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Back to the 70's: Buses around Vancouver |
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CCF-Brill 2283 exiting Oakridge Transit Centre onto 41st Avenue. In back is the rectifier station that energizes the overhead at OTC and on 41st Avenue. Translink has opened a new transit centre a few miles south of here, near Oak Bridge; the OTC property is now a parking lot for retired E-901 trolleys. Juice was unbelievably cheap in those days. A Brill trolley cost only 6 cents a mile to run, inclusive of maintenance, financing, and electricity. Presumably the driver was extra.
This and the following image were scanned from 110-size negatives (16 x 12 mm) |
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This Flyer, fleet number 2620, was typical of fifty E-800s delivered in 1975. They weren't outstandingly successful and all were withdrawn and stored in the early 80's when the E-901s arrived. A few 2600s were brought back for the extra traffic that Expo '86 was expected to generate.
The B-U-S signs looked better on Flyers than on Brills, which didn't keep theirs for long.
For a look at what became of some of these E-800s, explore the Retro links below. |
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Vancouver's trolley transit system is a camera magnet! When my future spouse gave me a pocket 110 camera for Christmas, she probably intended me to take pictures exclusively of her. She never dreamed that I would use it to acquire these fuzzy but spectacular images of 70's bus action.
My 110 camera produced a negative less than three-quarters of an inch wide. About one-third of each roll got wasted because the winder pulled the film too far between frames. Although not nearly as sharp and stable as "fin-de-20th-siecle" films, some of my 110 images enlarge well, and the faded colours can be adjusted digitally.
Since shooting in black and white was cheaper then, I did some to stretch my meagre weekly allowance. The prints have had to be scanned because the B&W lab never returned my negatives. |
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View my "Retro" gallery pages: |
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Lots More TB Photos |
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Retro page 1 |
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Retro page 2 |
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Retro page 3 |
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Retro page 4 |
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view my "Farewell to Brill" Sequence |
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click on the (digital) images below for enlarged views |
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Second 2270 (a New Flyer) merges onto Granville Bridge from Howe Street. For years the Howe and Seymour wires were utilized only for contigencies. Construction of Canada Line station boxes has diverted trolley services off Granville indefinitely.
Normally a 17-Oak would be using Cambie Bridge but SkyTrain work has forced this route onto Granville Bridge. A new wire on Hemlock and a new power/coast switch at Fourth and Fir have been installed to facilitate the diversion.
Note the "Whaling Wall" by artist Robert Wyland (visible only in the enlarged version of this photo). |
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Flyer 2713 at Fourth and Pine. It feels funny to call this unit a veteran, but it is. For 25 years, 2713 has been putting mile after mile of the double wire back of its retrievers. And not one of those miles was easy, as riders know.
As delivered, 2713 had anti-glare black around the windshield and the roller window had a black surround. The blue stripe on the front was added later.
E-901/902 Flyers were still running alongside their New Flyer replacements when this was taken in November 2007. This image, the one at left, and the four posted below were made with a salvaged digital camera. |
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On and under Granville Bridge: high-resolution shots of Flyers 2946, 2926, 2743 and 2847 |
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