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'''[[BC Electric]] 21-30, M99-M100, and M233-M237 ''' were [[Canadian Car and Foundry/Brill]][[C36]] buses built for [[BC Electric]] in 1946. Originally assigned to Victoria, Vancouver, and New Westminster, most were transferred to Victoria shortly after delivery.  Some units were assigned to the short lived Nanaimo division in the late 1940s, and several were converted for sightseeing in the early 1960s. All units still in service when BC Electric became BC Hydro in 1962
'''[[BC Electric Railway]] 21-30, M99-M103, and M233-M237 ''' were Canadian Car and Foundry/Brill C36 buses built for '''BC Electric Railway''' in 1946. Some units converted to sightseeing buses in early 1960s, rear door removed, deluxe seats installed and repainted into [[Royal Blue Line Motor Tours]] livery as noted.All units to '''BC Hydro Transit''' in 1962.


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!Engine
!Engine
!Transmission
!Transmission
!Differential
!Seated Capacity
!Seated Capacity
!Seat Type
!Rear Door
!Rear Door
!Interior Style
!Destination Sign
!Destination Sign
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|Hall Scott
|Hall Scott
|3 sp. manual
|3 sp. manual
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|36<br> Bench  
|36
|Bench
|2 pc. gate activated
|2 pc. gate activated
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|Rollsign
|Rollsign
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==Details==
==Details==
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class=sortable
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class=sortable
!1st no.
!Fleet<br>Number
![[1946-1964 Fleet Numbering system|Renumbers]]
!Renumbers
!Last no.
!Provincial<br>Number
!Thumbnail
!Thumbnail
!Date
!Date
![[Vehicle Identification Number|VIN]]
!Serial
![[UPF]] #
!License Plate
!Paint
!Paint
!Status
!Notes
!Notes
|- align="center"  
|- align="center"  
|21
|21(2)
|621
|621<br> 647(2)
|647(2)
|''992''
|
|
|1946
|1946
|2073
|2073
|992
|
|
|<font color="red">Retired</font>
|
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*assigned to Victoria as 21 in 1946
*Assigned to [[Victoria Regional Transit System|Victoria]]
*renumbered 621
*Renumbered 621 by 1947
*converted for RBL sightseeing c. 1960 renumbered 647(2)
*Converted for sightseeing c. 1960 renumbered 647(2)
*retired and sold in 1976
*<font color="red">Retired</font> and sold in 1976 t
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|22
|22(2)
|622
|622 <br>645(2)
|645(2)
|''993''
|
|
|1946
|1946
|2074
|2074
|993
|
|
|<font color="red">Retired</font>
|
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*assigned to Victoria as 22 in 1946
*Assigned to [[Victoria Regional Transit System|Victoria]]
*renumbered 622
*Renumbered 622  
*converted for sightseeing c. 1960 renumbered 645(2)
*Converted for sightseeing c. 1960 renumbered 645(2)
*retired and sold in 1976
*<font color="red">Retired</font> and sold in 1976
*restored by Yano Piccoli in early 1980s
*Restored by private collector in early 1980s
*bus scrapped in early 2010s
*Bus scrapped in early 2010s
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|23
|23
|623
|
|
|623
|
|
|1946
|1946
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|<font color="red">Retired</font>
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*assigned to Victoria as 21 in 1946
*Assigned to [[Victoria Regional Transit System|Victoria]]
*renumbered 623
*Renumbered 623
*retired in 1963
*<font color="red">Retired</font> in 1963
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|24
|24
|624
|
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|624
|
|
|1946
|1946
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|<font color="red">Retired</font>
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*assigned to Victoria as 24 in 1946
*Assigned to [[Victoria Regional Transit System|Victoria]]
*renumbered 624
*Renumbered 624
*retired in 1963
*<font color="red">Retired</font>
*Sold to Tyee Bus Company, Port Alberni, c. 1962.
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|25
|25
|625
|
|
|625
|
|
|1946
|1946
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|<font color="red">Retired</font>
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*assigned to Victoria as 25 in 1946
*Assigned to [[Victoria Regional Transit System|Victoria]]
*renumbered 625
*Renumbered 625
*retired in 1963
*<font color="red">Retired</font> in 1963
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|26
|26
|625
|
|
|626
|
|
|1946
|1946
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|
|
|<font color="red">Retired</font>
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*assigned to Victoria as 61 in 1946
*Assigned to [[Victoria Regional Transit System|Victoria]]
*renumbered 626
*Renumbered 625
*retired in 1963
*<font color="red">Retired</font> in 1963
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|27
|27
|527
|527<br> 627
|627
|
|
|
|1946
|1946
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|<font color="red">Retired</font>
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*assigned to Victoria as 27 in 1946
*Assigned to [[Victoria Regional Transit System|Victoria]]
*transferred to Blue Line Transit Nanaimo as 527 in fall 1946
*Transferred to Blue Line Transit Nanaimo as 527 in fall 1946
*to Victoria as 627 in April 1950
*To [[Victoria Regional Transit System|Victoria]] as 627 in April 1950
*retired in 1963
*<font color="red">Retired</font> in 1963
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|28
|28
|528 628
|528 <br>628<br> 646(2)
|646(2)
|''994''
|
|[[File:BCER 628(a).jpg|128px]]
|1946
|1946
|2080
|2080
|994
|
|
|<font color="red">Retired</font>
|
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*transferred to Blue Line Transit Nanaimo as 527 in fall 1946
*Assigned to [[BC Transit Victoria|Victoria]]
*to Victoria as 627 in April 1950
*Transferred to Blue Line Transit Nanaimo as 528 in fall 1946
*converted for RBL sightseeing c. 1960 renumbered 646(2)
*To [[Victoria Regional Transit System|Victoria]] as 628 in April 1950
*retired and sold in 1976
*Converted for sightseeing c. 1960 renumbered 646(2)
*<font color="red">Retired</font> and sold in 1976
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|29
