Comments on: Goderich-Exeter Railway train 582 is passing Kitchener West and the GO Transit sets laying over for the weekend, as it departs westward for Stratford with GEXR 3030 and LLPX 2236, as well as a short cut of hoppers. The crew had just swapped out motive power in Kitchener, leaving GEXR 2073 and RLK 4095 behind.

By: jknott86

jknott86 — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 21:26:42 +0000

Thanks Steve. That makes sense. Appreciate the explanation

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 16:56:34 +0000

Thanks to Lance for telling me the name, but these are known as APU’s and allow you to shut down the main prime mover and idle a much smaller horsepower engine to keep fluids warm and prevent the block from freezing.

https://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/pdfs/success/locomotive_apu.pdf

The SOR installed many of these in their locomotive fleet in Hamilton and it turns out GEXR has some too.

By: Noe

Noe — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 17:33:06 +0000

Thanks Jamie.

Reportedly, 3030 is just stored serviceable in Goderich and is not stored with any major mechanical problems. Also, it wasn’t a favorite among the crews either apparently.

As well, I’m not sure about the black spot on the rear of 3030. I’d be interested to know too.

By: jknott86

jknott86 — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 17:35:36 +0000

Also, 2073 had a similarly placed black spot on the rear of the locomotive. What’s the explanation for that?

By: jknott86

jknott86 — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 17:30:03 +0000

Nice shot Jason. Is 3030 still operable or is it on the sidelines? I’d seen it sitting in Goderich a few weeks ago.