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Post by Retrovision on Apr 19, 2007 4:27:44 GMT -8
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Post by Retrovision on Apr 25, 2007 1:11:52 GMT -8
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Post by Retrovision on May 7, 2007 18:18:24 GMT -8
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Post by Retrovision on May 8, 2007 11:57:03 GMT -8
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Post by Retrovision on May 11, 2007 2:56:51 GMT -8
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Post by Retrovision on May 12, 2007 21:33:57 GMT -8
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Post by Retrovision on May 14, 2007 22:49:36 GMT -8
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Post by Mike C on May 15, 2007 18:52:38 GMT -8
Thanks very much for the pictures, they look spectacular. The one I quoted particularly reminds me of the time I went to visit the sink-hole on Pender Street. |
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Post by Retrovision on May 15, 2007 19:52:32 GMT -8
Thanks very much for the pictures, they look spectacular. The one I quoted particularly reminds me of the time I went to visit the sink-hole on Pender Street. I remember that sink hole and the mess it made for Coast Mountain Bus Company (Translink), and that was only the first time recently that trolleys were stopped from going past downtown to Stanley Park, making diesel shuttles necessary, the next time was because of the wind storm relatively soon after, felling debris from trees onto the trolley wires. - I've uploaded 10 freshly edited pics of Canada Line construction from various stages of its development so far to my fotopic collection www.masstransport2010.fotopic.net/c945017.htmlLook for the time stamp below the thumbnails and pics to see at what point the construction progress was at |
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Post by Retrovision on May 16, 2007 4:40:37 GMT -8
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Post by Retrovision on May 16, 2007 23:35:43 GMT -8
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Post by Retrovision on May 19, 2007 20:54:57 GMT -8
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Post by Retrovision on May 21, 2007 9:21:10 GMT -8
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Post by Retrovision on May 23, 2007 7:05:19 GMT -8
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Post by Retrovision on May 23, 2007 12:20:43 GMT -8
Rapid transit, despite the heavy burden of initial costs, is the only way to run a both efficient and attractive transit system, though not necessarily as the only backbone. I've recently been reminded of this by incorporating our current rapid transit system, SkyTrain, into a trip that I've often taken by a different route in the past. Relatively often I'll have reason to get to the Tri-Cities (Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody) and east and was as of only recently able to try a new routing, wich I attempted for the first time yesterday. Instead of routing by way of the bus from Downtown Vancouver to Coquitlam Station, after arriving there by way of my local bus, and waiting for and changing to another bus to get to Maple Ridge from there, I decided to instead take SkyTrain from downtown to Braid Station, between the Patullo / Sky Bridges and the Hwy. 1 / Port Mann Bridge, and swich to the new #791 express route to Maple Ridge via the Mary Hill Bypass and the Pitt River Bridge to Haney Place. By doing this, even with a 20 minute layover at Braid Station, I was able to cut down my travel time by a half hour and reduce transfers by one. Along the way I captured these 28 imgages of our SkyTrain system...
www.masstransport2010.fotopic.net/c947365_06.html
Including:
The western entrance to the Columbia Station ("cut and cover") Tunnel of the original SkyTrain line in New Westminster and one of the 2 at-grade access points to the Expo (original) Line
www.masstransport2010.fotopic.net/p41583183.html
The former Bombardier, current holders of the patent for SkyTrain technology, assembly plant where almost all Mark II SkyTrain cars were built. This facility was built in a failed attempt to market Bombardier's SkyTrain technology to Asia and included a new rail overpass to access the original SkyTrain Operations and Maintenance Centre and the mainline, now abandoned with rails removed. A reliable source tells me that the overpass would have cost atleast $10000.
www.masstransport2010.fotopic.net/p41583160.html
As well as a few photos of our West Coast Express commuter train from Mission and the rail corridor it travels on
www.masstransport2010.fotopic.net/c1258771_44.html |
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Post by Northern Exploration on May 23, 2007 13:29:26 GMT -8
Your West Coast Express uses the same equipment as the Go Train does out here. Was the supposed train that Canadian TV Show Train 48 used.
