All Aboard - The Construction and Grand Opening of Calgary's CTrain (1981)

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10 ай бұрын

Produced by Mach 2 Film Productions Limited for the Public Information Department and Transportation Department. The City of Calgary
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@CalGarian-qn9pw Ай бұрын

legend has it Mayor Klein drove that C-Train right to the King Eddy for a beer.

@mikedrown2721 8 ай бұрын

I was here in 1974 and went up in the Calgary Tower. Wow!.... the city sure has changed!

@MrZics Ай бұрын

The city right now is around 3x the population it was then

@garneybaker Ай бұрын

It was later found that the wheel flange profile on the wheels supplied by Simmons were not compatible with the std AREA 100lb #8 switch points that were installed on the South leg. Many derailments were encountered when maintenance on the downtown tunnel, near Stampede Station, forced the use of single track running. Modified Samson style points were developed jointly between the City of Calgary, Pacific Northern Rail Contractors, and EGB Manufacturing of Cochrane Alberta. Many sets of these points are still in service on the South leg.

@CalgaryBen Ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this blast from the past! Especially seeing old landmarks, businesses, etc. that are now a distant memory. I liked that that there were a few tunnels and elevated portions to minimize interfaces with motor vehicle traffic (with the exceptions at 25/36/50/58/61 Ave). It's too bad they didn't spend the money to further reduce at-grade intersections. I can't count how many vehicle-vs-train accidents have happened over the years, especially in the NE along 36 Street. I'd love to see a documentary on the underground tunnel under City Hall and along Stephen Avenue, and the viability of that. I remember Mayor Bronconnier putting lots of energy/money into reviving/developing the tunnel for use on the west leg, before the floods of 2013.

@BLAKHARTFILM 20 күн бұрын

I was a bus driver for the City of Calgary in 1981 and saw a lot of issues with the C-train (Crash-train). Accidents, derailments, fire, that never made the news. Seems King Klein had a lot of pull with the local media (he was previously a journalist).

@CnekYT 9 ай бұрын

oh wow this is really cool, is there any kind of video for the 1985 Northeast leg?

@TonyVRailfanning 4 ай бұрын

It’s a shame the city did not truly see growth in the LRT only making the stations downtown and some other stations long enough for 3 cars, that really put a stranglehold on its ability to carry its potential to 5 cars. The city had to rebuild all new platforms 10 years ago unlike Edmontons who opened 4 years earlier and were all 5 car capable

@renegaderabbit222 4 ай бұрын

they are now 4 car platforms in Calgary not 5, 7th ave does not have long enough blocks for 5 cars

@user-vh9sb8yi5s 4 ай бұрын

In 1981, the first line of the C-Train line is the South One. 4 years later the Northeast line and 2 years later the Northwest line.

@DavidBale-vn4op 17 күн бұрын

We can't seem to do that anymore build.

@rodcappon6249 26 күн бұрын

How long after is opened did it take for the c-train to suffer it first derailment. About 15 seconds, The opening ceremony signaled the opening of the line by driving a train through a ribbon. the new Mayor Ralph Klein was at the control of said train and he was a little aggressive driving the train. The result was the moment he hit the first switch the train derailed. That incident was quietly swept under the rug.

@okjeffy6581 9 ай бұрын

Look at how far we have come since 1980. And I live in Toronto.

@goldenhourkodak 5 ай бұрын

We have not come far at all. We pretty much stopped progress after this. And you should know, Toronto has a way more robust and large transit system. In Calgary you are screwed if you do not woke or live near a train and have no choice but to drive everywhere.

@DavidBale-vn4op 17 күн бұрын

TTC is the best. Edmonton tries harder than Calgary in transit.

@DavidBale-vn4op 17 күн бұрын

The bridge collapse over the elbow river late in construction. Should have buried it downtown like Edmonton did.

@Johnforreal Ай бұрын

Super cool vid

@KevinVeroneau 3 ай бұрын

The city seemed much more optimistic back then. Much more full of life.

@altrag 24 күн бұрын

Calgary (and Alberta more broadly) were hit hard in 2009 when Obama opened up fracking in the US. Right after the already downturned market caused by the 2008 financial crash. Within about 2 years the price of oil went from over $100/barrel to less than $40. The oil sands projects all stalled as that stuff is too expensive to produce, and the traditional oil and gas was far less profitable than it had been only a couple years earlier. That finally started to recover by the mid-late 2010s, just in time for the next double-whammy of increasing climate awareness around the world and then covid. The former in particular is going to be challenging as it means the entire oil and gas industry is on a bit of a death spiral. It's not dead yet but it's only a matter of time. I've been saying for years that Alberta needs to diversify its industry, but as I'm just some nobody on the internet (who no longer even lives in the province), they've been stubbornly unwilling to listen to my pleas. Instead they just keep doubling down over and over again on trying to keep their singularly prioritized industry hobbling along in a world that is becoming less and less interested in the products they're selling, and doing irreparable harm to both the environment and their own economy in the meantime as they funnel more and more public dollars toward subsidizing no-longer-competitive businesses in the hopes that they will recover "some day".

@matthewbrown8486 7 ай бұрын

ALL ABOARD!

@brettpearce4298 3 ай бұрын

Calgary Mayor Rod Sykes Council is to thank for the first leg of the LRT being approved in 1976. He’s still in Calgary at a youthful 94 years old. He also wants to #recallgondek