Comments on: GO FP7 APCU #903 trails a westbound hourly Lakeshore service to its final stop at Oakville. The APCUs (Auxiliary Power Control Unit) were purchased- or transferred given that they came from another provincial entity- used, from Ontario Northland. They were de-engined and retrofitted with a head end power generator used to heat, cool and light the coaches given that the GP40-2Ws and GP40-2Ms did not have a HEP generator of their own. Having a control cab also eliminated any need to turn a consist at the end of a line. They were always my favorite pieces of equipment to observe and ride behind on GO Transit. Photo is a scan from a print I purchased at the Toronto train show in the early ’90s. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Wed, 28 Oct 2026 23:41:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: lostshoeranch http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=60376#comment-71018 lostshoeranch Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:31:09 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/GO903.jpg#comment-71018 That's a spectacular photo! Taken from the old Beaver Lumber property. Being from Oakville, this locomotive was one I saw on a regular basis and it really brings back memories. An interesting fact I learned when speaking with my CPR engineer friend who ran GO trains for a while, is that most engineers had about 20 years experience before moving from freight to passenger service. They enjoyed running these old F7's too. That’s a spectacular photo! Taken from the old Beaver Lumber property. Being from Oakville, this locomotive was one I saw on a regular basis and it really brings back memories. An interesting fact I learned when speaking with my CPR engineer friend who ran GO trains for a while, is that most engineers had about 20 years experience before moving from freight to passenger service. They enjoyed running these old F7′s too.

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