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Post by nolonger on Jun 7, 2010 13:59:04 GMT -8
Here are some pics of the Queen of Coquitlam from Aujourd'hui   Some big yellow thing on the vehicle deck.... it looks like a crane. Could anybody tell me more? That may be for a lifting device to slide in for the lifting of machinery parts in the hull. Did you see any deck plates underneath this? My guess. ferrynutseattle you nailed it.... there are removable deck plates below there. It's used to remove heavy machinery from the ER using chain blocks. It also reduces over height space in that lane. |
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Post by lmtengs on Jun 7, 2010 16:18:44 GMT -8
Hmmmmm.... I used to imagine that the C-class looked good from every angle, but somehow that doesn't seem to be the case with overhead shots like that. Especially when the cardeck doors are closed. They actually look kind of short and fat from above. In my opinion they look better that way. I've always thought their hulls were a bit too narrow for their length. |
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Jun 28, 2010 10:51:45 GMT -8
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Post by glasseye on Jul 23, 2010 21:58:30 GMT -8
These shots are of an unidentified C class ship on Route 3. Believed to be Queen of Coquitlam but one or more might be of the Cowitchan instead.  Larger size. QoC passing north of Bowen Island before turning west to Langdale.  Larger size. QoC passing cruise ship Vollendam north of Bowen Island.  Larger size. Shortly after leaving HSB. |
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Jul 23, 2010 22:09:41 GMT -8
These shots are of an unidentified C class ship on Route 3. Believed to be Queen of Coquitlam but one or more might be of the Cowitchan instead. I can tell by the funnel that it is definitely the Coquitlam you have photographed, not the Cowichan. |
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Post by DENelson83 on Jul 28, 2010 20:35:25 GMT -8
It's used to remove heavy machinery from the ER using chain blocks. ER? What's that? Extended range? |
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Post by Ferryman on Jul 28, 2010 20:47:41 GMT -8
It's used to remove heavy machinery from the ER using chain blocks. ER? What's that? Extended range? Engine Room.... |
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Post by novabus9228 on Jul 29, 2010 14:21:50 GMT -8
The Elevator room is shorter in those pictures, its the Coquitlam!
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Post by glasseye on Aug 13, 2010 16:50:29 GMT -8
Believed to be the Coquitlam. Taken in very low light using a long lens. Reduced to B&W because the color version was too noisy to be usable.  |
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 12, 2010 23:25:55 GMT -8
Hey, all, I was just reading in the archive, and I noticed people talking about retractable interior ramps from deck 3 to deck 4 aboard all the C-classes except for the 'Alberni. Could someone elaborate on these? I've seen them before aboard, but I thought it was some out-of-use car elevator or something  Do they ever use them anymore? I've never seen them operating. How do they use them? Why did they install them? I've got many more questions, but I'll just hope that you guys answer them all. Does anybody have photo or video of them in operation? |
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Post by Ferryman on Sept 13, 2010 9:01:51 GMT -8
I have yet to see them in operation. But they were built on the Cowichan, Coquitlam, Surrey, and Oak Bay. They're not an elevator, but are instead simply a ramp. I believe that they can be lowered at the forward or aft end for which ever desired direction they need to go. These were used more often when these ships were new, since the visors that used to be in place at the bows of the upper car deck would chronically break down. Meaning cars would disembark the ship by way of these articulating ramps from Deck 4 to Deck 3. I'm sure it's a frustrating and slow process to do. Every once and a while we hear about these being used on the Queen of Surrey or Queen of Coquitlam on Route 3, when they decide to do terminal maintenance to Berth 1 at Langdale. Meaning that they would have to use Berth 2 with the one deck ramp in the meantime. Various members over the years have gone aboard to watch the process I believe.
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Post by Mike C on Sept 13, 2010 9:10:05 GMT -8
Do they ever use them anymore? Yes. The most common case is the C-Class vessel on Route 3 at the time may encounter berth maintenance at Langdale Berth 1, so Berth 2 is put into operation - of course, not being equipped with the overhead ramp, requires the use of the interior ramp to give vehicle traffic access Deck 4. I've never seen them operating. How do they use them? It is a slow and tedious operation, sometimes even requiring a modified schedule to be put into place to allow more time at the Langdale terminal. The ramp simply lowers and allows traffic to move between the two decks. Why did they install them? Good forethought? They use them now, don't they? |
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Post by Dane on Sept 13, 2010 16:56:54 GMT -8
Queen of Coquitlam, when Rte 3 #2 vessel in the summer sometimes wouldn't change berths before enterting service for the day, but had more than an MCD load, but also not a full sailing. Then the internal ramp would be used, as well.
