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alt_fuel June 21, 2007
TransLink puts alt-fuel buses into service
TransLink has put two test buses, powered by a blend of hydrogen gas, recovered from an industrial process and
compressed natural gas (CNG) into regular service carrying passengers.
The buses, converted 1998 New Flyer coaches as part of TransLink's Bus Demonstration Project, have been going through
evaluation for the past two years. Now, they are in service in the Coquitlam/Port Coquitlam area, carrying fare-paying
passengers to ...
BBC trolleys for Vancouver
BBC trolleys for Vancouver Search:
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In
Transit
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Vancouver@yahoogroups.com
, "Jim" wrote:
"It's unfortunate that one simple decision
made in 1981 (the decision to go with Westinghouse over Brown Boveri)
resulted in the overall cost of these new trolleys (Flyer E901/2) being some
five times that of their replacements."
What utter bullshit.
The BBC trolleys were a non
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starter in Vancouver. It was not
a "simple decision". BBC's decision to go prime and tie themselves
up wit...
bcer
bcer British Columbia Electric Railway
British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER)
Transit in B.C.s three major urban areas (Vancouver, Victoria, New Westminster) was
introduced by companies other than the BCER. These companies eventually merged to
form the Consolidated Railway & Light Co. But a tragic event in 1896 ensured that
Consolidated Railway would not operate the province's transit. A river bridge in Victoria
collapsed, killing 55 people. Although an inquiry would later put blame on t...
bcgov_news_20070430
bcgov_news_20070430 NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release Office of the Premier
2007OTP0057-000539 Ministry of Transportation
April 30, 2007
WORLD'S FIRST HYDROGEN BUS FLEET ONE STEP CLOSER
VANCOUVER The Province is a step closer to deploying the world's first fleet of hydrogen buses
with $45 million that will go toward t...
bct1
bct1 bct
The history of transit in British Columbia, Canada, is really the history of one
company, the British Columbia Electric Railway Ltd. It and its successor companies
-it was provincialised in 1962- provide public transit throughout the province. At
first, just Vancouver and Victoria, but beginning in 1972, the provincial
government offered transit service to various other communities. Some cities, like
Nelson, Powell River, and West Vancouver, already had municipally owned transit
sy...
Decoding VIN
Transit-Vancouver : Message: RE: [Transit-Vancouver] Decoding VIN (Re: B8104 and B8107 at VTC!)
January-01-08
5:30 PM
RE: [Transit-Vancouver] Decoding VIN (Re: B8104 and B8107 at VTC!)
Happy New Year!
Since you were kind enough to supply the VIN for B8110 I can supply a bit
more info:
Pos 1-3 2FY is the World Manufacturer Index (WMI) for most of New Flyer's Canadian deliveries. They also use 1FY and 5FY mainly for the U.S.-destined coaches.
Pos 4 D is the vehicle Type, but NFI mos...
GCTC
GCTC Greyhound Canada Depot Allocations
JB wrote:
Greyhound Canada has adopted a system in use by GLI for a couple of
years, whereby units in the fleet have been divided up and assigned a
"home base" for maintenance purposes. Units assigned to these local
pools (VAN=Vancouver, EDO=Edmonton, TOR=Toronto) are dispatched to and
from their home base when scheduled maintenance is due.
The pool is denoted by a small green circular sticker on the right
hand side close to the fleet number.
DR, adde...
hydrogen
hydrogen NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release Office of the Premier
2007OTP0057-000539 Ministry of Transportation
April 30, 2007
WORLD'S FIRST HYDROGEN BUS FLEET ONE STEP CLOSER
VANCOUVER The Province is a step closer to deploying the world's first fleet of hydrogen buses
with $45 million that will go toward the producti...
Maverick
Maverick --- In bustrackers@yahoogroups.com, don rogers wrote:
Maverick Coach Lines Ltd. will cease operations on December 31, 2006
after 36 years of operations.Previously, 10 coaches were listed as for
sale in the November issue of Bus Ride magazine.
DR
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news
news 01/01: From a source in Victoria: Tridents were not to be put
out in service New Years Eve. But, apparently, they were.
Three had seats slashed on the upper deck. All have
been repaired using spare bolts of cloth sent over from the UK
with the buses.
Overall BCT is pleased with the Tridents and will likely
exercise its option for more, but this time with Alexander
bodywork.
Trident 9009 seems to be the odd man out... its body
was built in Birmingham, England, not Portugal. It
appears the ...
NFI Trolleys in Vancouver
NFI Trolleys in Vancouver
and it was here that the UTA double arrow was affix
ed. This of course never made it to
Vancouver, and the rest had the blue stripe carry o
n to the front of the bus at the sme
level.
It was a couple of years later (mid-1994) that BCT
decided to eliminate the blackout front
on all the buses and the entire fleet was repainted
so that the blue and white carried
across the front.
The inside of those doors then became a constant co
mplaint with drivers co...
Quesnel
Quesnel BEST PRACTICES IN PUBLIC TRANSIT
NO. 1 SUMMER 2005 PUBLISHED BY BC TRANSIT
Photo by Mas Matsushita
Getting your Politicians
on Board: A Case Study
Quesnel, British Columbia, a small community of
10,000 residents, is big on transit. City council makes
transit a priority and continually stays in touch...
