James Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 Well today I visited the Alberta Railway Museum which is not open to the public at this time of the year, however since I've now become a member, i figured i might as well post some photo's. I hope to be out during the summer a bit showcasing equipment to the tourists and maybe even operating some equipment. I'm still involved in the ERRS however the ARM is only 10 minutes from my house instead of 45 or so minutes so it makes a big difference. Anyways here are some photo's I took today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 http://www.railwaymuseum.ab.ca/ I attended an ARM (Assoc. of Railway Museums) convention in 1989 and we had a 'side trip' to APRA. It was very interesting. Also very 'out of the way'. However, the way Edmonton is sprawling, it's closer now than it was then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. DeLarge Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 Lots of nice CN equipment there, even that somewhat neglected CP GP30 is cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 Yes 6000 is there and was being worked on while i was there. I forgot to grab a pic of it but it is in the one heated shop and was just having the batteries hooked back up after a charge. ACtually if you look beside the 1392 here, youll see 6000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. DeLarge Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 That would be F3A 9000, not 6000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 That would be F3A 9000, not 6000. Oh wait. your right now that i think of it. lol sorry im new their and just learning what equipment exists. at least i had the 000's right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted July 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 An great weekend for me included my start of training with the Alberta Railway Museum. Yesterday i made a couple hour trip to the museum to start training on a Speeder. Today i returned and started my training to write my track exam which im hoping to do this week and soon ill get certified on the speeder and work on up on the equipment. The ARM is a lot different than what im used to with the ERRS. ARM falls under provincial guidlines under the Alberta Railway Act and more specificaly the Alberta Historical railway act. So training can only be done by a provincially qualified instructer. One of the big things is our lines connect to the CN lines and so therefore we have to be aware of all therules surrounding it. Some of our equipement does at times go out the cn line but thats an additiional set of qualifications. Eventually i would like to get all of mine but first if i go through the museums, even geting up to small locomotives (15-25 ton) or bigger (50-90 Tons) then i am sure ill be more ready for more. Unit 9000 spent a few days down in Canmore. It is sitting somewhere on CN property waiting for them to return it. Its not easy for us to get it back because it needs to be on the end of a train consist otherwise they have to break the consist, back the train into our yars, then get back out and reconnect. We were hoping it would show up today but that didnt happen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 What a fun day for me at the Alberta RAilway Museum today. We started up the Diesel-Electric locomotive & moved around quite a few rail cars. Took a lot of switching switches & coupling and uncoupling cars together but we succeeded. with the moves they did on wednesday, some regulars are going to be confused! lol. Also took a tire off of one of our backhoes. boy who thought 10 boldts would take so long to loosen and remove! You can view photo's on my facebook page or at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=230130&id=612681702&l=bc79440c3f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted May 18, 2014 Board Admin Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Here are photos from my first time at the Alberta Railway Museum, taken today: https://www.flickr.com/photos/28439611@N07/sets/72157644723609481/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Wow do I hate the way Flickr is now. Been trying to confirm if the coach 9000 was with was an ex Montreal EMU. Looks like it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted May 19, 2014 Board Admin Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Psst, what's under the white and the grey tarps??? Wish I knew! Wow do I hate the way Flickr is now. Been trying to confirm if the coach 9000 was with was an ex Montreal EMU. Looks like it is. Yeah, I saw the STCUM decal so I made a point of taking a picture of it. Those windows are like school bus windows! Two layers of them too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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