mersar Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 I'm booked for 2pm tomorrow VP as well, so if you see a Chinese guy with glasses, come and say hi since I don't think I've met you yet. I think I saw you there (I was on the 2pm tour too, wearing a grey haiwaii t-shirt and with a beard). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020 Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Does anyone have any pictures to share particularly the Control Centre at VP and OBMF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D40LF Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 They didn't allow photography in the control centre at VP, and there isnt one at OBMF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsgeek540 Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 I thought the entire upstairs at VP was a no photo zone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D40LF Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 I thought the entire upstairs at VP was a no photo zone It was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020 Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 I thought the entire upstairs at VP was a no photo zone Interesting. Things have certainly changed then when I was given my personal tour back in 1996 of VP Control and bus garage with camera in hand. Guess those were the good ol days when I could actually talk with the controllers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mersar Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 Yep. We were kept either in front of the desk where rail control is, or in the room behind the communications people looking through the windows for the tour. The reasons stated were mostly related to privacy issues with the huge video wall showing the camera feeds and the as usual 'security' fear if someone happened to take a photo of the rail control map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Calon Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Not that we couldn't make enough mental notes of the rail control board given the amount of time we were there... Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1604 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 There are some shots of rail control (around 1:30) and the communications centre (around 3:30) in this video: The security camera monitors have since been upgraded, though, and now look like this: Photo from this article One thing that struck me during that part of the tour was how many Help phone calls CT gets each month: 10 000 - the vast majority of which are elevator requests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1604 Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 CT's "own version" of Doors Open is coming soon: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 CT's "own version" of Doors Open is coming soon: https://twitter.com/...142914483306496 Interesting!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsgeek540 Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 CT's "own version" of Doors Open is coming soon: At the "transit talk" sessions, they gave us the impression it was going to be tied in with the rest of the cities doors open yyc events like last years was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1604 Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 DO isn't until late September. The "own version" is paraphrased from what I recall hearing Doug Morgan say at an event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsgeek540 Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 DO isn't until late September. The "own version" is paraphrased from what I recall hearing Doug Morgan say at an event. Ya i am just going off of what was communicated to thousands of operators at the 4 major garages...including doug morgan at spring gardens on wednesday....with numerous references to the "2012 doors open yyc" and the success of that all over the city. Might be wrong....i certainly have been before... i guess we will see monday...but it was at the top of my notes from transit talk.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsgeek540 Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Ya i am just going off of what was communicated to thousands of operators at the 4 major garages...including doug morgan at spring gardens on wednesday....with numerous references to the "2012 doors open yyc" and the success of that all over the city. Might be wrong....i certainly have been before... i guess we will see monday...but it was at the top of my notes from transit talk.. Indeed Tallis was correct. "Calgary Transit Backstage Anderson Garage" April 20-21. The official presser should be released at noon today. However, as was communicated wednesday, Spring Gardens and once again, Victoria park are on the bid (waiting for approval) for Doors Open 2013 at the end of September. http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/backstage_2013.html I personally wonder how this will work with all the buses they park in the bus service lane and inside the diesel shop. I went to the gym there this weekend. Both were jam packed with parked buses. Unless they park them outside...but they are AG buses...they probably wont start Monday...hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1604 Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 This video is hilarious: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newflyer3 Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Is this one worth going to? I live in Edgemont so it's ludicrously far to get down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsgeek540 Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Is this one worth going to? I live in Edgemont so it's ludicrously far to get down there. If you were lucky enough to go to the doors open at oliver bowen and victoria Park then no, in my opinion, it is not worth it. Call me biased, and believe me i am with all the time i have spent there.... but in my opinion Anderson is boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D40LF Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Is this one worth going to? I live in Edgemont so it's ludicrously far to get down there. Take the bus to Dalhousie and then catch the train to Anderson. Easy enough. As for far, well driving for CT and being all other the city in one day Anderson doesn't really seem that far away! If you were lucky enough to go to the doors open at oliver bowen and victoria Park then no, in my opinion, it is not worth it. Call me biased, and believe me i am with all the time i have spent there.... but in my opinion Anderson is boring. I too find Anderson boring, but then our job takes us there. For someone who has never been there it would be interesting. I am thinking of taking my son, however it is the same weekend as the train show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1604 Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 I thought Anderson was fascinating when I first got to see inside. Definitely worth it if you're interested in the LRT side of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Calon Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Was able to go on a tour of Anderson shops not that long ago. Also did the tours of the OBMF and Vic Park for Doors Open. All three were organized with decent lead times and I definitely found all three worthwhile, but Anderson is showing it's age. Also, be prepared to hunch over a lot underneath the c-trains in the Anderson pits... I'm 5'11" and clearance underneath was not much more than 4'10"... Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Booked myself a few minutes ago. The thing I'm curious about is which bus zone the shuttle bus will use at Anderson, and where it will stop by the garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted March 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 The remaining half of 2057 will be on display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D40LF Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Booked myself a few minutes ago. The thing I'm curious about is which bus zone the shuttle bus will use at Anderson, and where it will stop by the garage. There are unused bus zones at Anderson station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 There are unused bus zones at Anderson station. Is it that empty zone between the Route 10 and Route 409 zones, where the old 416 used to stop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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