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The '''Transit Museum Society of British Columbia''' ('''TRAMS''') is an independent registered society established in 1986 to document and preserve the province’s transit heritage. It restores and operates vehicles significant to the history of public transit in British Columbia, and maintains a library which contains thousands of documents and other artifacts that build a comprehensive picture of its evolution. | The '''Transit Museum Society of British Columbia''' ('''TMS''', previously abbreviated as '''TRAMS''' before 2021) is an independent registered society established in 1986 to document and preserve the province’s transit heritage. It restores and operates vehicles significant to the history of public transit in British Columbia, and maintains a library which contains thousands of documents and other artifacts that build a comprehensive picture of its evolution. | ||
Based in | Based in Langley with a secondary storage facility in Deroche, the Society currently has a fleet of seventeen vehicles: fifteen operational and two non-operational. These vehicles were previously in use by both public and private operating companies between 1937 and 2021. Volunteers from the Society also operated the Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway and carried out restoration and maintenance of the historic electric interurban cars used on that line, until its operation was suspended indefinitely in 2012. | ||
==Current fleet summary== | ==Current fleet summary== | ||
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| | | | ||
|1937 | |1937 | ||
|[[Hayes-Anderson]] | |[[Hayes Manufacturing Company|Hayes-Anderson]] | ||
| | |PCT32 | ||
|[[Hercules Engine Company|Hercules]] [[Hercules Engine Company YXC|YXC]] gasoline | |[[Hercules Engine Company|Hercules]] [[Hercules Engine Company YXC|YXC]] gasoline | ||
|Non-synchromesh manual | |Non-synchromesh manual | ||
|Rollsign | |Rollsign | ||
|align="left" | | |align="left" | | ||
*Ex-[[Pacific Stage Lines]] 63 | *Ex-[[Pacific Stage Lines]] 63. | ||
* | *Last remaining operational Hayes-Anderson bus in the world. | ||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
| | |678 | ||
| | |[[File:BC Transit 678-a.jpg|128px]] | ||
| | |1959 | ||
|[[ | |[[General Motors|GM]] | ||
|[[ | |[[General Motors TDH-4512|TDH-4512]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Detroit Diesel]] [[Detroit Diesel Series 71|6-71]] | ||
| | |[[Allison]] [[Allison V Series|VH]] | ||
|Rollsign | |||
|align="left" | | |||
*Non-operational. | |||
*Ex-[[BC Transit]] 678. | |||
*Née [[BC Electric Railway]] 740. | |||
*Donated by [[911 Filmcars Inc.]] in December 2018. | |||
*Currently being evaluated on structural integrity and mechanical condition. | |||
|- align="center" | |||
|730 | |||
|[[File:BCH_GM_OL_730_Frt_Rt_on_Display.jpg|128px]] | |||
|1957 | |||
|[[General Motors|GM]] | |||
|[[General Motors TDH-4512|TDH-4512]] | |||
|[[Detroit Diesel]] [[Detroit Diesel Series 71|6-71]] | |||
|[[Allison]] [[Allison V Series|VH]] | |||
|Rollsign | |Rollsign | ||
|align="left" | | |align="left" | | ||
*Ex-[[BC Hydro Transit]] | *Ex-[[BC Transit]] 642. | ||
*Née [[BC Electric Railway]] | *Exx-[[BC Hydro Transit]] 730. | ||
*Née [[BC Electric Railway]] 730. | |||
*Displayed at Expo 86 as 642. | |||
*Restored externally and converted into a mobile exhibit in 1989 for BC Transit's 1990 Centennial Celebration. | |||
*Underwent refurbishment from late 2018 to mid-2019 | |||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
|M852 | |M852 | ||
| | |[[File:BC Hydro Transit 4852-a.jpg|128px]] | ||
|1947 | |1947 | ||
|[[Twin Coach]] | |[[Twin Coach]] | ||
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|Rollsign | |Rollsign | ||
|align="left" | | |align="left" | | ||
*Ex-[[BC Hydro Transit]] 4852 | *Ex-[[BC Hydro Transit]] 4852. | ||
*Née [[BC Electric Railway]] M138 | *Née [[BC Electric Railway]] M138. | ||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
| | |2040 | ||
|[[File: | |[[File:BC Electric 2040-a.jpg|128px]] | ||
|1947 | |1947 | ||
|[[Canadian Car and Foundry|CCF Brill]] | |[[Canadian Car and Foundry|CCF Brill]] | ||
|[[Canadian Car and Foundry | |[[Canadian Car and Foundry T-44|T-44]] | ||
| | |[[General Electric|GE]] electric | ||
| | |N/A | ||
|Rollsign | |Rollsign | ||
|align="left" | | |align="left" | | ||
*Ex-[[BC Hydro Transit]] 2040. | |||
*Ex-[[ | *Née [[BC Electric Railway]] 2040. | ||
*Née [[ | |||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
