Mark Walton

They'll probably do it the same way as at Vaughan, and probably 407, Pioneer Village, and York U as well: TTC fares are collected when you enter the station: YRT fares are collected when you board one of that system's buses. A throwback to TTC's own zone-fare system that was in effect until 1973, zone fares were collected at the bus-subway transfer point.

One of the few times in its short and troubled history it has performed more or less as intended.

WT 694 at YWG June 16, 2001. I had just arrived for the BHA convention, my first return visit to Winnipeg since leaving in 1973.

That was the one. First bus I saw on my 2001 trip: 694 at YWG about 12:45 PM June 16, 2001. My first return visit there since 1973.

FTN is...?

Will it use 751, or...?

Last trolleybus at North Garage, October 30, 1970. I was aboard, I'm visible in the picture, inside behind the driver, an old-timer wearing cap badge # 12. I wrote about it for the book "Tires and Wires". Winnipeg last day pamphlet circa 1970 (trolleybuses.net)

Kingston has gone s step further, requesting passengers not to stand in the space between the front wheels - a real choke point on LF buses. Picture attached. One of the reasons for that: a flat-topped cover over the RF wheel makes a handy package shelf. Some systems use a sloped or "witch's hat" surface that prevents people from putting stuff there, and discourages them from standing in that area.

404.

From June 2011 BHA convention in Winnipeg: Beaver Bus Lines RTS 62 on Graham Avenue, and early-1970s vintage sign on North Garage. Both photos mine.

As I recall, the L1 series CLRVs, 4000-4005, had their water tests done in Switzerland with fresh water; Toronto's briny slush sprang the surprise. A few years later, Vancouver's then-new E902 trolleybuses had much the same problem. One of the clippings posted mentioned the Hawker-Siddeley worker whose concerns about holes drilled into the power cables were dismissed. He was vindicated when TTC found holes in those cables on 9/35 newly-delivered cars.

I remember a BHA convention in Ottawa, 2001 IIRC, for which our tour bus was 1768 - which was also the number of Winnipeg's last trolleybus in 1970.

DRL in this context is...?

Do you mean "stacked" like Vancouver?

Hey Nick, I still remember the 2013 Fishbowl Farewell trip; on which you were the youngest person aboard and I was the oldest!

Sounds like some people there don't exactly believe in proactive disclosure.

Within about a year afterward, they were gone.

That's what Ottawa does. Our Confederation line is 1500 VDC overhead contact. In tunnels (downtown, St. Laurent) they use something that looks like a contact rail.

Weren't the original SD160 seats (the most comfortable BTW) entirely dark blue, not 2-tone like New Look era seats?

Obviously.

I'm OK with the fabric if it's not too dark a shade that would attract heat.

TruEarth sponsored the series. They make a series of eco-friendly products that Mike plugs and uses regularly; the promo code DownieLive is good for a 10% discount.

No, he didn't. Then again I never knew there were any passenger trains in Labrador, certainly none that VIA ever operated.

Little different from the generic Transit app.