Glid4500 From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 587 posts, RR: 8 Posted (3 years 4 months 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 12612 times:
Lets keep the thread alive. I'll start by posting some of my shots of buses, trains, etc.
2009 NABI 45C.05 LFW "CompoBus"
LACMTA # 8384 at Van Nuys & Foothill ( Pacoima, Ca )
The bus body is made in Hungary. They are then shipped to the other NABI facility in Anniston, Alabama where the seats, powertrain, doors, and other components are put together. The buses are then driven from Alabama to California.
Czbbflier From Canada, joined Jul 2006, 933 posts, RR: 2 Reply 2, posted (3 years 4 months 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 12561 times:
Glid!
Welcome back, buddy! I've missed you!
My guess is that the bus you're driving is the last one in that line....
I'm back doing the Number 7 so I often find myself here at Nanaimo Station. I'm inserting an older picture for a little bus eye-candy.
Although it's not July when this picture was taken, it might as well be.... temperatures are regularly hitting 10+ celsius right now.... and that is wreaking havoc on the snow on Cypress Mountain for the Winter Olympics. Cherry blossoms are easily 8 weeks ahead and there's a magnolia tree that's ready to break into blossom too- and that shouldn't happen until mid-April!!!!
Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 38505 posts, RR: 80 Reply 3, posted (3 years 4 months 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 12502 times:
Quoting Glid4500 (Thread starter): 2009 NABI 45C.05 LFW "CompoBus"
LACMTA # 8384 at Van Nuys & Foothill ( Pacoima, Ca )
The bus body is made in Hungary. They are then shipped to the other NABI facility in Anniston, Alabama where the seats, powertrain, doors, and other components are put together. The buses are then driven from Alabama to California.
Allrite From Australia, joined Aug 2007, 1409 posts, RR: 3 Reply 6, posted (3 years 4 months 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 12432 times:
Only got photos from September last year.
September 2009. A Type 82 EMU at Kuala Lumpur's Stesen Sentral in operation, but pulled by a diesel locomotive with what I suspect is a generator to supply electricity for the airconditioning. KTM seemed to cancel every second service.
Very noisy and smoky diesel electric hauled service, probably destined for Singapore, passes through the Mid-Valley commuter station in Kuala Lumpur in September 2009.
CityRail commuter train at Sutherland Station, Sydney, in the big dust storm in September.
Czbbflier From Canada, joined Jul 2006, 933 posts, RR: 2 Reply 7, posted (3 years 4 months 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 12408 times:
Today, the City of Vancouver and Bombardier officially opened the "Olympic Line" between Olympic Village SkyTrain Station on the Canada Line and Granville Island.
Brussels was very kind to lend to us these to brand-new Bombardier Flexity trams. The city and Bombardier are trying to shame the regional transit authority, Translink, into funding these amazing trains I imagine. I rode on it during my spread earlier today (Jan 21st). Turns out it was being driven (Eastward) with a recently retired transit operator who chased me up and down Cambie Street on the 15 last Spring! Thanks for the great time, Gabe!
Me in front of the tram at Granville Island Station.
The interior cab- taken at Olympic Village Station. (All the writing is in French, but for us square-head Anglos, we've added the tape instructions. Just off the right edge of the photo there's a switch marked "Don't touch this"!
Seb146 From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 9827 posts, RR: 17 Reply 8, posted (3 years 4 months 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 12386 times:
Here are a couple of my contributions. Origionally, I had sent these to my brother, who is very interested in mass transit, so I never thought they would end up here, but:
Santa Rosa Transit Center. Usually visited by four different agencies (Golden Gate Transit, Sonoma County Transit, VINE, and Santa Rosa CityBus) but, on a Wednesday afternoon, it is pretty slow.
Sonoma County Transit. They have longer buses than this, but this one happened to pull into Santa Rosa Tranist Center as I was walking by. Hence the wierd angle.
One of the new Santa Rosa CityBus buses. They have the short version and the long version. I like the paint scheme on these much better than the old boring blue and white. Yes, I was driving, so the oppotunity came quickly. Also, one of these was not at the transit center.
Two car N-Judah MUNI train near Parnassus. They are a bit like the old Type I MAX trains in Portland, but shorter.
AznMadSci From United States of America, joined Dec 2007, 3542 posts, RR: 5 Reply 9, posted (3 years 4 months 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 12383 times:
Quoting Czbbflier (Reply 7): Today, the City of Vancouver and Bombardier officially opened the "Olympic Line" between Olympic Village SkyTrain Station on the Canada Line and Granville Island.
I must make a trip to catch this cute lil streetcar! Guess I didn't notice the construction when I walked around the Olympic Village station.
Here's my contrribution from a recent trip to Seattle:
Arriving at Westlake Station
Train depot area close to Beacon Hill station
Inside the Link trains.
The journey of life is not based on the accomplishments, but the experience.
