649 | 
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2010-11 | 0308-23 |
|
Delivered. |
| 650 | 
|
October 2010 | 0308-24 |
|
Delivered. |
| 651 | 2010-11 | 0308-25 |
|
Delivered. | |
| 652 | 
|
2010-11 | 0308-26 |
|
|
| 653 | 2010-11 | 0308-27 |
|
Delivered. | |
| 654 | 2010-11 | 0308-28 |
|
Delivered. | |
| 655 | 
|
2010-11 | 0308-29 |
|
Delivered. |
| 656 | 
|
2010-11 | 0308-30 |
|
Delivered |
| 657 | 
|
2013-14 |
|
Unit built to meet EPA Tier III emissions regulations. | |
| 658 | 2013-14 |
|
Unit built to meet EPA Tier III emissions regulations. | ||
| 659 | 
|
2013-14 |
|
Unit built to meet EPA Tier III emissions regulations. | |
| 660 | 2013-14 |
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Unit built to meet EPA Tier III emissions regulations. | ||
| 661 | 
|
2013-14 |
|
Unit built to meet EPA Tier III emissions regulations. | |
| 662 | 
|
2013-14 |
|
Unit built to meet EPA Tier III emissions regulations. | |
| 663 | 
|
2013-14 |
|
Unit built to meet EPA Tier III emissions regulations. | |
| 664 | 
|
2013-14 |
|
| |
| 665 | 
|
2013-14 |
|
Unit built to meet EPA Tier III emissions regulations. | |
| 666 | 
|
2013-14 |
|
Unit built to meet EPA Tier III emissions regulations. |
References
- ↑ Cummins to produce Tier 4 compliant diesel engine Railway Gazette. 2 November 2011 (Sutton). Retrieved on 2011-12-18
- ↑ Georgetown South Project: Human Health Mitigation Plan Feedback – June 2 to July 4, 2011, gotransit.com, retrieved on 2011-12-18
- ↑ MotivePower to repower Metrolinx locomotives with new engines railway-technology.com. 16 August 2012. Retrieved on 2012-11-27
- ↑ Canadian Railroads > Canadian locomotive horn requirement trainorders.com. 26 May 2015. Retrieved on 2016-06-08
- ↑ MODEL K5-CA-LS - THREE CHIME SOFT (NORMAL) AND FIVE CHIME LOUD (EMERGENCY) NATHANAIRCHIME. Retrieved on 2016-06-08
- ↑ GO train evacuated after catching fire near Distillery District, CP24, published January 7, 2019.
