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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 15, 2009 16:05:51 GMT -8
Pretty washed out, and not particularly historic, but, eh, what the heck. Queen of New Westminster looking long and lean at Langdale, 1980.  |
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Post by lmtengs on Nov 15, 2009 16:23:08 GMT -8
Pretty washed out, and not particularly historic, but, eh, what the heck. Queen of New Westminster looking long and lean at Langdale, 1980. For Neil, I downloaded the photo and 'un-washed' it   |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 15, 2009 16:27:20 GMT -8
 another version from the contact sheet... pretty good to site the Queen of New West pre stretch. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 15, 2009 17:26:17 GMT -8
The Queen of New Westminster at her namesake city, April '73, from Union Steamships Remembered, by Art Twigg. (Just think of this scan as a free eye exam.)
Story from the now defunct Columbian newspaper. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 15, 2009 18:06:43 GMT -8
Now for some photos of the pre-lifted Queen of New Westminster. The first six were taken on July 3rd, 1989. The Queen of Coquitlam was operating as the #2 vessel out of HSB that summer and had broken down. The QoNW was pressed into service for a week or so, operating on a modified schedule.arriving at Departure Bay for the 1415 sailing to HSB:  car deck with ramps and "flaps" in use:  1 shot of each outside passenger level:   forward lounge:  upper lounge:  I again travelled on her on Jan 31st, 1990. During the off-season (pre-route 30), route 2 was a 2-ship operation. The Oak Bay was stationed out of HSB, and both the Alberni and Surrey was based at DB. The Alberni was used Mondays to Thursdays because of heavy commercial traffic, and the Surrey was used Fridays to Sundays. During the Alberni's refits, a second ship, usually the Coquitlam, was used Mon to Thurs to help with the truck traffic. This particular year, however, the QoNW was employed as the Coquitlam wasn't available. These 2 pics of the aft lounge were taken on a very lonely 0530 sailing from DB to HSB:   |
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Post by Retrovision on Nov 17, 2009 22:37:47 GMT -8
I love those pre-lift ' New West retro-look pics. Thank you for posting in the first place, ferryfanyvr, and thank you for shuffling them upto the forefront, Mr. Horn. In time I'll add more of my post-lift pre-upgrade images, but here's one profile pic for now...  www.flickr.com/photos/bctransit/4114441642/ |
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Post by Kahloke on Nov 18, 2009 6:12:50 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 5, 2009 15:03:55 GMT -8
December 5, 2009, on Route-30. View from Nanaimo downtown.   |
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Dec 13, 2009 23:16:23 GMT -8
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Post by ferryfanyvr on Dec 14, 2009 10:12:05 GMT -8
Very nice pics, Scott...I especially like the inside-from-outside night shots.
It's nice to see that the tradition of a Christmas tree on the mast is still being carried on by the crew of at least one vessel. 20 or 30 years ago EVERY ship would have one at this time of year. And the Christmas lights are a very nice touch.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Dec 14, 2009 10:32:54 GMT -8
Those look like the same blue christmas lights that were on the Queen of Vancouver! I guess they passed them on to the Queen of New West now!!
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Post by Northern Exploration on Dec 14, 2009 11:15:05 GMT -8
Those look like the same blue christmas lights that were on the Queen of Vancouver! I guess they passed them on to the Queen of New West now!! I hope the blue is the proper BC Ferries Blue. Don't want to upset the branding  . Just sayin. |
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Post by WettCoast on Dec 14, 2009 20:27:19 GMT -8
Here are a few photos that I have taken of the QNWM during 2009.  Photos above & below both taken in Active Pass - 24 April 2009   Photos above & below both taken @ or near Swartz Bay - 26 April 2009   Headed for Swartz Bay off of Pender Island - 6 July 2009  Photos above & below both taken @ Tsawwassen Terminal - 26 Nov 2009  The recent upgrades made to the New West do not hide her V/B Class - Spaulding heritage. It is just fine with me that she will continue to serve our coast for another decade. All photos by JST 2009 © |
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Post by ferryfanyvr on Dec 14, 2009 22:09:12 GMT -8
The recent upgrades made to the New West do not hide her V/B Class - Spaulding heritage. It is just fine with me that she will continue to serve our coast for another decade. All photos by JST 2009 ©I agree!!! When you view photos of her history throughout the previous parts of this thread I think we all must agree that she leads a very charmed life indeed having been brought up to more modern standards and having been given a chance to serve the public for several more years to come! |
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Post by Ferryman on Dec 14, 2009 22:45:20 GMT -8
The New West has sure accumulated the rust quite quickly this fall. She always gets a really big rust mark on her port side, almost right below the cafeteria, when she's on Route 30. I believe that this particular dolphin at Tsawwassens berth 3 that she rubs against is the culprit.  |
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Post by Kahloke on Feb 8, 2010 11:33:45 GMT -8
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Post by Ferryman on Feb 9, 2010 19:31:52 GMT -8
Wow....BCF wasted no time in touching up that huge rust mark on the port side when she was at Deas for refit. Good to see, but hopefully any other mechanical problems with her were fixed as well.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Mar 21, 2010 8:57:04 GMT -8
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Post by novabus9228 on May 6, 2010 14:15:41 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on May 10, 2010 15:40:38 GMT -8
Queen-City Queen leaving Tsawwassen on a nice spring evening of May 9, 2010:   |
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Post by lmtengs on Aug 1, 2010 14:14:14 GMT -8
Our friend the SuperBee at Tsawwassen   Nicely framed by berth 5.  "I want to eat you." |
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Post by FerryDude2012 on Aug 1, 2010 18:02:49 GMT -8
1 photo of the Queen of New Westminster. Taken last summer on a trip to Salt Spring Island. Exiting Active Pass, bound for Swartz Bay:  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 1, 2010 21:46:22 GMT -8
Queen of New Westminster in Tsawwassen's berth #2 for the night.  - photo taken July 31, 2010, during the time when berth #4 was being reconstructed. |
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Post by FerryDude2012 on Aug 4, 2010 0:44:53 GMT -8
Queen of New West in Berth 4 - Tsawwassen:  Life ring:  |
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Post by lmtengs on Aug 4, 2010 11:25:15 GMT -8
Queen of New West in Berth 4 - Tsawwassen: Okay, this is confusing me. I thought on the NorAd had blue railings, and even on her, it's only the upper rail of them. Which ship would this be on?  |
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. Just sayin.
