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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 Burnaby with a secondary storage facility in Deroche, TRAMS currently has a fleet of fifteen vehicles: thirteen operational and two non-operational. These vehicles were previously in use by both public and private operating companies between 1937 and 2010. Volunteers from TRAMS 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.
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]]
|[[Hayes-Anderson PCT32|PCT32]]
|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
*Last remaining operational Hayes-Anderson bus in the world.
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|2040
|678
|
|[[File:BC Transit 678-a.jpg|128px]]
|1947
|1959
|[[Canadian Car and Foundry|CCF Brill]]
|[[General Motors|GM]]
|[[Canadian Car and Foundry T-44|T-44]]
|[[General Motors TDH-4512|TDH-4512]]
|[[General Electric|GE]] electric
|[[Detroit Diesel]] [[Detroit Diesel Series 71|6-71]]
|N/A
|[[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]] 2040
*Ex-[[BC Transit]] 642.
*Née [[BC Electric Railway]] 2040
*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"
|6228
|2040
|[[File:Horizon Coach Lines of Vancouver 6228-a.jpg|128px]]
|[[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 IC-41|IC-41]]
|[[Canadian Car and Foundry T-44|T-44]]
|Hall-Scott Model 190
|[[General Electric|GE]] electric
|Spicer 4-speed non-synchromesh manual
|N/A
|Rollsign
|Rollsign
|align="left" |
|align="left" |
*Non-operational
*Ex-[[BC Hydro Transit]] 2040.
*Ex-[[Horizon Coach Lines of Vancouver]] 101
*Née [[BC Electric Railway]] 2040.
*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>
|- 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"
|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
|align="left" |
*Ex-[[BC Transit]] 642
*Exx-[[BC Hydro Transit]] 730
*Née [[BC Electric Railway]] 730
*Converted into rolling historical display by BC Transit in 1990
*Currently gutted and being refurbished
|- align="center"
|3404-3405
|
|1957
|[[Canadian Car and Foundry|CCF Brill]]
|[[Canadian Car and Foundry CD-52|CD-52A]]
|[[Associated Equipment Company|AEC]] [[Associated Equipment Company AC220|AC220]]
|?
|Rollsign
|align="left" |
*Ex-[[BC Transit]] 3404-3405
*Exx-[[BC Hydro Transit]] 3404-3405
*Née [[BC Electric Railway]] M404-M405
|- 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|VH]]
|Rollsign
|align="left" |
*Ex-[[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 5522; previously numbered 5612 and 3512
*Née [[BC Hydro Transit]] 4612
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|2649
|2649
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|Rollsign
|Rollsign
|align="left" |
|align="left" |
*Stored in Deroche
*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; last used for trolleywire de-icing in 2008
*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"
|4107
|2805
|[[File:Coast Mountain Bus Company 4107-a.jpg|128px]]
|[[File:BC Transit 2805-a.jpg|128px]]
|1982
|1983
|[[General Motors Diesel Division|GMDD]]
|[[Flyer Industries|Flyer]]
|[[General Motors T6H-5307N|T6H-5307N]]
|[[Flyer Industries E902|E902]]
|[[Detroit Diesel]] [[Detroit Diesel Series 92|6V92TA]]
|Westinghouse electric
|[[Allison]] [[Allison V Series|V730]]
|N/A
|Rollsign
|Rollsign
|align="left" |
|align="left" |
*Ex-[[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company 4101-4115|4107]]
*Non-operational; converted into office.
*Exx-[[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 4107; previously numbered 5407 and 7401
*Ex-[[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company 2701-2947|2805]].
*Née [[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 4401
*Née [[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 2805.
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|132
|3106
|[[File:Edmonton Transit System 132.jpg|128px]]
|[[File:Coast Mountain Bus Company 3106-a.jpg|128px]]
|1982
|1991
|[[General Motors|GM]]/[[Asea Brown Boveri|BBC]]
|[[New Flyer Industries|New Flyer]]
|[[Edmonton Transit System 100-199|HR150G]]
|[[New Flyer Industries D40|D40]]
|[[Asea Brown Boveri|BBC]] electric
|[[Detroit Diesel]] [[Detroit Diesel Series 92|6V92TA]]
|N/A
|[[Allison]] [[Allison HT Series|HT(B)-748]]
|Rollsign
|[[Luminator]] [[Luminator Super:MAX|Super:MAX]]
|align="left" |
|align="left" |
*Based on [[General Motors T6H-5307N|T6H-5307N]]
*Semi-suburban configuration
*Ex-[[Edmonton Transit System]] [[Edmonton Transit System 100-199|132]]
*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"
|2805
|3404-3405
|
|[[File:BC Transit 3404-a.jpg|128px]]
|1983
|1957
|[[Flyer Industries|Flyer]]
|[[Canadian Car and Foundry|CCF Brill]]
|[[Flyer Industries E902|E902]]
|[[Canadian Car and Foundry CD-52|CD-52-TC]]
|Westinghouse electric
|[[Associated Equipment Company|AEC]] [[Associated Equipment Company AH-690|AH-690]]
|N/A
|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" |
*Non-operational; converted into office
*Stored in Deroche.
*Ex-[[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company 2701-2947|2805]]
*Ex-[[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company 4101-4115|4107]]
*Née [[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 2805
*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"
|3106
|9753
|
|[[Image:BC Transit 9753-b.jpg|128px]]
|1991
|1996
|[[New Flyer Industries|New Flyer]]
|[[New Flyer Industries|New Flyer]]
|[[New Flyer Industries D40|D40]]
|[[New Flyer Industries D40LF|D40LF]]
|[[Detroit Diesel]] [[Detroit Diesel Series 92|6V92TA]]
|[[Detroit Diesel]] [[Detroit Diesel Series 50|Series 50]]
|[[Allison]] [[Allison HT Series|HT(B)-728]]
|[[Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B400R]]
|[[Luminator]] [[Luminator Super:MAX|Super:MAX]]
|[[Luminator]] [[Luminator Super Matrix:MAX|Super Matrix:MAX]]
|align="left" |
|align="left" |
*Stored in Deroche
*Ex-[[BC Transit]] [[BC Transit 9750-9761#9753|9753]].
*Semi-suburban configuration
*Exx-[[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company 7151-7243#7183|7183]].
*Purchased from a scrapyard
*Née-[[Vancouver Regional Transit System]] 7183.
*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
|}
|}


