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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 14, 2006 17:13:46 GMT -8
Well done, Sean !
Thanks for all those great shots of Kwuna, especially the ones where it shows her ramps at Alliford Bay.
Also, I liked the car-deck of QPR, showing the neat-looking platform-deck on the side.
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Post by Queen of Nanaimo Teen on Jul 14, 2006 18:26:37 GMT -8
Oh ya, I also took photos of my postcards. This is the link:http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sgoerzen/album?.dir=f7c9scd&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sgoerzen/my_photos
There is one that is in the mail, it is the BC Ferry Collector Series "Queen of Esquimalt" I will post that as soon as I get the postcard
Sean
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Post by Queen of Nanaimo Teen on Jul 14, 2006 18:27:33 GMT -8
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Post by Ferryman on Jul 14, 2006 18:32:43 GMT -8
Thanks for all of the photos, Sean! Nice job. I have to laugh when I see that collectors series of the "Surrey". Really it's Oak Bay for two reasons. Sharper edges on the funnel, and less of a black top on it as well. Also, if you look at Evergreenfleets extreme closeup of that same photo, you can nearly make out the name "Queen of Oak Bay", on the #1 end (left side of the photo. See for yourselves... www.evergreenfleet.com/qosur_01.jpg(P.S...you have to view the picture in the largest size possible to see what I'm talking about with the name...)
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Post by Doug on Jul 14, 2006 18:54:39 GMT -8
Interesting. I see they covered those open spaces on the Howe Sound Queen.
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Post by Queen of Nanaimo Teen on Jul 14, 2006 21:44:38 GMT -8
Ya, I noticed that too. I wonder why they would do that?
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Post by Dane on Jul 17, 2006 1:18:14 GMT -8
I think I've missed soemthing - what has changed? The Howe Sound Queen has looked like that for some time hasn't it? I could have not noticed what change you're speaking too.
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Post by Doug on Jul 17, 2006 19:47:32 GMT -8
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Post by Ferryman on Jul 17, 2006 19:50:11 GMT -8
Ah, now I see what you mean....
That would be because of the Zodiak being deployed right beside those windows. In case of a car deck fire, you wouldn't want Zodiak to catch on fire!
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Post by Dane on Jul 20, 2006 23:44:37 GMT -8
It has been like that for a couple years now. I first took her in 2004 and she was like that.
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Post by Mike C on Jul 21, 2006 10:52:37 GMT -8
I took her in 2002 I think, and she was her old - erm - non-zodiak protective self.
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Post by Retrovision on Jul 23, 2006 5:12:38 GMT -8
New Pics:
-Langdale terminal in the Terminals Collection -M.V. Stormaway III in the Private Ferries Collection -New Choice Pics, and others aswell
www.ferrypicsbygraham.fotopic.netEdit: Also new "When BC Ferries Meet" pics
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 23, 2006 16:26:56 GMT -8
question for Tsawwassen-Terminal, re recent pictures of his cousin, "Langdale Terminal":
- Graham: on the pictures that are taken on/of the Q-Esquimalt at Berth-2 at Langdale, why was the Esquimalt loading at the single-ramped berth#2 that day?
Does that mean that she was only carrying vehicles on her main car deck for that crossing?
Does that mean that Berth#1 was broken-down that day?
just wondering......
ps: I think your cousin is cute.......Langdale-Terminal sure is a beautiful spot to look at, from many angles. Choose your backdrop: - coast mountains. - narrow ocean-opening between Keats Isl & Gibsons - Gambier Island.
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Post by Curtis on Jul 23, 2006 16:49:57 GMT -8
Langdale is a nice place. Another thing is I know exactly where the Webcam is I was also wondering how you got up there when the Esq was in Berth 2. You didn't sneak on did you?
