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Thanks to some excellent information from a few friends, I was able to make it out to Etobicoke to witness the mainline test run of the Union Pearson Express units 1001, and 1002. They were given a permit to occupy tracks 3 and 4 on the Oakville Subdivision between Canpa and Gardiner. During the few hours of testing, they ran the train back and forth between these two points several times. I believe they tested the doors and made a breif stop at Mimico as well.
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Caption: Thanks to some excellent information from a few friends, I was able to make it out to Etobicoke to witness the mainline test run of the Union Pearson Express units 1001, and 1002. They were given a permit to occupy tracks 3 and 4 on the Oakville Subdivision between Canpa and Gardiner. During the few hours of testing, they ran the train back and forth between these two points several times. I believe they tested the doors and made a breif stop at Mimico as well.

Photographer:
Alex Titu [62] (more) (contact)
Date: 09/14/2014 (search)
Railway: Union Pearson Express (search)
Reporting Marks: UPX 1001 - UPX 1002 (search)
Train Symbol: Unknown (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Mimico - CN Oakville Subdivision (search)
City/Town: Etobicoke (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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2 Comments
  1. snake
    September 15, 2014 at 6:25 am

    How are these things powered – regular diesel fuel ? It almost looks like they have a 3rd rail attachments – in other photos it was hard to see a fuel tank

  2. Fox
    September 15, 2014 at 2:28 pm

    Powered by two 740 hp Cummins Diesel engines tier 4 … Hydraulic drive on the B truck only … On each unit “Third rail shoe” is actually a proximity sensor for the End of Line stopping device for Pearson

    Fox
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