Hey! I bike the exact same route that these trams did almost every day, along with thousands of others of commuters and public-space enjoyers. Way more than the amount of people that the rail line was attracting before it was decommissioned in the 2000s! Trust me I kind of miss hearing the train horn bellowing periodically throughout the day, but I enjoy the greenway a hell of a lot more.
@@VinylToVideo I bike 99% of the time on the seawall and/or the greenway. So I apologize very much for utilizing Vancouver's infrastructure exactly how it is being used you dick
@@VancouverDave i dont it has changed much except that instead of rails you got rubber and Asphalt. The Trolly buses that run in Vancouver are essentially Tram cars
@@thegreatcanadianlumberjack5307 as long as they have dedicated lanes and don’t run on diesel…. Then yes, they’d be desirable enough to get more(not all) people out of their cars.
My best guesses: 3:38 is 16th ave. At 4:30 it passes the Hydro substation at 25th. 5:42 is 37th ? 6:25 is 41st. 7:14 is 49th, 8:00 is 57th. by 9:00 we are south of 70th
I love this old footage my Dad was a lineman for CP Rail he told me lots of crazy stories lol Trains are awesome My Son drove one years ago ( a big train ) He was about 5 years old the freaking power when that engine fired up it was unreal. That was a experience 😊
Such a shame that the City of Vancouver can't even bother to keep even one of these interurbans preserved and running on the Downtown Historic Railway.
I bike that corridor as well, but life isn't always about the speed of your commute. It's a preservation of Vancouver history, which in the railway's case only costed the city $50k a year as it was entirely run by volunteers.
@@VermillionDawn Ok what's better though: $50k a year so a handful of history buffs can fawn over a dilapidating piece of 1900s infrastructure, or revitalize the corridor and attract thousands of residents daily to enjoy the historic route? Trust me I was one of the few people who actually walked/biked along the train tracks when they still existed, sure it was expensive as hell to purchase, but thousands of daily users will pay off the cost through appreciation and intrinsic value that the greenway instills in its users.
All the whining "What about traffic, what if the bike falls into a rut..." Funny people in 1949 seemed to handle sharing the road with cars, motorcycles, trains, and pedestrians just fine.
Well, now that there is a whole ton of more people it's not as easy as it was back in the 40s. The roads weren't as congested which made the BCER possible.
This is remarkable footage in surprisingly good shape! I only wish someone had added small location captions as is very hard to identify where we are in the first part of the film. The areas shown have been completely rebuilt since the last days of trolleys
2:46 is Broadway, 3:39 is W 16th Ave 4:27 is just before King Edwards Ave 4:30 is the Transformer that is still in the same place today, and behind that in the distance is the old Quilchena Golf club which was 3-4 times bigger than the current Quilchena park and extended almost from 33rd Avenue all the way to King Edwards. 4:54 is W 33rd Avenue, 5:35 is W 37th Ave, 6:02 is W 41st Avenue & Arbutus Street, 7:25 is West 49th and the rest 7:58 is W 57th Ave And then 9:00 onwards is down near Granville Street by the Fraser River
@@carmium For sure. I'm doing a school project on the Arbutus Corridor so my knowledge of the area is at peak capacity right now, glad this knowledge achieved more than just a decent grade...
There was an Interurban line that ran from Hastings and Abbott to Chilliwack. We had more effective transit in Vancouver in the 1940s than we do now!
It would have been better, yes. Daver, keep in mind that they would have been upgraded over time.
Hey! I bike the exact same route that these trams did almost every day, along with thousands of others of commuters and public-space enjoyers. Way more than the amount of people that the rail line was attracting before it was decommissioned in the 2000s! Trust me I kind of miss hearing the train horn bellowing periodically throughout the day, but I enjoy the greenway a hell of a lot more.