|2416 | |2416 | ||
| | |[[File:BC_Hydro_Transit_2416-a.jpg|128px]] | ||
|1954 | |1954 | ||
|[[Canadian Car and Foundry|CCF Brill]] | |[[Canadian Car and Foundry|CCF Brill]] | ||
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|Rollsign | |Rollsign | ||
|align="left" | | |align="left" | | ||
*Ex-[[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 2416 | *Ex-[[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 2416. | ||
*Exx-[[BC Hydro Transit]] 2416 | *Exx-[[BC Hydro Transit]] 2416. | ||
*Née [[BC Electric Railway]] 2416 | *Née [[BC Electric Railway]] 2416. | ||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
|2649 | |2649 | ||
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|Rollsign | |Rollsign | ||
|align="left" | | |align="left" | | ||
*Converted from electric to diesel in 1987 to be used as a trolleywire de-icing vehicle. | |||
*Converted from electric to diesel in 1987 to be used as a trolleywire de-icing vehicle | *Ex-[[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] 1109; last used for trolleywire de-icing in 2008. | ||
*Ex-[[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] 1109 | *Exx-[[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 1109; previously numbered 3151, 5198, and 2649. | ||
*Exx-[[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 1109; previously numbered 3151, 5198, and 2649 | *Née [[BC Hydro Transit]] 2649. | ||
*Née [[BC Hydro Transit]] 2649 | |||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
| | |2805 | ||
|[[File: | |[[File:BC Transit 2805-a.jpg|128px]] | ||
| | |1983 | ||
|[[ | |[[Flyer Industries|Flyer]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Flyer Industries E902|E902]] | ||
| | |Westinghouse electric | ||
| | |N/A | ||
|Rollsign | |Rollsign | ||
|align="left" | | |align="left" | | ||
*Ex-[[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company | *Non-operational; converted into office. | ||
*Ex-[[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company 2701-2947|2805]]. | |||
*Née [[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] | *Née [[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 2805. | ||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
| | |3106 | ||
|[[File: | |[[File:Coast Mountain Bus Company 3106-a.jpg|128px]] | ||
| | |1991 | ||
|[[ | |[[New Flyer Industries|New Flyer]] | ||
|[[ | |[[New Flyer Industries D40|D40]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Detroit Diesel]] [[Detroit Diesel Series 92|6V92TA]] | ||
| | |[[Allison]] [[Allison HT Series|HT(B)-748]] | ||
| | |[[Luminator]] [[Luminator Super:MAX|Super:MAX]] | ||
|align="left" | | |align="left" | | ||
* | *Semi-suburban configuration | ||
* | *Acquired from scrap dealer in 2010 | ||
*Ex-[[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company 3101-3199, 3201-3210|3106]] | |||
*Exx-[[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 3106 | |||
*Née [[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 3236 | |||
*Reindeer unit since November 2019 | |||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
|3334 | |3334 | ||
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|Rollsign | |Rollsign | ||
|align="left" | | |align="left" | | ||
*Ex-[[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] 1191 | *Ex-[[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] 1191. | ||
*Exx-[[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 1191; previously numbered 3198 | *Exx-[[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 1191; previously numbered 3198. | ||
*Née [[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 3334 | *Née [[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 3334. | ||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
| | |3404-3405 | ||
| | |[[File:BC Transit 3404-a.jpg|128px]] | ||
| | |1957 | ||
|[[ | |[[Canadian Car and Foundry|CCF Brill]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Canadian Car and Foundry CD-52|CD-52-TC]] | ||
| | |[[Associated Equipment Company|AEC]] [[Associated Equipment Company AH-690|AH-690]] | ||
| | |Spicer Torque converter | ||
|Rollsign | |||
|align="left" | | |||
*Ex-[[BC Transit]] 3404-3405. | |||
*Exx-[[BC Hydro Transit]] 3404-3405. | |||
*Née [[BC Electric Railway]] M404-M405. | |||
|- align="center" | |||
|4107 | |||
|[[File:Coast Mountain Bus Company 4107-a.jpg|128px]] | |||
|1982 | |||
|[[General Motors Diesel Division|GMDD]] | |||
|[[General Motors T6H-5307N|T6H-5307N]] | |||
|[[Detroit Diesel]] [[Detroit Diesel Series 92|6V92TA]] | |||