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Post by Curtis on Sept 13, 2010 23:40:14 GMT -8
I've only witnessed the articulating ramp's use twice on Route 3. Both times in different directions. I'm pretty sure I was around 6 years old as I was in Awe when I found out how they load the upper car deck from a single loading ramp.
Loading at Langdale, all you had to do was align the cars so they face the Horseshoe Bay end. You drive up the ramp, circle to the opposite side of the ship at the Horseshoe Bay end, drive back towards the Langdale end, then you're directed to either one of the centre lanes or back to the side of the ship you came up from stopping at the articulating ramp. This pattern is reversed for loading at Horseshoe Bay.
Probably the main reason BCF made this move was because all major vessels prior to the 'C' Class were single car deck and required one loading ramp. Once the C Class were built, BCF started rebuilding many of their berths to accommodate the 'C's and later the 'V's. So if the double decked berths broke down, the single decked berths could be used so significant car capacity numbers wouldn't be lost. A photo that Flug posted in the historical thread recently of Horseshoe Bay in the 1980s shows what I mean.
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Post by FNS on Sept 14, 2010 7:35:17 GMT -8
I've only witnessed the articulating ramp's use twice on Route 3. Both times in different directions. I'm pretty sure I was around 6 years old as I was in Awe when I found out how they load the upper car deck from a single loading ramp. Loading at Langdale, all you had to do was align the cars so they face the Horseshoe Bay end. You drive up the ramp, circle to the opposite side of the ship at the Horseshoe Bay end, drive back towards the Langdale end, then you're directed to either one of the centre lanes or back to the side of the ship you came up from stopping at the articulating ramp. This pattern is reversed for loading at Horseshoe Bay. Probably the main reason BCF made this move was because all major vessels prior to the 'C' Class were single car deck and required one loading ramp. Once the C Class were built, BCF started rebuilding many of their berths to accommodate the 'C's and later the 'V's. So if the double decked berths broke down, the single decked berths could be used so significant car capacity numbers wouldn't be lost. A photo that Flug posted in the historical thread recently of Horseshoe Bay in the 1980s shows what I mean. I remember one Canadian TV news story that was shown some time ago that gave us a driving tour of this ramp, going down from the third car deck to the second car deck and finally down to the main deck. Quite awesome. The PRINCESS MARGUERITE was fitted with this kind of ramp as well. CP Rail tore up the deluxe staterooms as well as the aft and forward social halls on the lower passenger deck and turned that space into an upper car deck in 1972. That lasted until BC took over in 1975 and turned the upper car deck into much needed lounge space for the large loads of passengers on the Victoria to Seattle run. |
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Post by Alberni on Sept 15, 2010 19:01:57 GMT -8
QofCoquitlam in the summer of 1991 coming into Berth 2 at Horseshoe Bay. You can probably make out the nice florescent apparel of some of the passengers. ;D  |
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Post by Ferryman on Oct 26, 2010 21:01:30 GMT -8
Some Coquitlam updates from yesterday, at Esquimalt Graving dock   |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 27, 2010 18:41:38 GMT -8
Some Coquitlam updates from yesterday, at Esquimalt Graving dock Thanks for those close-ups, Chris. I rode the MV Walla Walla today, and I was awestruck by how similar the Jumbos are to our C-Class originals. I know the history of the architect and I've heard about the comparison in design before, but now that I've finally taken a ride on a Jumbo, I can sure see the commonality of the 2 classes. It was an amazing comparison to behold, first hand. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 28, 2010 20:23:19 GMT -8
Queen of Coquitlam leaving Esquimalt. - photo taken from the MV Coho on Oct.28, 2010 in the afternoon.  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 30, 2010 15:29:49 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 27, 2010 13:34:21 GMT -8
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Nov 27, 2010 13:41:36 GMT -8
This one is mislabled by the museum. It's the Queen of Surrey... |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 29, 2010 19:27:48 GMT -8
From a 2006 archived post done by Ferryman. - here's the Coquitlam at Tsawwassen's berth#3. ==========     |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 11, 2010 12:27:05 GMT -8
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Post by Rhody on Dec 12, 2010 22:24:29 GMT -8
 Queen of Coquitlam with the Queen of Oak Bay on approach |
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