|29
|529
|529<br> 629
|629
|
|
|
|1946
|1946
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|<font color="red">Retired</font>
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*assigned to Victoria as 29 in 1946
*Assigned to [[Victoria Regional Transit System|Victoria]]
*transferred to Blue Line Transit Nanaimo as 529 in fall 1946
*Transferred to Blue Line Transit Nanaimo as 529 in fall 1946
*to Victoria as 629 in April 1950
*To [[Victoria Regional Transit System|Victoria]] as 629 in April 1950
*retired in 1963
*<font color="red">Retired</font> in 1963
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|30
|30
|630
|
|
|630
|
|
|1946
|1946
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|<font color="red">Retired</font>
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*assigned to Victoria as 30 in 1946
*Assigned to [[Victoria Regional Transit System|Victoria]] as 30 in 1946
*renumbered 630
*Renumbered 630
*retired in 1963
*<font color="red">Retired</font> in 1963
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|M236
|M236
|631
|
|
|631
|[[File:BCE 1946 Brill C36 631(a).png|128px]]
|[[File:BCE 1946 Brill C36 631(a).png|128px]]
|1946
|1946
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|<font color="red">Retired</font>
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*assigned to New Westminster as M236 in 1946
*Assigned to [[BC Hydro Transit New Westminster Garage|New Westminster]] as M236 in 1946
*to Victoria as 631 in fall 1946
*To [[Victoria Regional Transit System|Victoria]] as 631 in fall 1946
*retired in 1963
*<font color="red">Retired</font> in 1963
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|M237
|M237
|
|632<br> 644(2)
|632
|''995''
|
|
|1946
|1946
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|
|
|<font color="red">Retired</font>
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*assigned to New Westminster as M236 in 1946
*Assigned to [[BC Hydro Transit New Westminster Garage|New Westminster]]
*to Victoria as 632 in fall 1946
*To [[Victoria Regional Transit System|Victoria]] as 632 in fall 1946
*retired in 1963
*Converted to sightseeing renumbered 644(2) c.1960
*<font color="red">Retired</font> and sold in 1976
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|M233
|M233
|633
|
|
|633
|
|
|1946
|1946
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|
|
|<font color="red">Retired</font>
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*assigned to New Westminster as M233 in 1946
*Assigned to [[BC Hydro Transit New Westminster Garage|New Westminster]]
*to Victoria as 633 in fall 1946
*To [[Victoria Regional Transit System|Victoria]] as 633 in fall 1946
*retired in 1965
*<font color="red">Retired</font> in 1965
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|M234
|M234
|634
|
|
|634
|
|
|1946
|1946
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|<font color="red">Retired</font>
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*assigned to New Westminster as M234 in 1946
*Assigned to [[BC Hydro Transit New Westminster Garage|New Westminster]]
*to Victoria as 634 in fall 1946
*To [[Victoria Regional Transit System|Victoria]] as 634 in fall 1946
*retired in 1965
*<font color="red">Retired</font> in 1965
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|M235
|M235
|635
|
|
|635
|
|
|1946
|1946
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|
|
|<font color="red">Retired</font>
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*assigned to New Westminster as M235 in 1946
*Assigned to [[BC Hydro Transit New Westminster Garage|New Westminster]]
*to Victoria as 635 in fall 1946
*To [[Victoria Regional Transit System|Victoria]] as 635 in fall 1946
*retired in 1963
*<font color="red">Retired</font>
*Sold to Tyee Bus Company, Port Alberni, BC, by 1962.
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|M99
|M99
|636
|
|
|636
|
|
|1946
|1946
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|
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|<font color="red">Retired</font>
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*assigned to Vancouver as M99 in 1946
*Assigned to [[Coast Mountain Bus Comany  Oakridge Transit Centre|Oakridge]]
*to Victoria as 636 fall 1946
*To [[Victoria Regional Transit System|Victoria]] as 636 fall 1946
*retired in 1965
*<font color="red">Retired</font> in 1965
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|M100
|M100
|637
|
|
|637
|
|
|1946
|1946
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|
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|<font color="red">Retired</font>
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*assigned to Vancouver as M100 in 1946
*Assigned to [[Coast Mountain Bus Comany  Oakridge Transit Centre|Oakridge]]
*to Victoria as 637 fall 1946
*To [[Victoria Regional Transit System|Victoria]] as 637 fall 1946
*retired in 1965
*<font color="red">Retired</font> in 1965
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|M101
|M101
|
|
|M101
|
|
|
|1946
|1946
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|
|
|<font color="red">Retired</font>
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*assigned to Vancouver M101
*Assigned to [[Coast Mountain Bus Comany  Oakridge Transit Centre|Oakridge]]
*retired before 1962
*<font color="red">Retired</font> before 1962
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|M102
|M102
|
|
|M102
|
|
|
|1946
|1946
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|<font color="red">Retired</font>
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*assigned to Vancouver as M102
*Assigned to [[Coast Mountain Bus Comany  Oakridge Transit Centre|Oakridge]]
*sold to Vancouver Island Coach Lines as 405
*Sold to [[Vancouver Island Coach Lines]] as 405
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|M103
|M103
|103
|
|
|103
|
|
|1946
|1946
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|<font color="red">Retired</font>
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*assigned to Vancouver as M103 in 1946
*Assigned to [[Coast Mountain Bus Comany  Oakridge Transit Centre|Oakridge]] as M103 in 1946
*to PSL 103 in ??
*To PSL 103 in ??
*retired in ??
*<font color="red">Retired</font> in ??
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|}

