Hawker Siddeley RTC-85SP/D

RTC-85 SP or RTC-85SPD
Hawker Siddeley RTC-85 series cars
Manufacturer Hawker Siddeley
Built at Can-Car Rail Plant Fort William (Thunder Bay), Ontario
Family name Hawker Siddeley H-series
Replaced Hawker Siddeley Canada Bi-Level Coach I and II
Entered service 1968-1980s
Refurbishment 1975 by Ontario Northland Railway
Number built 117
Number in service 110
Number scrapped 7
Formation as self-propelled unit and later as cab cars by GO Transit; ONR operates them as passenger cars
Fleet numbers GO Transit - 1000-1031, 100-107, (C750-C757 and 4700-4731 and renumbered 9850-9857 and 9900-9931 1970), 108-116 (D700-D708, then renumbered 9825-9833 1970), 1032-1045 (4740-4753, then renumbered 9932-9945 1970), 1046-1075 (9946-9975 1974), 1076-1105
Capacity 92 seated
Operator(s) GO Transit
Ontario Northland Railway
Agence métropolitaine de transport (now Exo (public transit))
MARC Train
Specifications
Car body construction Aluminum
Car length approximately 85 ft (25.91 m)
Width approximately 3.14 m (10 ft 4 in)
Doors 4 sets (2 sets per side) per car
Track gauge Standard

Hawker Siddeley RTC-85SP/D are diesel multiple units manufactured by Hawker Siddeley Canada for GO Transit, based on the H-series subway cars which they built for the Toronto Transit Commission.

Their name was derived as follows: Rapid Transit Coach 85' long Self-Propelled Double-end.[1]

The 92-seat RTC cars were ordered and delivered to GO Transit in 1967 as single-level self-propelled units # D700, D701, D702 to D708 (later renumbered as 9825-9826, 9827-9833) with total order of 117 cars.[2] All cars were built at Hawker's Thunder Bay, Ontario plant. In 1975 the cars were converted to cab cars by Ontario Northland Railway and some cars leased to MARC Train.

They have been withdrawn from service with 7 scrapped and remaining sold to other operators:

  • 16 to Ontario Northland Railway (used for the now-retired Northlander)
  • 92 to Agence métropolitaine de transport (now RTM) (now retired)
  • 2 cars to Pandrol-Jackson Electric Tamper and Equipment Company as crew-cars for rail grinding operations

In 2017, Car 104 was restored by GO Transit to celebrate their 50th anniversary.[3] The cab car is now displayed at the Toronto Railway Museum in downtown Toronto.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "GO Transit, Government of Ontario, A Brief History". Old Time Trains. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  2. ↑ http://www.exporail.org/can_rail/Canadian%20Rail_no280_1975.pdf
  3. ↑ http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/05/16-go-transit-restores-cab-car-to-mark-50th-anniversary
  4. ↑ GO Transit [@GOtransit] (14 May 2017). "It's finally here! Please welcome the latest addition to the @TORailwayMuseum: a restored original GO cab car from…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ↑ Toronto Railway Museum [@TORailwayMuseum] (13 May 2017). "The Toronto Railway Museum was pleased to welcome a very special part of our rail heritage to Roundhouse Park today…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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