My Trip to see the MV COASTAL RENAISSANCE

[FNS]

Here, folks, is my photo journal of the trip I took on Sunday, January 20, 2008, to see the new BC ferry MV COASTAL RENAISSANCE at Canada Place, Vancouver BC. Some pics from my train trip is included. The focus of attention, though, is the COASTAL RENAISSANCE in this Ferry Photos thread of this Forum.

Enjoy!


My train at King Street Station, Seattle. Three SUPERLINERS (BI-LEVEL STANDARD COACH, SNACK CAR, COACH-BAGGAGE) and ENGINE 507. The PACIFIC PARLOUR CAR is part of the Coast Starlight which overnighted at the station. The sign for Vancouver hasn't been displayed yet as this is still early before boarding time. At departure, with all aboard, my train backed up from this stub and joined the main tracks north.


MV PUYALLUP at Edmonds. Cloudy morning here.


North of Everett.


Leaving Mount Vernon.


The San Juans with Orcas Island and Lummi Island. Mount Constitution has snow on her summit!


After leaving Bellingham Station, we see an Alaskan ferry in the yard at Fairhaven.


After completing Canadian Immigration and Customs at Pacific Central Station, I walk over to the Main Street Station and boarded the SkyTrain to Waterfront Station.


AND, THERE SHE IS! MY FIRST LOOK AT THE MV COASTAL RENAISSANCE TROUGH MY NAKED EYES!!


Side details.


The other end.


This must be our famous speed skater from Seattle!


Can you spot the new MV ISLAND SKY through the center port?


Skies are clearing, and Jordan is looking down at us from the ski runs on top of that beautiful Grouse Mountain.


Side view as I board.


View from the bridge.


Another view from the bridge.


The Loins and Grouse as seen from a magnificent German import safely delivered from FSG.


We go below decks to see the main engines. MAK is the engine builder.


A view of one of the massive generators. She is Diesel-Electric, meaning that these provide electricity to an electric drive motor at each end.


View of another generator.


On the centerline. All of us are enjoying this self-guided tour.


Upper Car Deck.


Upper Car Deck.


Upper Car Deck.


Side deck.


Rescue boat.


Side deck.


Builder's plate.


Side lounge.


Dining area.


Looking down.


The servery.


We are now at the other end.


Several happy folks on deck.


Twin Yamaha outboard motors power this rescue boat.


Through the looking glass to the bridge.


MES station.


Leaving the ship now.


Ship's name on the side.


Side view.


And, look who is looking down at us! Hope it was OK for me to use your avatar, Jordan, a great mountaineer!!


A beautiful picture of the COASTAL RENAISSANCE.


Side view.


Line handling station details.


Final picture of the MV COASTAL RENAISSANCE. Nice visiting you today! See you again soon!!


Back at Pacific Central Station. It's time for me to go back to Seattle again.


My SUPERLINER trainset awaits me to board. Nice and toasty inside.


My car. A COACH-BAGGAGE. 31016, built by Pullman in 1979. The Seattle-Chicago EMPIRE BUILDER was the first long distance train to use SUPERLINERS. Very enjoyable to ride.


Entrance. Notice the light to the right. It shows yellow at this time. That means that the brakes are applied. It changes to green when the brakes are released. Great indicators for the engineers and conductors. It's fun to see these trains leave a station and to see these lights change.


Inside the snack car. This is a diner refurbished into a snack car for shorter trips. Very modern!


Leaving Vancouver.


Ski runs are beautifully lit at night. Grouse is at the right. Absolutely a breathtaking sight! My last sighting of these was in the Chuckanut area south of Bellingham before rounding the last bend. The furthest south I have seen Grouse's lights is on SR 20 between Burlington and Anacortes. Absolutely beautiful and stunning.

This ends my photo journal of my trip to Vancouver to see the MV COASTAL RENAISSANCE. Credits due are:

Gillig for building the buses I took to/from King Street Station.

Pullman for the trainset I rode.

GE for the locomotive.

AMTRAK for the transportation.

Bombardier for the Skytrain equipment.

And, lastly, the real star of this forum's thread: the MV COASTAL RENAISSANCE and her builder FSG. THANK YOU, MR. BRINKMANN!!

THIS JOURNAL IS FINISHED.