Latest revision as of 12:38, 25 February 2021

BC Electric Railway 21-30, M99-M103, and M233-M237 were Canadian Car and Foundry/Brill C36 buses built for BC Electric Railway in 1946. Some units converted to sightseeing buses in early 1960s, rear door removed, deluxe seats installed and repainted into Royal Blue Line Motor Tours livery as noted.All units to BC Hydro Transit in 1962.

Engine Transmission Seated Capacity Rear Door Destination Sign
Hall Scott 3 sp. manual 36
Bench 		2 pc. gate activated Rollsign


Details

Fleet
Number 		Renumbers Provincial
Number 		Thumbnail Date Serial License Plate Paint Notes
21(2) 621
647(2) 		992 1946 2073
  • Assigned to Victoria
  • Renumbered 621 by 1947
  • Converted for sightseeing c. 1960 renumbered 647(2)
  • Retired and sold in 1976 t
22(2) 622
645(2) 		993 1946 2074
  • Assigned to Victoria
  • Renumbered 622
  • Converted for sightseeing c. 1960 renumbered 645(2)
  • Retired and sold in 1976
  • Restored by private collector in early 1980s
  • Bus scrapped in early 2010s
23 623 1946 2075
  • Assigned to Victoria
  • Renumbered 623
  • Retired in 1963
24 624 1946 2076
  • Assigned to Victoria
  • Renumbered 624
  • Retired
  • Sold to Tyee Bus Company, Port Alberni, c. 1962.
25 625 1946 2077
  • Assigned to Victoria
  • Renumbered 625
  • Retired in 1963
26 625 1946 2078
  • Assigned to Victoria
  • Renumbered 625
  • Retired in 1963
27 527
627 		1946 2079
  • Assigned to Victoria
  • Transferred to Blue Line Transit Nanaimo as 527 in fall 1946
  • To Victoria as 627 in April 1950
  • Retired in 1963
28 528
628
646(2) 		994   1946 2080
  • Assigned to Victoria
  • Transferred to Blue Line Transit Nanaimo as 528 in fall 1946
  • To Victoria as 628 in April 1950
  • Converted for sightseeing c. 1960 renumbered 646(2)
  • Retired and sold in 1976
29 529
629 		1946 2081
  • Assigned to Victoria
  • Transferred to Blue Line Transit Nanaimo as 529 in fall 1946
  • To Victoria as 629 in April 1950
  • Retired in 1963
30 630 1946 2082
  • Assigned to Victoria as 30 in 1946
  • Renumbered 630
  • Retired in 1963
M236 631   1946 2086
M237 632
644(2) 		995 1946 2087
  • Assigned to New Westminster
  • To Victoria as 632 in fall 1946
  • Converted to sightseeing renumbered 644(2) c.1960
  • Retired and sold in 1976
M233 633 1946 2083
M234 634 1946 2084
M235 635 1946 2085
  • Assigned to New Westminster
  • To Victoria as 635 in fall 1946
  • Retired
  • Sold to Tyee Bus Company, Port Alberni, BC, by 1962.
M99 636 1946 2088
M100 637 1946 2089
M101 1946 2090
  • Assigned to Oakridge
  • Retired before 1962
M102 1946 2091
M103 103 1946 2092
  • Assigned to Oakridge as M103 in 1946
  • To PSL 103 in ??
  • Retired in ??
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