Hawker Siddeley RTC-85SP/D
RTC-85 SP or RTC-85SPD | |
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Hawker Siddeley RTC-85 series cars | |
Manufacturer | Hawker Siddeley |
Built at | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
Entered service | 1968-1980s |
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 |
GO Transit Ontario Northland Railway Agence métropolitaine de transport 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.
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.[1] All cars were built at Hawker's Thunder Bay, Ontario plant. In 1975 the cars were converted to cab cars and some cars leased to MARC Train.
Pulled from service with 7 scrapped and remaining sold to other operators:
- 16 to Ontario Northland Railway
- 92 to Agence métropolitaine de transport
- 2 cars to Pandrol-Jackson Electric Tamper and Equipment Company as crew-cars for railgrinding operations