MY VANCOUVER TROLLEYBUS PHOTO COLLECTION
T44 Brill and yours truly Old Flyer's Ghost
Tenth & Granville Loop: Me and Tomatobird 2040, seen accompanying Flyer's Last Run. Old Flyer's Ghost attempting Granville Bridge: It's sunset for this Flyer in more ways than one.
Last Run for this guy 2704 in revenue service
Its Last Run: 2704 has just powered a switch and is heading for the Granville/Broadway left-turn bay. 2704 Doin' Revenue: SkyTrain work at Granville Station shoved the #4 route onto Howe Street.
Almost on my back for this shot Rectifier in left rear
Chunky 2878: The wires used to be on the cloverleaf north of the old Pac Press building (demolished). Juice Generator: The Fir St. Rectifier Station (left) still energizes the Bridge and the wires leading to it.
Heading off Granville Bridge Left white for possible adverts Less than consisten numbering style
Angry sky: 2870 and 2761 make a Chevy sandwich on Flyer bread.  The routes were shoved onto Seymour by Canada Line construction work. Plain Jayne 2910: I liked the all-white livery.  Translink stopped applying ads to retiring Flyers and many ran all white.  The Fir rectifier building is behind me. Take It Easy: Seen coming onto the bridge from 5th, 2741 had both grime and nonregulation fleet numbers to make it look worn out.
About to "coast" a switch From a doughnut shop
Coastin': 2769 is about to "coast" a switch prior to turning left at 4th Avenue to go to the University of B.C.  The switch was recently installed, and allows TBs coming off the bridge on a provisional 17-Oak routing to loop eastward and drive up Hemlock toward Broadway. If you look closely, 2769's rope catcher has been seriously bent, probably by a pole whipping downward after a dewirement.  New Flyers have much stronger ones. D'oh!-nuts: I was enjoying a nice cuppa coffee and one of the tasty toroids in a Tim Horton's shop when 2835 went by on Pender St.  This atmospheric shot was the result.  An old nightclub, the Arctic, used to be right here.  The Arctic was where Rolf "Tie Me Kangaroo Down" Harris got his break in show biz.
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