Board Admin A. Wong Posted June 12, 2019 Board Admin Report Share Posted June 12, 2019 16 hours ago, armorand said: I'm just wondering, what type of shields are being installed? I just saw Winnipeg Transits the other day - they desperately needed them back home - and I haven't seen any in Calgary since i moved, but am curious what ETS is installing, in terms of shields. As for AC, makes sense. They are kind of interesting, I think it has something like a power window built in so that the driver can choose to put it down if they want. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted June 13, 2019 Report Share Posted June 13, 2019 19 hours ago, armorand said: I'm just wondering, what type of shields are being installed? They are from Vapor. As Ashton noted, there is a retractable portion like a power window in a car door. https://www.wabtec.com/products/7296/driver-protection-door https://globalnews.ca/news/5281831/safety-shields-edmonton-transit-buses/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus_Medic Posted June 13, 2019 Report Share Posted June 13, 2019 Didn’t know there was an off the shelf solution now. The electric feature is slick. I’m impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted June 15, 2019 Board Admin Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 On 6/12/2019 at 8:03 PM, M. Parsons said: They are from Vapor. As Ashton noted, there is a retractable portion like a power window in a car door. https://globalnews.ca/news/5281831/safety-shields-edmonton-transit-buses/ Unrelated to the shields, the stock photo used in the Global newscast is my photo: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted June 19, 2019 Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 Not my photos, but I noticed one of my friends from Edmonton rode a 2007 D40LFR (4753) and it has new seats. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GluG5cYETZE EDIT: Upon doing some research, it appears that ETS is installing new seats in certain buses for hygenic reasons. The new "plastic" seats are apparently very slippery. https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmonton-transit-scratches-dirty-spongy-fabric-seats-in-favour-of-plastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted June 19, 2019 Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 4753, 4752?, 4876 have test seats that lead to the seats on 7000's, but no specific conversion program. The LRT replacement seats have been tendered for a 3rd time and I believe the U2's are now out of scope for that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted June 20, 2019 Report Share Posted June 20, 2019 2018 XD40 #7018 is now a "Pride Bus", with a special wrap on it. Also the bus has a Sportworks bike rack instead of the Byk-Rak bike rack. Looks pretty nice. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awstott Posted July 29, 2019 Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 So far there has been spottings of at least 9 Passports for sale in various places as well as #31. Been a long time since ETS sold buses to the general public. Mind you going through a dealer likely gets them off the hook for anything as they aren't the actual seller. Wonder if they went through an auction somewhere, or if they were a sealed bid like the heavy equipment disposals. I've updated the wiki pages with some of the info on the cutaways, but not all of them are up to date. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETS's 4083 Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 4593 now with the rooftop A/C thingy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S3BL470 Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 Spotted this (possibly) former Red Deer transit D40LF nearby West Edmonton Mall this afternoon. Are there anyone know something about this bus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T6H-5307N Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 51 minutes ago, S3BL470 said: Spotted this (possibly) former Red Deer transit D40LF nearby West Edmonton Mall this afternoon. Are there anyone know something about this bus? It is a mobile farmers' market business. It travels to various locations (parks, seniors' centres, etc.) throughout the city on weekends and even made it into a city parade last year https://www.google.com/amp/s/globalnews.ca/news/4118823/edmonton-farmers-market-bus-fruit-vegetables-cd-fresh-express/amp/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S3BL470 Posted August 9, 2019 Report Share Posted August 9, 2019 On 8/3/2019 at 1:33 AM, T6H-5307N said: It is a mobile farmers' market business. It travels to various locations (parks, seniors' centres, etc.) throughout the city on weekends and even made it into a city parade last year https://www.google.com/amp/s/globalnews.ca/news/4118823/edmonton-farmers-market-bus-fruit-vegetables-cd-fresh-express/amp/ Wow, that's pretty cool! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armorand Posted August 11, 2019 Report Share Posted August 11, 2019 Old McDonald had a bus, e i e i oooo But anywhom, I'm thinking of taking a trip to Edmonton soon, and I might spend some time fanning, especially because the last time i went there, I never went north of Churchill, or really explored much beyond the mall... wanted to ask: any sights i should go see? Fort Edmonton perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted August 11, 2019 Report Share Posted August 11, 2019 High Level Bridge streetcar! FEP is shut down for utilities work and numerous other projects, including complete rebuilding of the streetcar line. Lots of LRT construction around if that's your thing. Ride the Metro Line while it's under CBTC operation. Conversion to block signals really starts to get underway in mid-late August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nico Sander Posted August 16, 2019 Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 4653 now has the A/C unit at the front. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armorand Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 If anyones seen the Route discuss in Calgary, I went to the library and decided to poke into some historical Calgary books, along with the CT archive drawer. Seems theres quite a bit of ETS in this library, hidden amongst the racks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 19 minutes ago, armorand said: If anyones seen the Route discuss in Calgary, I went to the library and decided to poke into some historical Calgary books, along with the CT archive drawer. Seems theres quite a bit of ETS in this library, hidden amongst the racks. And if you read the first line it read "Edmonton Transit operates a fleet of more than 700 diesel and trolleybuses" 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armorand Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 24 minutes ago, Phillip said: And if you read the first line it read "Edmonton Transit operates a fleet of more than 700 diesel and trolleybuses" It was a "Moving to Alberta" magazine collection. They have tons more where that came from, apparently lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMS Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 Thread renamed. "2016 Edmonton and area spotting and news" is so... 2016. Back east I go! SMS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armorand Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 That's a new one. Maybe we can start doing spottings in the 1980s. Anyone got a time machine I can borrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted September 27, 2019 Report Share Posted September 27, 2019 2 hours ago, armorand said: That's a new one. Maybe we can start doing spottings in the 1980s. Anyone got a time machine I can borrow? Mine is being serviced... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted September 27, 2019 Report Share Posted September 27, 2019 How's this for time machine? Ex Calgary 3209, now ETS #2209 after ETS crews did a little work to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted September 27, 2019 Report Share Posted September 27, 2019 Just now, M. Parsons said: How's this for time machine? Ex Calgary 3209, now ETS #2209 after ETS crews did a little work to her. Unbelievable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Unfortunate news out of Sturgeon County. The 599 is being discontinued as of December 31. Route 599 Discontinued Due to low ridership, Route 599 will be discontinued. The last day of service will be December 31, 2019. For all inquiries, please contact Sturgeon County at (780) 939-8334. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 1 hour ago, M. Parsons said: Unfortunate news out of Sturgeon County. The 599 is being discontinued as of December 31. I remember driving that when it was the 199, It was boring as heck to drive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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