I don't have any pictures of my own, but I do have news on Hamburg's U-Bahn network. From this May until October, as part of Brückenschlag 2010, the viaduct on line U3 between Baumwall and Rödingsmarkt will be closed. The almost 100 year old viaduct will be torn down and replaced with a brandnew viaduct, with part of the track between the two stations changed, in order to reduce noise and make the turn less tight. The current viaduct is probably one of the tightest turns that exists in any subway/tube/metro/U-Bahn network in existence and it can only be passed with a vMax of 30 km/h (about 20 mph).
People may be instructed to switch to the S-Bahn if they wish to go from station Landungsbrücken to Central Station or to Rathaus (though from U3 station Rathaus, they have to go through the tunnel that connects station Rathaus with Jungfernstieg, station of lines U1, U2, S1, S2 and S3). This could have an impact on those heading to the Dom, as well as to the upcoming 2010 World Cup Fanfest at the Heiligengeistfeld. So, for those visiting Hamburg anytime soon and wanting to feel what I mean with the current viaduct between Baumwall and Rödingsmarkt on line U3, you have time until this May to experience that tight turn yourselves.
StasisLAX From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 3266 posts, RR: 6 Reply 11, posted (3 years 4 months 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 12360 times:
The Phoenix, Arizona light rail system in action!
Metro Light Rail - Phoenix, AZ
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety!" B.Franklin
Cptkrell From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 2556 posts, RR: 14 Reply 13, posted (3 years 4 months 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 12333 times:
Springbok 747; the solar powered Tindo bus you posted (Reply 4) looks like the designers might have been inspired a bit by Luigi Colani. Any idea if the New Zealand manufacturer used him as a design consultant or if it was an "in-house" project? Regards...jack
This picture shows an U3 train which just left Baumwall station, Rödingsmarkt bound.
Hope the new viaduct will keep the old shape... Would be a shame to have it replaced with a non-steel construction.
From the articel: "Die neue Brücke stellt auch eine optische Aufwertung dar."
"The new bridge will come with an optical improvement" - uh oh
Slightly off topic, the harbour as seen from Övelgönne
Keep Condor my Condor ~ Gib "airberlin" keine Chance!
Springbok747 From Australia, joined Nov 2004, 4387 posts, RR: 13 Reply 17, posted (3 years 4 months 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 12225 times:
Quoting Cptkrell (Reply 13): Springbok 747; the solar powered Tindo bus you posted (Reply 4) looks like the designers might have been inspired a bit by Luigi Colani. Any idea if the New Zealand manufacturer used him as a design consultant or if it was an "in-house" project? Regards...jack
LH459 From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 886 posts, RR: 1 Reply 18, posted (3 years 4 months 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 12220 times:
By coincidence, a friend just sent me a gallery of public transit vehicles from a very unlikely place: North Korea! Feast your eyes on Pyongyang's public transit (which, incidentally, will look very familiar to some Europeans...)
"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is temporary; the evil it does is permanent" - Ghandi
Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 38505 posts, RR: 80 Reply 19, posted (3 years 4 months 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 12217 times:
Quoting LH459 (Reply 18): By coincidence, a friend just sent me a gallery of public transit vehicles from a very unlikely place: North Korea! Feast your eyes on Pyongyang's public transit (which, incidentally, will look very familiar to some Europeans...)
...and probably a lot more reliable than San Francisco MUNI trains & buses.
Fabo From Slovakia, joined Aug 2005, 1111 posts, RR: 1 Reply 21, posted (3 years 4 months 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 12202 times:
Quoting LH459 (Reply 18): (which, incidentally, will look very familiar to some Europeans...)
Indeed!
Those trams are my (almost) daily bread, CKD Tatra T3 and KT8!
Now, the first trolleybus recognize I not, but second is most likely a Jelcz or older model of Ikarus. Seems like they operate a fleet of more or less "own" designs as well.
The light at the end of tunnel turn out to be a lighted sing saying NO EXIT
LH459 From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 886 posts, RR: 1 Reply 23, posted (3 years 4 months 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 12172 times:
Quoting Fabo (Reply 21): Those trams are my (almost) daily bread, CKD Tatra T3 and KT8!
Yes! These trams ran in East Germany as well, and some were still operating in Berlin when I was at university there in the mid to late 90s.
Quoting Fabo (Reply 21): Now, the first trolleybus recognize I not, but second is most likely a Jelcz or older model of Ikarus. Seems like they operate a fleet of more or less "own" designs as well.
I thought I recognized an Ikarus as well, but supposedly all of these vehicles were build in the DPRK. I assume they bought or traded for the designs back in the COMECON days (though I don't believe they ever joined?)
