"Old Flyer" and New Flyer Trolley Action in Vancouver

Sidelined: Say hello to 2101, the fleet service test unit.  I thought it was renumbered from 2100 but that's not so.

Streetcar tracks? You decide.  It's 4th and Fir;  north is right and the tracks led to the Burrard Bridge shops.

Photos don't get any better: 2107 merges onto the G-Bridge from Howe in perfect photo conditions.  Even my timing was good.  The camera has too much shutter lag.

Spic-n-Span: The M&J guys adorned their car wash with a robot made out of a discarded boiler and old pipe.  It's on the roof above the blue car.

Good Idea, 99: Again it's 2946 "Cab in Front" (see previous page).  Here she's descending northbound on G-Bridge.  Highway 99 is the "Sea to Sky" road to the Whistler winter resort.

Canadian Sunset: An unidentified E901 coasts down the Seymour ramp from Granville Bridge.  Note the well-strung Web of Intrigue overhead.  Speedier drivers put a lot of faith in their poles.

Hail Mary: Artic 2514 shows how she manages those tough straightaways as she passes Holy Rosary Cathedral on Richards Street.  The Victoria route.was the first to receive New Flyer artics.

Just a roster shot: I imaged 2503 from the parkade across from the BC Telephone Building on Seymour.  To get here, she has turned N/B off Robson just to the right of frame.  Robson Street between Richards and Seymour is a strategic focus of the system, and a lousy place to have a dewirement during peak hours.  But it happens.  Quite often, too.

Bendy Boy: Hastings Street runs left to right here, and artic 2516 is turning onto Richards S/B.  She's making a good show of sideswiping the bike lane.  Like the diesel artics, the 2500's are propelled by the axles in the rear section and have a complex anti-jackknife system.  The Gastown tourist district is down the hill in back.

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