CanadianTransitTycoon Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 A shot showing the difference in colour between fluorescent and LED lighting fixtures:Nice photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted July 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Wicked Shot! Well Done!!!! AGREED!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 What a nice shot, The LED tubes are a direct replacement unlike the SD160 retrofit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1604 Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Thanks a lot guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1604 Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 A couple interesting statistics from today's news release about four-car trains: All of the 80 cars in the original U2 Fleet have travelled more than 2 million km. As of the end of October: The lowest used U2 has travelled 2,118,160 km Car no. 2008 is the highest used U2 and has travelled 2,772,650 km (in service since 1981) – still delivering around 5,000 km per month. That equals 69 times around the globe so far (and still going) or three and a half trips to the moon and back. http://newsroom.calgary.ca/news/calgary-transit-launches-four-car-train-service-early Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantograf Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 On 4/17/2013 at 10:03 PM, yvarushin said: 2028 is the C-Train the Mayor operated when the line opened back in '81 ;D -If 2028 is the same 2028 back then, that is- This is an old thread but I found this bit of info on page 16 a bit odd. Car 2028 (and 2029, 2030) was ordered as a replacement for the cars that were damaged in May 1981 at 7th street platform. It was the first car with sliding cab doors and it was commissioned on December 31, 1982. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 12 minutes ago, Pantograf said: This is an old thread but I found this bit of info on page 16 a bit odd. Car 2028 (and 2029, 2030) was ordered as a replacement for the cars that were damaged in May 1981 at 7th street platform. It was the first car with sliding cab doors and it was commissioned on December 31, 1982. Check out the photo posted by 'LRT' on Page 17: On 4/18/2013 at 12:04 PM, LRT said: And here's a pic...  I personally have always found this peculiar myself also. Perhaps this photo was mistaken for the inaugural run and was actually taken sometime at a later date? At least one photo even exists showing a different stripe pattern on the front of the cars (#2001 to be exact) which I have posted in the U2 Retirements thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantograf Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 24 minutes ago, Nick B said: Check out the photo posted by 'LRT' on Page 17: I personally have always found this peculiar myself also. Perhaps this photo was mistaken for the inaugural run and was actually taken sometime at a later date? At least one photo even exists showing a different stripe pattern on the front of the cars (#2001 to be exact) which I have posted in the U2 Retirements thread. Exactly, I can say with a 100% certainty that the photo is wrong. Back then it didn't take much persuasion to get good old Ralphy to play with trains. My guess is the photo is from the opening of the 202 line. The photo looks to have been taken at Anderson and the car looks brand new so who knows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Walton Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 On ‎4‎/‎12‎/‎2018 at 2:42 PM, Nick B said: Check out the photo posted by 'LRT' on Page 17: I personally have always found this peculiar myself also. Perhaps this photo was mistaken for the inaugural run and was actually taken sometime at a later date? At least one photo even exists showing a different stripe pattern on the front of the cars (#2001 to be exact) which I have posted in the U2 Retirements thread. The U2s were at first planned to have the stripes straight across below the windshield. In the end only 2001 had it; there's a picture of it in that scheme in "Calgary's Electric Transit", page 163. Don Bain's "Calgary Transit Then and Now" also had such a picture. They must have switched soon after that to the V - which always reminded me of the "cat's whiskers" on the Pennsylvania Railroad's GG1 electric locomotives. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantograf Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 Found another great pic with Ralph and car 2028. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTrainDude Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 5 hours ago, Pantograf said: Found another great pic with Ralph and car 2028. Was that your train he was driving? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calgarybus Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 On ‎2018‎-‎04‎-‎12 at 4:10 PM, Mark Walton said: The U2s were at first planned to have the stripes straight across below the windshield. In the end only 2001 had it; there's a picture of it in that scheme in N"Calgary's Electric Transit", page 163. Don Bain's "Calgary Transit Then and Now" also had such a picture. They must have switched soon after that to the V - which always reminded me of the "cat's whiskers" on the Pennsylvania Railroad's GG1 electric locomotives. Actually both 2001 and 2002 originally had the horizontal stripes, but everyone can be forgiven for not knowing this. Car 2002 only appeared that way for five days. On the sixth day of LRT operation in Calgary (Saturday, May 30th, 1981) it was involved in the accident at 7th Avenue and 8th Street SW and wasn't seen again until December. When it did reappear it had been repainted with the "V" stripes on both ends. However, because the "A" end of 2009 and the "B" end of 2002 were undamaged the Anderson Road shop crew disconnected both cars into their halves and mated the good ends to form one usable car. Car 2009 with its new "B" end was back in service just one week after the accident, which really helped out the service since they were now going to be short of cars for the next few