So I’ve heard a rumour that some of the new locomotives, which GO Transit promised would be in service by now, have been delivered and testing has begun on them. One small problem though – they can’t get them up past 80 km/h. Sounds fast right? Well to put things in perspective, the current ‘outdated’ engines go about twice as fast.The new locomotives are supposed to be powerful enough to carry two extra cars, thereby increasing passenger capacity. Good plan, if they can get these things to work.
SLOW Transit has ordered 27 of these things, with an option for another 26 down the road. Let’s hope the big-brains at transit control figure out how to drive the new trains before they commit to doubling the final order.
In the meantime, we can all help get the first batch of engines running at top-speed. When on one of the new trains, chant in unison with your fellow commuters, ‘I think I can, I think I can’. It worked for the Little Engine that Could.
