4K - Morning Passenger Train Rush Hour in the Downtown Toronto Rail Corridor

Downtown Toronto is the central location for GO and VIA train action in the Greater Toronto Area. Trains from all over the GTA converge here in the Union Rail Corridor, providing for some heavy rush hour action! One morning, I ventured down to the Bathurst Street overpass, located on the West end of the Union Rail Corridor for some morning commuter action. Lakeshore West, Milton, Barrie, and Kitchener/Waterloo line, and Deadhead trains from GO Transit, as well as Amtrak's Maple Leaf and VIA Trains all pass underneath this bridge.
Only spent a rather short time here, but caught tons of action during the busy rush hour commute. Also ventured over to the Maple Leaf Way overpass by the Rogers Center (Skydome), located in the heart of the Union Rail Corridor. Was also nice to see some of the last remaining GO F59PH locomotives still in service, most likely for the very last time ever.
All locations listed in video.
Thanks for watching!
Video and Content © 2018 MichaelLovesTrains

[@cmac9029]

Gonna miss those F59’s. The last true locomotive looking passenger loco in my eyes, and who couldn’t love the sound of an F59 just givin ‘er from a dead stop.

[@devvydoesstuff]

the only good passenger locomotives is the F59ph, f40ph and aem-7

[@cmac9029]

@@devvydoesstuff F40 is a close second, AEM-7’s have a face only a mother could love to me 😂

[@devvydoesstuff]

@@cmac9029 which is better F59ph or f59phi

[@cmac9029]

@@devvydoesstuff PH all the way

[@devvydoesstuff]

@@cmac9029 what are your thoughts on the mp40ph

[@2012Bougie]

Wondering when this was taken? Love the Go trains.

[@kianthetrainspotter7777]

It was a yr ago

[@tommi888]

Sehr schön und wieder viele Züge !

[@rhettrossalbert]

Great Video Michael!

[@rodneykantorski736]

This is pretty good, but what would make it a lot better is if CN and CP had about two dozen Freight Trains mixed in there. That would be Too Cool

[@trevorgwelch7412]

" Any time is train time - beware "

[@Whitbypoppers]

Great video, Michael! I only wish you had aimed your camera the other way so we could see the west end of west-bound GO trains, with their cool driver cars.

[@BorisLu]

Super video!

[@GearheadExplorer85]

Cool video! It's been years since I lived in Toronto. What route do those short trains run?

[@aidankeys8534]

I believe, for 2018, they'd definitely run on the Richmond Hill line and quite possibly on the Stouffville and Barrie lines. I live on the Milton though and don't get out to those sides of the city.

[@XG3N3SIS_]

This was the western approach so they were most likely running on the Barrie line. The Barrie line used to be my regular line from Aurora and they would run small trains mainly during off peak hours

[@Cards8114]

4:12 That MP40PH was bouncing around a lot, as well as the Bi-Level cars

[@krypto_9872]

that section of track is really bouncy because of all the frogs.

[@Brad-xd2bt]

It was at a switch, to be fair

[@krypto_9872]

@@Brad-xd2bt in railway jargon, a switch can also be called a frog. :)

[@Brad-xd2bt]

@@krypto_9872oh ok

[@jaclm]

@@krypto_9872 Not true - a frog is a component of a switch, the two terms are not interchangeable.

[@DWreck958]

Its an essential to have the HO modelled GO train in your collection.

[@ontariorail1251]

The price from rapido trains is outrageous

[@thomaspalmer1019]

How many F59s do GO Transit have left? Do they plan to eventually replace them all with them MP54's?

[@superbaddy4]

I think all 8 that survived past 2011 are still left (though I'm not sure), and they will be replaced soon, though I'm not sure exactly when that'll be. I also don't know what their disposition will be after that.

[@mercedes8192]

I think it’s better to add some F59phi’s don’t you think?

[@thomaspalmer1019]

@@mercedes8192 well, personally I think that the MP54's would be more appropriate than F59PHI's. However, although there are none in nature, there are some pictures online of F59PHI's in the GO Transit livery.

