Comments on: For the start of GO service to Richmond Hill forty years ago, CN and GO ran special trains–personally, I like the CN one better! http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Thu, 07 May 2026 18:15:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: sdfourty http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=32148#comment-25366 sdfourty Fri, 23 Feb 2018 23:04:03 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CN6060-GO510Richmond-Hill-29April1978.jpg#comment-25366 ...and free rides on GO's 'dime' up and down the Bala Sub from Union...rode behind 6060 (conventional 5200 and 5300 coaches ( may be from the conventional CN Barrie commuter train? )) up the Bala (Don River Valley hill) - really nice to hear that stack talk - to R Hill and down on the new double deck GO coaches ( 2000 series)....those six new ( in 1978) F40PH's were a huge mistake with prime mover at full throttle all the time to provide HEP juice to the coaches! …and free rides on GO’s ‘dime’ up and down the Bala Sub from Union…rode behind 6060 (conventional 5200 and 5300 coaches ( may be from the conventional CN Barrie commuter train? )) up the Bala (Don River Valley hill) – really nice to hear that stack talk – to R Hill and down on the new double deck GO coaches ( 2000 series)….those six new ( in 1978) F40PH’s were a huge mistake with prime mover at full throttle all the time to provide HEP juice to the coaches!

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