UPDATE –WE HAVE SET THE DATE Sunday December 10!
Just when we don’t know — watch our social feeds for details. To prepare, TMS volunteers, including Aden Wong and Kyle Little prepare some treasures for sale.
We’re going to have another garage sale!
Category: Our Vehicles
Noel News
TMS members continue to prepare for Christmas. Our Lights Tour is sold out, though we have a wait-list. Email tours@transitmuseumsociety.org if you wish to be placed on it.
GM #4107 will attend two events on behalf of TransLink – a Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the head office on December 1st between 6 and 7pm, and the Surrey Santa Parade on December 3rd. The parade will take place in Cloverdale at the Fairgrounds at 3pm. Ewen Streit & Antony Sherest decorate 4107 while Matthew Walker attends to the interior lights.
Our volunteers continue readying NFI Low-Floor for service. In addtion to the the public lights tours, it will operate several private charters. Jason Sharpe & Richard Dyer replace the wipers and give it a wash.
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Keepin’ Cool
Before the Christmas season, our shop crew is working on replacing 9753’s coolant hoses.
First step is to drain and store almost 48 litres of expensive coolant! 
Then one by one the hoses are replaced with new ones assembled by Sean Keating. You can see the corrosion of the sheathing blocking the flow of coolant in the hose. 
Jason Sharpe, Milan Streit and Richard Dyer then have the task of threading the new hoses through the nooks and crannies of the Series 50 engine.
Richard Dyer shows us one of the the new hose installations. Then once all have been replaced, the vehicle road tested, it’s time for the Christmas Lights Tours!
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A D40 “flies” back to Langley — briefly.
D40 #3106 makes a brief return to Langley. It is usually at our Valley storage, but last week TMS members Bryan Larrabee, Lawrence Walker and Milan Streit took #4107 out there. This created space at Langley to bring #3106 in. It is still loaded with spare parts that were stored inside during our move from Roseberry. After unloading, the two coaches will again trade places, hopefully on November 8th.
Issac Tam & Kyle Little unload the parts from 3106, and later, Issac gives the coach a good clean.
#4107 on route to Mission along the Lougheed Highway (Lawrence Walker)
Well, look who is here! #3334 will keep #4107 company for the next week or so (Lawrence Walker)
Christmas Lights Tours
These popular tours are back! There’ll be four trips –December 15th, 16th, 22nd & 23rd. All will depart from Coquitlam Central Station at 7.15pm. Reservations are now open. This year we have changed the reservation and payment procedure to make it easier for TMS members to reserve a seat.
You’ll receive a one-time-passcode via email. Enter this to make your reservation. We will not accept payment until we confirm that good weather is forecast for the departure date. Then you can pay online, or onboard the bus with cash or card.
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4107’s transformation begins….
We embark on our Museum Bus project!
Bulletin #1 – October 22nd, 2023
During the Summer, our mechanics inspected 4107. We drove it out to several events to see how it behaved itself on the road. The consensus was that it would be a good candidate for conversion to our second Mobile Museum bus.
These past two weekends, TMS volunteers began to remove the seats from the bus. Jason Sharpe, the project leader for the conversion was also instrumental in bypassing the coolant hoses from the onboard heaters. These have been troublesome, and prone to leaking. Since the coach will primarily be travelling to events in the summer, we decided to bypass the heaters rather than repairing them. (The driver’s heat will remain functional, however!)
(Below: TMS Volunteers Kyle Little (l) and Milan Streit (r) remove the seats from GM ‘Fishbowl’ 4107 in preparation for conversion to our Mobile Museum bus.)
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Happy 75th!
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We visit VTC
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Sunday in Langley – July 16th
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Party Time!
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A Summer Sunday drive…
June 25th