[@iguana9173]

Superbaddy4 I heard most of the F59’s went to Montreal for their commuter trains. I believe two or three of them went to Chicago’s Metra. Four went to Dallas’s commuter trains. Some of them have gone to Los Angeles for metro link.

[@thomaspalmer1019]

@@iguana9173 yes indeed and some have also gone to NCDOT in North Carolina

[@YuanGaming12]

Hello from 2023

[@Philb68888]

Great video. What camera did you use?

[@ThatOneExoRailfan]

The first F59PH has a high pitched E bell

[@inlandempirerailfan4269]

How long 'til you return back to SoCal?

[@aluri1997]

Michael, your videos are lovely. No electric trains in canada ? Why

[@voidjavelin23]

Then whos gonna pay it? Nobody

[@aluri1997]

@@voidjavelin23 I don't understand. Who is going to pay ? Who is paying in other countries? Please explain sir

[@voidjavelin23]

@@aluri1997 whos gonna pay for the electrification? Literlly nobody cant as it very costy

[@aluri1997]

@@voidjavelin23 Even in India , almost the entire railway lines are electrified. May be diesel is available there .

[@railyardfilms6491]

The gold

[@KWHCoaster]

Great video! Wonder why they took those two switches out.

[@Killerspieler0815]

please state the frequency of the trains (because north America is usually behind in this)

[@birdmantherailfan]

The train on the right at 4:49 is pulling not one, not two, but THREE Bi-Level Coach Units!!! How do I know this? Look at the top of each car on that train as it goes by and you can see all the utensils such as bells and the horns on three of the cars.

[@birdmantherailfan]

And another train on the left with three bi level coach car units at 13:48 Another one with three at 20:24 One right after at 20:57 Three more bi level units at 22:21

[@Kitty_Boy1234official]

3:11 amtrak

[@birdmantherailfan]

Can anyone tell me why there are one or more Bi-Level Cab Car Units mixed in with the train?

[@BNSFandSP]

With the introduction of the CEM cab cars, most of the earlier cabs were deactivated and made mid train coaches.

[@birdmantherailfan]

BNSFandSP Poor cab cars.

[@epicrailfannersproductions551]

I like f59s

[@iguana9173]

How come the F59PH locomotives only pull 6 cars lately?

[@krypto_9872]

I think it's so they can accelerate as fast as the Mp40's with the 10 car config, also they use them more for off peak service when there isnt as much need for 10 or 12 cars

[@Loud_Mouth_Soup]

Those run on the lower demand lines. The Stouffville line has them, and notice the one outbound around 2:28 was headed toward the Kitchener line.

[@LinxFox]

They are not as powerful as the MP40's and MP54's, on VERY VERY rare occasions you may see 2 F59's pulling a 12 car lakrshore train.

[@mercedes8192]

Can you do a video of montreal please

[@matteocabral1647]

I dont think he will go all the way to montreal for a video, sorry man

[@mercedes8192]

He already did stupid 😂

[@ThatOneExoRailfan]

There is the UP express nobody saw that before

[@leftlovely]

Union Pacific heritage unit 1989 what do you mean?

[@ThatOneExoRailfan]

@@leftlovely really search UP express on u tube

[@leftlovely]

Union Pacific heritage unit 1989 I live in Toronto, it’s been in service for years

[@kriswarren2469]

@@leftlovely Union Pearson Express....not Union Pacific

[@Killerspieler0815]

@MichaelLovesTrains - If those EMD (F59) locomotives are about to be retired , sell them to "METRA" (Chicago, illinois, USA) they greedy rip them out of your hand, they only love EMDs & noting else, they are desprerately about to buy cargo EMDs & re-gear them for passanger operation , see the videos from "Alan Fisher": "Metra Exemplifies Everything Wrong with American Passenger Rail" ( watch?v=H2EWqoiLKHU ) + "NJ transit vs Metra with future plans - KZbin" ( watch?v=LjEwhigKZhA )

[@Train_Chaser-KeiTruckUrbanist]

Actually we're Keeping them. We're running them to a city 200km with terrible freight tracks that cant handle the mp40s