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Post by Retrovision on May 23, 2007 13:57:30 GMT -8
Your West Coast Express uses the same equipment as the Go Train does out here. Was the supposed train that Canadian TV Show Train 48 used. You got it, and it's a great design. There are, of course, many major North American centres that use the same design for their commuter rail operations; off the top of my head I can think of Los Angeles, even Alameda near San Francisco on a branch line from the mainline, but they're prevalent to say the least. |
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Post by Retrovision on May 23, 2007 18:55:26 GMT -8
Rapid transit, despite the heavy burden of initial costs, is the only way to run a both efficient and attractive transit system, though not necessarily as the only backbone. I've recently been reminded of this by incorporating our current rapid transit system, SkyTrain, into a trip that I've often taken by a different route in the past. Relatively often I'll have reason to get to the Tri-Cities (Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody) and east and was as of only recently able to try a new routing, wich I attempted for the first time yesterday. Instead of routing by way of the bus from Downtown Vancouver to Coquitlam Station, after arriving there by way of my local bus, and waiting for and changing to another bus to get to Maple Ridge from there, I decided to instead take SkyTrain from downtown to Braid Station, between the Patullo / Sky Bridges and the Hwy. 1 / Port Mann Bridge, and swich to the new #791 express route to Maple Ridge via the Mary Hill Bypass and the Pitt River Bridge to Haney Place. By doing this, even with a 20 minute layover at Braid Station, I was able to cut down my travel time by a half hour and reduce transfers by one. Along the way I captured these 28 imgages of our SkyTrain system...
www.masstransport2010.fotopic.net/c947365_06.html
Including:
The western entrance to the Columbia Station Tunnel of the original SkyTrain line in New Westminster and one of the 2 at-grade access point to the Expo (original) Line
www.masstransport2010.fotopic.net/p41583183.html
The former Bombardier, current holders of the patent for SkyTrain technology, assembly station where almost all Mark II SkyTrain cars were built. This facility was built in a failed attempt to market Bombardier's SkyTrain technology to Asia and included a new rail overpass to access the original SkyTrain Operations and Maintenance Centre and the mainline, now abandoned with rails removed, a reliable source tells me that the overpass would have cost atleast $10000.
www.masstransport2010.fotopic.net/p41583160.html
As well as a few photos of our West Coast Express commuter train from Mission and the rail corridor it travels on
www.masstransport2010.fotopic.net/c1258771_44.html
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Post by Balfour on May 29, 2007 21:29:32 GMT -8
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Post by Curtis on May 29, 2007 21:44:51 GMT -8
Wonderful Photos, Jordan. Looks like you had a heck of a trip.
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Post by Balfour on May 29, 2007 22:48:27 GMT -8
It was a trip of a lifetime and it was nice to end it off with a couple of ferry trips. I'll post a full trip report sometime soon.
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Post by Low Light Mike on May 30, 2007 20:17:34 GMT -8
re Coastal Skier's pics: Highlights:
- 2 different pipe organs
- lots of historical items in Eastern Canada
- lots of natural outdoors shots in Western Canada.
- Beautiful Manitoba Parliament building in Winnipeg
- Toronto smog
- Canadian Shield
- Mount Robson
- the funny urinals
- the mighty & wide Skeena River, with the highway & rail track beside each other.
- Boat Bluff
- Nor-Ad sunset.
Thanks for sharing all those photos, Jordan. Well done.
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Post by Balfour on May 30, 2007 21:38:06 GMT -8
I also saw 5 pods of Orca Whales, but never got any pics of them because they moved so fast.
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Post by Scott on Jun 3, 2007 15:45:57 GMT -8
You know you're a ferry freak when you cross the country have more photos from your ferry trip on the Northern Adventure than you do of Toronto, Ottawa, Quebec City, Montreal, and Niagara Falls combined:) Good job... beautiful pics! Looks like you had a fun trip!
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Post by Retrovision on Jun 20, 2007 19:34:54 GMT -8
50 New Mass Transportation Pics:
www.masstransport2010.fotopic.net/variousMuch like my similar recent large upload of ferry pics, many of these are repeats but have been deleted from the gallery in the past due to space constraints that are no longer an issue.
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