|[[Allison]] [[Allison V Series|V730]] | |||
|Rollsign | |Rollsign | ||
|align="left" | | |align="left" | | ||
* | *Stored in Deroche. | ||
*Ex-[[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company | *Ex-[[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company 4101-4115|4107]] | ||
*Née [[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] | *Exx-[[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 4107; previously numbered 5407 and 7401 | ||
*Née [[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 4401 | |||
*Participated in the procession for the funeral of Marilyne McKay in May 2019 | |||
*Reindeer unit until December 2018 | |||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
|4276 | |4276 | ||
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|Rollsign | |Rollsign | ||
|align="left" | | |align="left" | | ||
*Semi-suburban configuration | *Semi-suburban configuration. | ||
*Ex-[[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company 4193-4199, 4201-4278|4276]] | *Ex-[[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company 4193-4199, 4201-4278|4276]]. | ||
*Exx-[[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 4276; previously numbered 7208 | *Exx-[[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 4276; previously numbered 7208. | ||
*Née [[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 3228 | *Née [[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 3228. | ||
|- align="center" | |||
|4612 | |||
|[[File:BC Hydro Transit 4612-a.jpg|128px]] | |||
|1964 | |||
|[[General Motors Diesel Division|GMDD]] | |||
|[[General Motors TDH-4519|TDH-4519]] | |||
|[[Detroit Diesel]] [[Detroit Diesel Series 71|6V71N]] | |||
|[[Allison]] [[Allison V Series|VS2-6]] | |||
|Rollsign | |||
|align="left" | | |||
*Ex-[[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 5522; previously numbered 5612 and 3512. | |||
*Née [[BC Hydro Transit]] 4612. | |||
*Originally equipped with [[Allison]] [[Allison V Series|VH9]] transmission. | |||
*Participated in the procession for the funeral of Marilyne McKay in May 2019 | |||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
| | |9753 | ||
| | |[[Image:BC Transit 9753-b.jpg|128px]] | ||
| | |1996 | ||
|[[New Flyer Industries|New Flyer]] | |[[New Flyer Industries|New Flyer]] | ||
|[[New Flyer Industries | |[[New Flyer Industries D40LF|D40LF]] | ||
|[[Detroit Diesel]] [[Detroit Diesel Series | |[[Detroit Diesel]] [[Detroit Diesel Series 50|Series 50]] | ||
|[[Allison]] [[Allison | |[[Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B400R]] | ||
|[[Luminator]] [[Luminator Super:MAX|Super:MAX]] | |[[Luminator]] [[Luminator Super Matrix:MAX|Super Matrix:MAX]] | ||
|align="left" | | |align="left" | | ||
* | *Ex-[[BC Transit]] [[BC Transit 9750-9761#9753|9753]]. | ||
* | *Exx-[[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company 7151-7243#7183|7183]]. | ||
*Née-[[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 7183. | |||
* | |||
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===Buses=== | ===Buses=== | ||
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class="sortable" | |||
!Fleet<br>number(s) | |||
!Thumbnail | |||
!Year | |||
!Manufacturer | |||
!Model | |||
!Engine | |||
!Transmission | |||
!Destination sign | |||
!Notes | |||
|- align="center" | |||
|132 | |||
|[[File:Edmonton Transit System 132-a.jpg|128px]] | |||
|1982 | |||
|[[General Motors|GM]]/[[Asea Brown Boveri|BBC]] | |||
|[[Edmonton Transit System 100-199|HR150G]] | |||
|[[Asea Brown Boveri|BBC]] electric | |||
|N/A | |||
|Rollsign | |||
|align="left" | | |||
*Based on [[General Motors T6H-5307N|T6H-5307N]]. | |||
*Ex-[[Edmonton Transit System]] [[Edmonton Transit System 100-199|132]]. | |||
*Salvaged for parts and scrapped in April 2022 following an unsuccessful attempt to donate to the Public Transport and Infrastructure Association in Sofia, Bulgaria | |||
|- align="center" | |||
|6228 | |||
|[[File:Horizon Coach Lines of Vancouver 6228-a.jpg|128px]] | |||
|1947 | |||
|[[Canadian Car and Foundry|CCF Brill]] | |||
|[[Canadian Car and Foundry IC-41|IC-41]] | |||
|Hall-Scott Model 190 | |||
|Spicer 4-speed non-synchromesh manual | |||
|Rollsign | |||
|align="left" | | |||
*Non-operational. | |||
*Ex-[[Horizon Coach Lines of Vancouver]] 101. | |||
*Née [[Pacific Stage Lines]] 228. | |||
*Listed for sale on Craigslist in November 2018.<ref>https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/bnc/cto/d/1947-ccf-brill-icrolling/6757424954.html</ref> | |||
