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This is it! The final video from my Toronto trip in August is here! To wrap up the videos from up north, we will visit the Mimico GO Station, on a busy afternoon.
Mimico is not only home to GO Transit's Willowbrook Maintenance Facility, but also VIA Rail Canada's Toronto Maintenance Centre. Trains from every direction all converge on Mimico after their long journeys to Toronto. All of VIA's trains are maintained, serviced, and prepared for their long journeys ahead at the TMC. The majority of GO trains from all of their 7 lines also converge on the Willowbrook yard for mid day storage, cleaning, and inspection, before heading back to the suburbs for the night.
On a warm August afternoon, I took the GO train to Mimico after concluding some railfanning in Downtown Toronto earlier in the day. I stayed for around 1 hour, and got some awesome action during the afternoon rush hour. Several of the new GO cabcars are featured, as they are increasingly being introduced into service. I talked with one train crew at the station, and they couldn't say enough of how they are better compared to the original Bombardier cabcars. There are some issues with them here or there, but for the most part they are running just fine. In addition to the flood of GO Trains, also caught a few VIA trains making their moves in and out of the TMC, but I only included one clip since the others didn't turn out too good. Right before I was leaving Mimico, GO sent a special surprise my way, in the form of Rebuilt GO F59PH #563 still running strong!
I also included 2 shots from a passing GO train, showing both the VIA TMC and GO's Willowbrook yard. Neat collection of VIA equipment on the west side of the yard, especially the RDC's and LRC #6917!
This concludes all of my videos from the Toronto area. I hope you enjoyed all of the action as much as I did! I can't wait to return back up north, and get even more action than this time! Next week, I'll conclude my trip with some action across the border in Buffalo, New York. Great CSX and Amtrak action featured at the Buffalo Depew Amtrak station. Vintage New York Central era searchlight signals also featured. You won't want to miss it!
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