[Scott]

Nice photos! Interesting to see the different modes of transportation you took. Doesn't take that long to get up here that way does it?

[Deleted]

I really like your trip pictures. Looks like a fun little adventure to get up here. Right on.

[DENelson83]

ferrynutseattle said:

Rescue boat.

Hey, wait a minute...

I recognize that string of digits and letters on top of that rescue boat... That's the CR's Kingstown callsign (J8B3732)! Shouldn't it say "CFN4888" now?

Oh, and MV Puyallup, eat your heart out! ;D The Jumbo Mark II's are no longer the world's largest double-ended ferries.

[Mirrlees]

You're right, Ferrynut! We'll have to get some paint and change that before the next open ship... ;D

I like the interesting angles on your deck view photos.

[DENelson83]

mirrlees60 said:

You're right, Ferrynut! We'll have to get some paint and change that before the next open ship...

Change what?

[Coastal Drought]

So far, those are great photos. Can't wait to see the rest of them.

[Low Light Mike]

denelson83 said:

mirrlees60 said:

You're right, Ferrynut! We'll have to get some paint and change that before the next open ship...

Change what?

....probably the rescue-boat's call#, as noted in Post #3 to this thread.

[FNS]

Photo journal above is finished. Enjoy!

[Northern Exploration]

Great pics everyone. Thanks for the travelogue Ferrynutseattle! Nice to see the trainsets. I have never ridden on them so good to see.

[DENelson83]

flugelhorn said:

denelson83 said:

Change what?

....probably the rescue-boat's call#, as noted in Post #3 to this thread.

But I said that, not ferrynut.

[Deleted]

Dude, Your trip looks even more fun now!

[Low Light Mike]

A Housekeeping Reminder:

The Coastal-Renaissance topic is very popular on this forum. Some members and guest post and view almost exclusively on the main Coastal-Renaissance thread in the "new ships" board:
ferriesbc.proboards20.com/index.cgi?board=newferries&action=post&thread=1167803153&page=110

Some may not be aware that there is a separate forum-page for ferry-photos. You will find some Coastal-Renaissance photos located there.

Now, re the Ferry-Photos page:
- We've got some Coastal-Renaissance photo-thread clutter; meaning that there are multiple-threads that have the same type of photo content.
- We've got 3 of those, and all 3 are in current use.
- We try to avoid these multiple-thread items, as they make it more difficult for people to find photos and to decide where to post them, and it makes for some confusing cross-thread discussion.
- All 3 of these photo-threads have ongoing discussion, so we don't want to lock 2, and leave 1 open.
- We also aren't able to move posts or combine threads.

Here are the 3 photo-threads in question:

1) ferriesbc.proboards20.com/index.cgi?board=photos&action=display&thread=1200875272
- originally started by Kiernan as "MY CR pictures", it's been used by others too.
- Hint: if you start a new thread and name it "my", it makes it confusing for others to decide to post their own pics there.
- For a photo-event where we expect lots of people to take and post pics, lets stay away from member-exclusive photo-threads, in the future.

2) ferriesbc.proboards20.com/index.cgi?board=photos&action=display&thread=1200981940
- This is FerryNutSeattle's "MY trip to see the C.R" and is his photo essay.
- Problem is, his photo-essay is 1 item in the thread, so this could easily have been posted into an existing CR picture thread (again, for next time).
- same reasonings as #1 above....as we all expect lots of different people to post pics of the same event, so no need for separate threads.

3) ferriesbc.proboards20.com/index.cgi?board=photos&action=display&thread=1199580615&page=2
- This is Scott's original thread, from the first employee open house.


In future, for the upcoming CR open-houses, and for the next few ships, we should have 1 photo-thread for each EVENT.
- That means 1 photo-thread for the CR open ship in Nanaimo
- 1 photo-thread for the CR open ship in Victoria
etc etc.

Hopefully, that will make it easier for people to navigate.

As for the existing photo-threads noted above, they are a good record of the open-houses to date. Just keep them specific to those first few events; and don't post any future-event items into them.

Thanks!

[Curtis]

Sounds Like You Had Quite the Trip. Nice Photos? I like that one looking toward the bow toward the pickle fork 36th from the top down, 16th from the bottom, up.