Matt Dunlop Posted May 7, 2017 Report Share Posted May 7, 2017 Had a nice little yearly visit to Edmonton. Was nice to see that all routes were smart bus trackable, and every bus had bike racks. Didn't appear to be any different since last year. Spotted a trainee driving an articulated bus but had a little accident at Mill Woods TC! Got icy and the rear corner of the artic hit the rear corner of a low-floor. Took a while for the bus to get towed out; buses were told to do 3-point turns around it. I believe that was Friday April 21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted May 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 6 hours ago, Matt Dunlop said: Spotted a trainee driving an articulated bus but had a little accident at Mill Woods TC! That sure the hell isn't MWTC. Looks like Meadows TC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enviro_1203 Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 22 hours ago, M. Parsons said: That sure the hell isn't MWTC. Looks like Meadows TC. Its Northgate.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Walton Posted May 11, 2017 Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 On 4/29/2017 at 11:12 PM, A. Wong said: Nice shot! For those unfamiliar with the location, the construction site to the left in the photo is the new Kathleen Andrews Transit Garage and will have room for 300 buses Westwood being replaced? When and why? Who is/was Kathleen Andrews? Where will the new garage be? Any plans for the current Westwood property after the garage closes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted May 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 (edited) http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Kathleen+Andrews+Transit+Garage Edited May 13, 2017 by M. Parsons Better link 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theodore Leung Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 The weather was so good today, which is the best for photographing!!!! Here are some pictures I took today! By the way, I would like to confirm if 6005-6006 and 6901-6905 have air-con or not? Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted May 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 All 6 hybrids originally had A/C as the batteries needed it. The two disemboweled hybrids lost it. Probably in part when they gained their after treatment systems for their 2010 EPA engines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted June 10, 2017 Report Share Posted June 10, 2017 Almost 4 years ago (June 29/2013). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awstott Posted June 10, 2017 Report Share Posted June 10, 2017 It's not July 1 yet though? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 19 hours ago, awstott said: It's not July 1 yet though? The photo was taken June 29th though. Shawn had the sign on his bus early I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awstott Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 Yes but why post it at the beginning of June? Save it for June 29 or even better wait right until July 1! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted September 25, 2017 Board Admin Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 Not really ETS, but interesting nonetheless: http://www.mobileye.com/en-us/solutions/bus-transit-municipal/transit-bus/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted November 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2017 6952 at CP, and with single tracking due to switch work near DLM, trains were using the crossovers at Belvedere. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted November 20, 2017 Report Share Posted November 20, 2017 Just had an old memory flash back... I remember that cross over when Belvedere was the end of the line. It was permanently set to crossover however the Northbound track was just a dead-end track just prior to 129th Avenue. 129th Avenue went about one block east and that was it. 129th was also a gravel road... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted November 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 Dipping into the archives... 1002 at Cromdale. Seems it's parked on the mainline with a blank sign. Note in the second shot that it doesn't appear all of the catenary is intact. Either, Cromdale was still being built, or, it was being dismantled! In retrospect, it doesn't even look like the mainline catenary is complete. Look like there only droppers on the catenary 1002 is under. 679 at the University 4912 on charter. This was 2005 for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference. As I recall, the wives of delegates were sent out on a tour of Edmonton and a little birdie who was driving the charter tipped me off to where and when the bus would be. As a result, some not too common shots of an artic in Northland's loop, and then turning onto 112 Ave. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 3 hours ago, M. Parsons said: Dipping into the archives... 1002 at Cromdale. Seems it's parked on the mainline with a blank sign. Note in the second shot that it doesn't appear all of the catenary is intact. Either, Cromdale was still being built, or, it was being dismantled! In retrospect, it doesn't even look like the mainline catenary is complete. Look like there only droppers on the catenary 1002 is under. Holey crap Batman! That picture looks like 1002 is on main line while the line was still under construction! Looks like the car is undergoing testing and it doesn't even look like theres seats in that car yet! That tower in the background looks like the tower that used to be up at Northlands at the racetrack back in the late 70s or early 80s.. That's an old picture! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 4 minutes ago, LRT said: That tower in the background looks like the tower that used to be up at Northlands at the racetrack That's right !!! I knew I had seen that tower lots of times and couldn't place it right away. I remember seeing photos of a U2 as a static display at the Coliseum one year during K-Days. Maybe it was this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted November 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 It looks like there might be test gear too visible through the windows towards the rear of the car (relative to the photographer!). Track work looks complete, overhead wiring not so much. Therefore, I don't think it was in the Spring of 1978... wiring would have been complete! I really want to say the image is mid August to perhaps mid October 1977. It seems to have a bit of a yellowish cast from low sun, and certainly, there seems to be long shadows. Both images are cropped. I'll have to post the originals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 Good eye on the testing equipment on the "A" end! Strange to see the pantagraph "up" and half a door opened.... usually when half the door is opened the other door will open at the next cycle, then both doors will close on the final cycle... so obviously the batteries were turned off. Training has always taught us that batteries off-pantagraph up is a bad thing. (except for the s200s) Wonder if there was a power cut? Nevertheless excellent photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nico Sander Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 I take a lot of bus photos wherever I go when I’m not busy. Here is 4551 at Southgate as a Route 45 Century Park and 4555 as an Eskimos Shuttle at Commonwealth Stadium. Both of these photos are within a month old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 1 hour ago, Nico Sander said: I take a lot of bus photos wherever I go when I’m not busy. Here is 4551 at Southgate as a Route 45 Century Park and 4555 as an Eskimos Shuttle at Commonwealth Stadium. Both of these photos are within a month old. Very nice. When you have time try practicing getting more of the bus into the photo. It takes some practice, but I think you will be an excellent photographer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 2 hours ago, Nico Sander said: I take a lot of bus photos wherever I go when I’m not busy. Here is 4551 at Southgate as a Route 45 Century Park and 4555 as an Eskimos Shuttle at Commonwealth Stadium. Both of these photos are within a month old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted November 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2017 Some more from the archives.... 1017 and 1008 signed up as charter. I don't recall why now! 1026 signed up at Clareview as "76 Avenue". The original station name for Belgravia/ McKernan. I'm not aware of that exposure ever being used. BelMac was never a terminal station and to this day has never been used as one for when service is truncated for what ever reason. Stub 9 trolley, 133 on a AM route 3 going out of service at 102 Ave/ 95 St, and 172 on a 133 with a SCT bus following that I didn't photograph but in hindsight I should have. Diesels: 691 with ETS decal, 4033 turning onto Jasper Ave. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted November 28, 2017 Board Admin Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 23 hours ago, M. Parsons said: Some more from the archives.... 1017 and 1008 signed up as charter. I don't recall why now! I want to say something along the lines of an ETS Community Conference or some kind of LRT open house (25th anniversary?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted December 3, 2017 Board Admin Report Share Posted December 3, 2017 4812 at Save On Foods (50th Street Market) as a Stuff-A-Bus. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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