"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is temporary; the evil it does is permanent" - Ghandi
LASoctoberB6 From Japan, joined Nov 2006, 2380 posts, RR: 1 Reply 24, posted (3 years 4 months 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 12133 times:
2009 NewFlyer C40LFR
1999 NABI 40LFW
2005 NewFlyer D60LF
1998 NABI 436.08 60SFW
2001 NewFlyer C40LF
[NOT IN SERVICE] {WEStJet}
25 LASoctoberB6: Oh, I forgot one.. 2008 Wright StreetCar RTV ACE and ACE Express will begin service on 10MAR.
26 Seb146: Which are......? The only ACE I know of is Altamont Commuter Express train which runs between Stockton and San Jose. The one time I rode MUNI train w
27 Superfly: Almost always works perfect between those stops. It's all underground at that point. You probably won't notice too many screw ups since UCSF is relat
28 TZ757300: Found an interesting page with a picture of the NYC subway, at a possible time when it wasn't open yet (1904). http://www.shorpy.com/node/7503?size=_o
29 LTU932: While on the subject of old pictures: http://www.hamburger-untergrundbahn.de/met-hh-bta.htm These are pictures that show the old Berliner Tor station
30 LASoctoberB6: http://rtcsnv.com/transit/ace/faq.cfm from Wiki (I know personally the guy who puts the info up, it's legit.)- * ACE Gold Line: Bus Rapid Transit (BR
31 Seb146: Yesterday, I had a transit adventure. I rode BART from Richmond to Powell. I then transferred from BART to MUNI and rode to Church station. There was
32 LH459: Yes, another Muni meltdown during rush hour! It was all over the news yesterday morning. Bad neighborhoods are easy to avoid in Oakland, but Richmond
33 glid4500: Those AC Transit VanHools are the ugliest buses in their fleet. Since Rick Fernandez is gone, we might see some North American buses back on the stre
34 glid4500: Gotta love a good-ole' RTS 1991 TMC RTS T80206 Montebello Bus Lines #9295 Detroit Diesel S50EGR engine & Allison V731 transmission 2009 NABI 42BRT
35 seb146: I love those! Golden Gate Transit still runs those all over Marin County. There is a private one on the west end of Fairfax that I am guessing is bei
36 Bohica: The rule of thumb when driving through Richmond, CA is if your car breaks down, keep driving.
37 glid4500: This is the bus that I currently own. Besides my car, Its my other toy !!! Its a 1981 GMC RTS T8J204. This bus was part of the Los Angeles MTA fleet b
38 ACDC8: I'm trying to get my boss to see if BC Transit could order a couple of these for us ... http://www.gizmag.com/stagecoach-amphibious-bus-amfibus/14130/
39 LOT767-300ER: Here we go, let me post some of my stuff I havent looked at more than once hehe: Some bus in Dublin: Some transport in London: Some transport in Amste
40 Superfly: Once you get stuck in the rough parts of Oakland, it's hard to find a freeway on-ramp to the freeway to get out. Are there any major US cities that h
41 racko: Tram in Marseille: Frankfurt has the same trams as Adelaide, Bombardier Flexity Boring:
42 Fabo: Those are actually pretty recent. Mid 90s.
43 LASOctoberB6: I know, right?! I'll stick with the D60LFs we have here and call it a day. You should see the mess they've made with the "dedicated lane" crap that i
44 czbbflier: You obviously missed my post (#7). These Flexity Trams are a massive success in Vancouver! Practical, comfortable- I'd take them over the massive box
45 sw733: Ah come on, it's great. I love it because it's so different. I learned Hungarian at a very young age, and am not fully fluent but pretty darn good...
46 Braniff747SP: Do you drive it for Transit Systems, or you just have not re-painted it, and use the "bowl shuttle" titles? And by they way, where do you keep such a
47 seb146: Funky. My partner had a meeting in SJC today, so I tagged along. I found out it would be near one of the VTA light rail stations, so I played around
48 MadameConcorde: For all train lovers Steam nostalgia http://rgcx.com/SteamNostalgia/
49 racko: I know their practical and comfortable - I just think they look terribly boring compared to e.g. French trams, where every city has its own sophistic
50 seb146: I am curious: What do those trams sound like inside? PDX and Tacoma both use Skoda trams as streetcars and they are loud inside. Bombardier built mos
51 czbbflier: They are almost silent- but then again these demo trams glides along at a stately 35 km/h (20mph)- it was going faster, 40 km/h, until they had a lit
52 glid4500: I dont drive for transit systems. I bought this off from that company. This bus was neglected for quite some time with them. Yesterday, I high-pressu
53 czbbflier: Wow, Glid- that's quite the improvement! Self gloss here... my first YouTube video upload: a short exposé on the Flexity tram in Vancouver. You'll fi
54 Braniff747SP: Sure... Where abouts there? Do you park it at some bus yard?
55 A342: Can confirm that. Here in Augsburg, Germany, Bombardier Flexity Trams were introduced a few weeks or months ago (though they're calles CityFlex here,
56 Braniff747SP: And this is your bus, correct? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d4dbkN7FlE
58 Braniff747SP: I like it! Now, I for sure want to go for a ride! I, like you, like all things transportation.
59 glid4500: I traded that bus on friday for something better .... a 1980 GMC RTS, ex- Orange County Transit Authority # 3096. Although I do miss 9034 ... 3096 is
60 af773atmsp: Here is a video I took today of a Hiawatha light rail train departing the Humphrey Terminal station: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALg-qPDtkLE The Am
61 Braniff747SP: Here are a couple of Madrid buses: An Iveco Hispano (I was on one of these, in a big accident, while I was on board) I'm actually in this one, but don
62 Braniff747SP: Here is a few more, pulled directly from their fleet page, which by the way is very detailed in specs, only in Spanish, though...
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