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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 BC Transit 678-a.jpg 1959 GM TDH-4512 Detroit Diesel 6-71 Allison VH Rollsign
730 BCH GM OL 730 Frt Rt on Display.jpg 1957 GM TDH-4512 Detroit Diesel 6-71 Allison VH Rollsign
  • Ex-BC Transit 642.
  • 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
M852 BC Hydro Transit 4852-a.jpg 1947 Twin Coach 41-S Fageol FTC 180 Rollsign
2040 BC Electric 2040-a.jpg 1947 CCF Brill T-44 GE electric N/A Rollsign
2416 BC Hydro Transit 2416-a.jpg 1954 CCF Brill T-48A Electric N/A Rollsign
2649 1976 Flyer E800 Detroit Diesel 6V71N Spicer 183 Rollsign
2805 BC Transit 2805-a.jpg 1983 Flyer E902 Westinghouse electric N/A Rollsign
3106 Coast Mountain Bus Company 3106-a.jpg 1991 New Flyer D40 Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison HT(B)-748 Luminator Super:MAX
3334 Vancouver Regional Transit System 3334-a.jpg 1982 Flyer D901A Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730 Rollsign
3404-3405 BC Transit 3404-a.jpg 1957 CCF Brill CD-52-TC AEC AH-690 Spicer Torque converter Rollsign
4107 Coast Mountain Bus Company 4107-a.jpg 1982 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison V730 Rollsign
4276 Coast Mountain Bus Company 4276-a.jpg 1990 MCI TC40-102N Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Voith D863.3ADR Rollsign
4612 BC Hydro Transit 4612-a.jpg 1964 GMDD TDH-4519 Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison VS2-6 Rollsign
9753 BC Transit 9753-b.jpg 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 Edmonton Transit System 132-a.jpg 1982 GM/BBC HR150G BBC electric N/A Rollsign
  • Based on T6H-5307N.
  • Ex-Edmonton Transit System 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
6228 Horizon Coach Lines of Vancouver 6228-a.jpg 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.

References

  1. ↑ https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/bnc/cto/d/1947-ccf-brill-icrolling/6757424954.html
  2. ↑ https://vimeo.com/466610216

External Links

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