months. There wasn't time to change the appearance of 2009's new "B" end and it wasn't a priority anyway. The paint shop person, who manually painted all of the exterior car numbers on the LRVs back then, simply sanded the last "2" off and painted on a large "9" in its place. Car "2009 and a half", as it was nicknamed, ran for several years with horizontal stripes only on the "B" end. The picture shows 2001 on opening day (May 25th, 1981) at Anderson station after it had done its first round trip. Note that side numbers for the LRVs hadn't been thought of yet, and a "1" is still stuck on the windshield from before the cars were numbered. I didn't see car 2002 that day, so maybe it wasn't used. Also, 2028-2030 weren't ordered to replace the damaged cars. CT had the damaged cars assessed within a few days of the accident, and they were going to be able to go back into service eventually. Both 2002 and 2007 were back in service in December of 1981, about a year before 2028 was completed. By the fall of 1981 CT had more ridership on the LRT than they expected and they needed more cars. After the accident they ran 6 3-car trains and 3 2-car trains each rush hour (24 out of 25 operable cars) and it wasn't enough. When the production line started again at Anderson in late 1982 they assembled 2028-2030 first, and the went into service in early 1983. That's probably what the picture of mayor Klein was advertising - the start of increased C-Train service. It would have been taken in late December or early January - note the snow in the background. After the production crew assembled 2028-2030, they did the 20 cars for Edmonton (1018-1037) and then 2031-2045 by then end of 1983. Cars 2046-2083 were finished in 1984.  5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Out of curiosity, do any photos exist of the original interiors of the U2’s from the early 1980’s? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted April 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Nick B said: Out of curiosity, do any photos exist of the original interiors of the U2’s from the early 1980’s? This is the closest I have scanned so far, but this is car 2044.  At the time of this photo, it was the only one left showing the original factory seating for the seat backs. The Seat cushions had already been redone at this point. Photo taken on June 28, 2001.  3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calgarybus Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 18 hours ago, Nick B said: Out of curiosity, do any photos exist of the original interiors of the U2’s from the early 1980’s? Yes. This is the interior of 2001 on opening day 1981. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Thanks for the photos! Mind blowing how little has really changed aside the seats. The original interior had a certain elegance to it (especially in comparison with today's), which admittedly can't really be maintained on transit vehicles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 On 18/04/2018 at 6:59 PM, calgarybus said: Actually both 2001 and 2002 originally had the horizontal stripes, but everyone can be forgiven for not knowing this. Car 2002 only appeared that way for five days. On the sixth day of LRT operation in Calgary (Saturday, May 30th, 1981) it was involved in the accident at 7th Avenue and 8th Street SW and wasn't seen again until December. Here is a news clip of the accident that happened on May 30th 1981. Car 2002 has the straight stripes And car 2001 with straight stripes  2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantograf Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 6 hours ago, LRT said: Here is a news clip of the accident that happened on May 30th 1981. Car 2002 has the straight stripes Yup, I was there and have seen it with my own eyes. A sad day indeed. They should have listened to the CP Rail people. No cell phones back then, thus the lack of pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted May 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Just got word that 2036 is being loaded onto a flatbed at OBMF to be hauled away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatcoinz Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 28 minutes ago, BCT-3122-D800-10240 said: Just got word that 2036 is being loaded onto a flatbed at OBMF to be hauled away! I noticed a forklift around the retired cars today behind half of car. Not sure if it's 2036. It was also there last night, flipping a half of a U2 on it's side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chills_on_the_train Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 2 hours ago, BCT-3122-D800-10240 said: Just got word that 2036 is being loaded onto a flatbed at OBMF to be hauled away! Why 2036 specifically? Does it have a particularly high "odometer", or did it just suffer a serious breakdown that pushed it to the front of the line? Do cars even have odometers? Is there a fleet "leader" in distance traveled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyKev Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Maybe it was the leader in the rust per square inch race? I also noticed that there are two cars that have been sitting on the nearby track for a few weeks without moving. I'm guessing they're about to end up in the graveyard?  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake M Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 9 hours ago, Greatcoinz said: I noticed a forklift around the retired cars today behind half of car. Not sure if it's 2036. It was also there last night, flipping a half of a U2 on it's side. The car on it's side was 2102 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 17 minutes ago, Blake M said: The car on it's side was 2102 Ah shit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake M Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 11 hours ago, LRT said: Ah shit! I know, I was sad too, but it always made me even sadder to ride by, see it, and not be able to ride it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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