Tridents_Bodies
Tridents_Bodies file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Michael/Desktop/docs/Tridents_Bodies.txt
From: "Stedall, Richard"
Date: Mon Aug 19 08:24:33 2002
To: 'Michael TaylorNoonan'
Subject: RE: Tridents in Langley
Mike,
Ahhhh - this is where it gets complex !!!
Today Plaxton, Alexander, Dennis and the former Duple Metsec are all part of
TransBus International (c. 70% owned by Mayflower who ...
TRIP
TRIP Trolley Electronics
#1. -How are the electronics set up on our > current fleet? Just what is in the
engine bay of the bus and what is mounted
underneath? I imagine there's a fairly significant number of batteries for the
auxiliary power unit...
The batteries are in trays along the left and right
sides of the buses, the ones that have grilles in
them.
#2. -What did they do in the various TRIPP programs? I know there were some
changes to improve cooling and to try and keep stuff dry but...
victoria
victoria Victoria Numbering System
Victoria numbering system
The Beginning
BCER's Victoria division operated the first motor bus in the company's fleet in 1922, numbered one.
Twenty-two coaches entered service through the end of World War II, and these were numbered V1-
V22, the letter to differentiate the bus from the mainland "M" series. When the first Brill C36s arrived in
1946, they initially carried a 2 digit number in sequence with earlier coaches; in short order all Victoria
buses ...
wac
wac W.A.C. Bennett & B.C.E
One aspect of the story of the B.C.E. which has puzzled me is this:
It was the Socred government of W.A.C. Bennett that nationalized the B.C. Power Corporation, parent
of the B.C.E. But, the Socreds as they became in the time I've lived in the province were right wing, free
enterprise oriented. What would make them want to expropriate a private corporation?
W.A.C. Bennett & B.C. Electric
In researching this note, I've come to realize that W.A.C. Bennett cannot ...
Wheelchair
Wheelchair Wheelchair accessibility in the 90s
Wheelchair accessibility in the 90s
Experimental wheelchair lift fitted to 2846
(From Transit Vancouver newsgroup on yahoo groups)
> Interesting to note as well that at one time, 2846 was fitted with a
wheelchair lift as an experiment to see how difficult it would be to fit
lifts in the trolleybus fleet. The lift was fitted to the rear doors...
resulting in a 3 seat- bench being placed opposite the rear exit. To make up
for the lost seats, some ...
Vehicle database (0 matches)
Main database (12 matches)
7494 S14147
Malaspina Coach Lines (BC) 147
o ? 07/07:recently purchased, using on scheduled service
(KH); 2007:KB:a while back (about 10 years ago) Western Bus Repair updated these
2FYD2CG18NU014432
Coast Mountain Bus Co. (BC) 3255
Originally to be 4336, renumbered to put in sequence with the other bus equiped with 'World' transmission.
DE, 6V92TA eng., World trans.
; 99/4: Ex-
1M8SDMTA8SP047488
Greyhound Lines of Canada Ltd.
RT:6549-6552 were used on Westmin
Mines contract (now replaced by GCTC 102DL3's 1096-1100)
and thats why we did not see much of them for 6 years !
E901A E10240 2337
Coast Mountain Bus Co. (BC) 2722
DE, dual stream front bi-fold doors
Owned by Hong Kong; 2722 Ran on the streets in Vancouver for a few years in an experimental Zig Zag stripe before
41S 210
BC Hydro & Power Authority (BC) 4854
to NVT as M854, renumbered ex BC Electric Railway M854 in 1964, to Calagry Transit 203 in 1965;KB:4854 is located in the backyard of 308 14 Avenue (Or
612479
Transit Museum (TRAMS) (BC) 63
Teardrop;for many years emergency canteen for Vancouver Fire Dept.; entered service with VFD at #8 firehall: 1951/11/14;restored by BC Transit
C36 2460
Private (See Notes)
:After retirement in 1968, the bus was moved to a logging camp at Sayward on northern Vancouver Island. Although cosmetically it was in reasonable co
D901A D102402690
Coast Mountain Bus Co. (BC) 1163
DE, double-stream front bi-fold doors 3306 renumbered 3170 in 7/91
Renumbered into permanent series, Winter 95/96;Owned by GE Cap; The
Music Video of
E800 E10240 0565
BC Transit (BC) 1126
2639 was loaned to Seattle in October 1976. The U.S. city was favourably impressed, and ordered AMG's to replace the Fageol trolleys --including #935
IC37-41 1118
Transit Museum (TRAMS) (BC) 6228
ex Pacific Stage Lines 228 (BCER) ; to Horizon Coach Lines 101 (BC);to TRAMS, Awaiting restoration, EMR: Not running, moderate restoration req'd;
T6H5308N C087
Private (See Notes) 5607
"Super V" gearing pkg. for hillclimbing.
To STC, ex Kensington Transit Centre 5811 in 1976
To Victoria 836
to UPF Nanaimo 5607;LB (99/3): 5607 ba
TDH4519 C037
BC Transit (BC) 6060
to UPF 6060, Naniamo ,
07/29/94 Spare bus Kamloops
96/02/28:Central Fraser Valley.
97/05*:Stored (CFV);2001: retired from BCT(CFRV). disposal unknown
Photograph database (1 matches)
1VH5H6M26Y6501257
Coast Mountain Bus Co. (BC)
This coach had its stripe painted purple for use with the West Coast Express as the "Trainbus". The blue remained under the advertising frame, visibl