*Sold to an unknown buyer in New York for parts in October 2020<ref>https://vimeo.com/466610216</ref> | |||
|} | |||
===Railcars=== | ===Railcars=== | ||
The Society used to operate the [[Wikipedia:Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway|Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway]], but operations ceased after 2011 and the line was effectively closed thereafter. All streetcars were donated to the [[Wikipedia:Fraser Valley Historical Railway Society|Fraser Valley Historical Railway Society]] in Surrey, BC. | |||
==References== | |||
<references/> | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_Museum_Society Transit Museum Society (Wikipedia)] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_Museum_Society Transit Museum Society (Wikipedia)] | ||
*[http://www.transitmuseumsociety.org/sun/desktop/index.html Official Website] | |||
[http://www.transitmuseumsociety.org/sun/desktop/index.html Official Website] | |||
[[Category:Transit Museums|Transit Museum Society of British Columbia]] | [[Category:Transit Museums|Transit Museum Society of British Columbia]] | ||
[[Category:Transit Enthusiast Organizations|Transit Museum Society of British Columbia]] | [[Category:Transit Enthusiast Organizations|Transit Museum Society of British Columbia]] |
Latest revision as of 01:26, 16 November 2022
The Transit Museum Society of British Columbia (TMS, previously abbreviated as TRAMS before 2021) is an independent registered society established in 1986 to document and preserve the province’s transit heritage. It restores and operates vehicles significant to the history of public transit in British Columbia, and maintains a library which contains thousands of documents and other artifacts that build a comprehensive picture of its evolution.
Based in Langley with a secondary storage facility in Deroche, the Society currently has a fleet of seventeen vehicles: fifteen operational and two non-operational. These vehicles were previously in use by both public and private operating companies between 1937 and 2021. Volunteers from the Society also operated the Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway and carried out restoration and maintenance of the historic electric interurban cars used on that line, until its operation was suspended indefinitely in 2012.
Current fleet summary
Buses
Fleet number(s) |
Thumbnail | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Engine | Transmission | Destination sign | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
63 | 1937 | Hayes-Anderson | PCT32 | Hercules YXC gasoline | Non-synchromesh manual | Rollsign |
| |
678 | 1959 | GM | TDH-4512 | Detroit Diesel 6-71 | Allison VH | Rollsign |
| |
730 | 1957 | GM | TDH-4512 | Detroit Diesel 6-71 | Allison VH | Rollsign |
| |
M852 | 1947 | Twin Coach | 41-S | Fageol FTC 180 | Rollsign |
| ||
2040 | 1947 | CCF Brill | T-44 | GE electric | N/A | Rollsign |
| |
2416 | 1954 | CCF Brill | T-48A | Electric | N/A | Rollsign |
| |
2649 | 1976 | Flyer | E800 | Detroit Diesel 6V71N | Spicer 183 | Rollsign |
| |
2805 | 1983 | Flyer | E902 | Westinghouse electric | N/A | Rollsign |
| |
3106 | 1991 | New Flyer | D40 | Detroit Diesel 6V92TA | Allison HT(B)-748 | Luminator Super:MAX |
| |
3334 | 1982 | Flyer | D901A | Detroit Diesel 6V71N | Allison V730 | Rollsign |
| |
3404-3405 | 1957 | CCF Brill | CD-52-TC | AEC AH-690 | Spicer Torque converter | Rollsign |
| |
4107 | 1982 | GMDD | T6H-5307N | Detroit Diesel 6V92TA | Allison V730 | Rollsign |
| |
4276 | 1990 | MCI | TC40-102N | Detroit Diesel 6V92TA | Voith D863.3ADR | Rollsign |
| |
4612 | 1964 | GMDD | TDH-4519 | Detroit Diesel 6V71N | Allison VS2-6 | Rollsign |
| |
9753 | 1996 | New Flyer | D40LF | Detroit Diesel Series 50 | Allison B400R | Luminator Super Matrix:MAX |
|
Retired, sold, or scrapped fleet summary (incomplete)
Buses
Fleet number(s) |
Thumbnail | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Engine | Transmission | Destination sign | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
132 | 1982 | GM/BBC | HR150G | BBC electric | N/A | Rollsign |
| |
6228 | 1947 | CCF Brill | IC-41 | Hall-Scott Model 190 | Spicer 4-speed non-synchromesh manual | Rollsign |
|
Railcars
The Society used to operate the Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway, but operations ceased after 2011 and the line was effectively closed thereafter. All streetcars were donated to the Fraser Valley Historical Railway Society in Surrey, BC.