@@VinylToVideo I bike 99% of the time on the seawall and/or the greenway. So I apologize very much for utilizing Vancouver's infrastructure exactly how it is being used you dick
@@VancouverDave i dont it has changed much except that instead of rails you got rubber and Asphalt. The Trolly buses that run in Vancouver are essentially Tram cars
@@thegreatcanadianlumberjack5307 as long as they have dedicated lanes and don’t run on diesel…. Then yes, they’d be desirable enough to get more(not all) people out of their cars.
My best guesses:
3:38 is 16th ave.
At 4:30 it passes the Hydro substation at 25th.
5:42 is 37th ?
6:25 is 41st.
7:14 is 49th,
8:00 is 57th.
by 9:00 we are south of 70th
I love this old footage my Dad was a lineman for CP Rail he told me lots of crazy stories lol Trains are awesome My Son drove one years ago ( a big train ) He was about 5 years old the freaking power when that engine fired up it was unreal. That was a experience 😊
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wonderful footage, to bad there is no running commentary as to locatios
This is awesome. It sent shivers up my spine seeing old footage of a time way before I was born in an area that I am relatively familiar with. ^_^
Such a shame that the City of Vancouver can't even bother to keep even one of these interurbans preserved and running on the Downtown Historic Railway.
Average Joe There is a BCER interurban running on the weekends out in Surrey/Cloverdale.
Lol I can bike from one end of the old arbutus corridor interurban to the other end faster than the train went... Good riddance!
I bike that corridor as well, but life isn't always about the speed of your commute. It's a preservation of Vancouver history, which in the railway's case only costed the city $50k a year as it was entirely run by volunteers.
@@VermillionDawn Ok what's better though: $50k a year so a handful of history buffs can fawn over a dilapidating piece of 1900s infrastructure, or revitalize the corridor and attract thousands of residents daily to enjoy the historic route? Trust me I was one of the few people who actually walked/biked along the train tracks when they still existed, sure it was expensive as hell to purchase, but thousands of daily users will pay off the cost through appreciation and intrinsic value that the greenway instills in its users.
Now it's a greenway.
Thank you. This is terrific.
that transit corridor is lost
Nope, more people use it now to bike/run/walk than when it was a tram line...
All the whining "What about traffic, what if the bike falls into a rut..." Funny people in 1949 seemed to handle sharing the road with cars, motorcycles, trains, and pedestrians just fine.
Well, now that there is a whole ton of more people it's not as easy as it was back in the 40s. The roads weren't as congested which made the BCER possible.
Julian, ironically, trams can reduce congestion. Cars ARE congestion
Cars in 1949 typically couldnt go from 0-60 in 3 seconds though... It was easy to keep track of your surroundings when everyone is going 30km/h
This is remarkable footage in surprisingly good shape! I only wish someone had added small location captions as is very hard to identify where we are in the first part of the film. The areas shown have been completely rebuilt since the last days of trolleys
2:46 is Broadway, 3:39 is W 16th Ave 4:27 is just before King Edwards Ave 4:30 is the Transformer that is still in the same place today, and behind that in the distance is the old Quilchena Golf club which was 3-4 times bigger than the current Quilchena park and extended almost from 33rd Avenue all the way to King Edwards. 4:54 is W 33rd Avenue, 5:35 is W 37th Ave, 6:02 is W 41st Avenue & Arbutus Street, 7:25 is West 49th and the rest 7:58 is W 57th Ave And then 9:00 onwards is down near Granville Street by the Fraser River
@@andrewjensen8189 Excellent! I'll have to watch this now, two years later, with your guide at hand! Thanks.
@@carmium For sure. I'm doing a school project on the Arbutus Corridor so my knowledge of the area is at peak capacity right now, glad this knowledge achieved more than just a decent grade...
What was their route from downtown to the Arbutus Corridor? Did they use the Granville Street or Burrard Street Bridges?
The Kitsilano Trestle. It was torn down in the early 80s.
Thanks, YY.
Arbutus x 16th Ave around 3:50
1:39 no powerlines above? explain?
see them sorry
There is an overhead trolley wire, you just can not see them. Quality is too poor.
please notice you cant see any cables
that was manufactured by gm to get rid of the trains and replace them with busses.
49 short skirt