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Post by Retrovision on Jul 24, 2006 23:16:11 GMT -8
question for Tsawwassen-Terminal, re recent pictures of his cousin, "Langdale Terminal": - Graham: on the pictures that are taken on/of the Q-Esquimalt at Berth-2 at Langdale, why was the Esquimalt loading at the single-ramped berth#2 that day? Does that mean that she was only carrying vehicles on her main car deck for that crossing? Does that mean that Berth#1 was broken-down that day? just wondering...... I'm happy that someone noticed. In fact this was a result of my careful trip planning; on trips such as this, particularly during the busier seasons, I utilize systems that I've developed to choose the best sailings. In this case, my original goal was to catch the rare sight of the Queen of Vancouver at Horseshoe Bay, but that plan was thwarted after I first noticed no Oaky at Deas, and then noticed the Oaky leaving Horseshoe Bay, on-time, as I approached via the Upper Levels Highway (this was on Friday when the service notice came up about the Oaky needing work done). After catching a 5am bus to get there in the first place, I wasn't going to waste the day, so I decided to instead take a trip that I've been meaning to make for a while, to my parents' old home of Gibson's (where Black Ball vessels called at once). This worked quite well with my trip planning system: In this case the technique was catching the first sailing of and 'extra' vessel on a busy run at a busy time. This works particularly well on route 3 from Langdale on a Friday afternoon because of how late the 'regular' vessel runs, and often does. The basic idea is that if the main vessel on a run is late, the first sailing of an extra vessel will most likely be on-time, and therefore the extra vessel will end up being far less crowded than the primary vessel. I was only expecting to see the Queen of Esquimalt pull around from the secondary, single-ramped southern berth at Langdale to the main berth, but was pleasantly surprised when I heard that the crew was running late enough to warrant loading at the single-ramped berth instead of taking time to bring the ship around to the other berth. Indeed, they didn't load the upper deck, as they had no means to (no articulating ramps on the Esquimalt as there are on C Class vessels), which gave me a great opportunity to document the upper vehicle deck of the soon-to-be retired classic V Class vessel.
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Post by Retrovision on Jul 24, 2006 23:54:47 GMT -8
(Including what I wonder might be CP's BCCSS' former Nanaimo termianl) [/size] Cheers.[/quote] It is a former CPR slip, but it is the E&N Railway/Seaspan Coastal Intermodal barge slip in Nanaimo. [/quote] If this was a barge slip, then where was the primary BCCSS terminal in Nanaimo?
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Post by Dane on Jul 25, 2006 12:02:31 GMT -8
I took her in 2002 I think, and she was her old - erm - non-zodiak protective self. Thats the year she went in, after some very complex research
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Post by Retrovision on Jul 25, 2006 22:41:20 GMT -8
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Post by Mike C on Jul 28, 2006 9:23:03 GMT -8
A minor, yet intersting update to my site: Transit, Translink & BC Transit (nanaimo city transit)
now available for viewing.
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Post by Ferryman on Jul 28, 2006 17:59:41 GMT -8
Stay tuned tomorrow evening for an update on my photos site, as I went for a trip on the Powell River Queen yesterday. I also took alot of pictures of the Howe Sound Queen at Crofton, from our boat.
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Post by Curtis on Jul 28, 2006 21:36:47 GMT -8
Sounds like some good photos you're taking. Can't wait to see them
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Post by Retrovision on Jul 30, 2006 5:45:29 GMT -8
I do not own a scanner for my computer, but have decided to bite the bullet anyway and attempt to use the macro-lens setting on my camera to try and achieve as close to the same result as possible. My first attemp is with a couple BC Ferries schedules, from 1967 and 1974, that were generously donated by hornbyguy: www.ferrypicsbygraham.fotopic.net/c1008019.htmlP.S. I've added more pictures of Tsawwassen terminal aswell: www.ferrypicsbygraham.fotopic.net/c945305.html
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Post by Curtis on Jul 30, 2006 11:46:54 GMT -8
I Like those BCF Schedules.
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Post by Mike C on Jul 30, 2006 16:28:51 GMT -8
In my schedule archive, the oldest I've got is 1999. Wow, good stuff Graham.
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Post by CN2972South on Jul 31, 2006 10:56:58 GMT -8
If this was a barge slip, then where was the primary BCCSS terminal in Nanaimo? Sorry, got it confused with the Wellcox Barge Slip.
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