Fresh off the Assembly Line . . . .   I was a freshman during the 1976 academic year at UBC.  I rode D-800s like this one (3145) along 41st Avenue when they were brand new.  The "local service" stripes, the B-U-S graphic, and the Eggshell White paint looked good on them.  When double roller signs like this were replaced by singles, I filched one that had been taken from a T8H Jimmy serving Delta/Surrey routes.
	A Brill Fossil (fossil fuel, that is) . . . .   Brill diesels, which were very rare by the 70's, had their power unit under the forward floor.  Vancouver's Brill diesels ended their careers as shopper specials, shuttling between the waterfront and Robsonstrasse.  No fare was charged.  For this service they were painted cartoon-style to look like Old 123, one of the echelon-seat open streetcars that B.C. Electric used for sightseeing.  I've captured 3404 on Robson at Howe from a viewpoint inside one of its sisters.  The Datsun driver has evidently declined an opportunity to race 3404 up Robson, a contest whose outcome would be arguable.  In rear is the old Eaton's store, now a Sears.  Looking beyond to Granville Street, the Royal Bank building was razed in the mid-2000's.  The 3404 has been preserved;  see it here.
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	Second 2104 . . . .  It's 30 years later and New Flyer 2104 is exactly where the bus that framed the previous photo was stopped for a red light.  At last!  After 25 years of boxy E-901s, Vancouver has a trolleybus as handsome as the Brill.  The fleet numbers of the New Flyers are recycled Brill numbers.  Translink went back to 4-numeral numbers, and I thank them.  I rode the prototype 2101 on Main Street during trials;  see 2101 here on Farewell to E-901/902 Night.