In early August, I made the journey to Toronto, Canada, for a 2 week trip. Considering I haven't been up to Toronto in nearly 6 years, I made every day count, and jamming in as much trains as possible everywhere I could. One of the first places I visited, was Toronto Union Station.
Union Station is the hub for all rail travel in Ontario, and Canada as a whole. With nearly 250,000 passengers traveling on trains both arriving and leaving this area daily, there's a constant flow of trains all day. A total of 7 GO Train lines all converge at Union Station, along with 5 VIA Rail routes, 1 Amtrak line, and the 15 minute scheduled Union Pearson Express airport trains. I visited this area on two different occasions, but merged them all into one video. During my two visits, I got treated to some awesome action, and some cool surprises as well.
I started out at a pedestrian bridge, that crosses the busy mainline and the GO Bathurst Storage yard, just to the west of Union Station. Classic CN searchlight signals are present on this section of line, but their days are numbered, with the presence of new hooded "vader" signals. Caught the typical train action here, including the appearance of a GO F59PH. Nice to see them still around and running! Also got some mini horn action from both VIA and UP Express trains, due to workers doing some maintenance to the signals.
Afterwards, I visited both Blue Jay Way, and the infamous Skywalk at Union Station, which provides views of the constant flow of trains arriving and departing Union Station, on the west side. The flagship train of the VIA Rail system, The Canadian, also arrived from its 2,775 mile journey from Vancouver. Awesome to see both F40PH locomotives, and the classic stainless steel Budd Equipment still running together in 2016! Only in Canada! Also caught 2 separate GO F59PH's, seconds apart pulling their respective trains in and out of Union.
All September long, I'll be posting videos from around the Toronto area (GTA) featuring GO, VIA, UP Express, Amtrak, CN, and CP trains! During my trip, I also crossed the border to Buffalo, New York. Lots of great CSX and Amtrak there as well! Stay tuned!
Thanks for watching!
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Негізгі бет Автокөліктер мен көлік құралдары Railfanning Toronto Union Station - Meets, Endless Action, F59PH's, & More!
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