@[VUT] Windows XP TWO I dont think ever It basically doubles as the SkyTrains little theme tune and its super iconic. There would be HUGE backlash if the takeoff chime was ever changed and theres no reason to.
I commute to and from New West station nearly every day, yet I didn't even recognize it in this video! It's also really interesting to see which buildings and other landmarks existed back then are still around today. Thanks for sharing!
I am glad you are getting some interesting information out of my already historic recording. The reason for me to take the video at that time was a very good friend of mine (the man on crutches, long deceased). He was interested in anything concerning trains and came up from Phoenix, Arizona to see the new technology used on the Sky-Train first hand.
If this was 1990 I was 11 years old. I still live in the same home I was born in. King Edward Ave & Main St. Windsor Meats has been across the street from my home for as long as I can remember.
Whauuu. I from Argentina. Visit to vancouver in september-october 2016. I like you video. Vancouver is magnific cite. It's video 10 point...exelent. My ingles is basic.
Damian, I am pleased you like the video and I am happy you liked Vancouver too. I have visited Buenos Aires and Ushuaia in 2004 during a cruise and I think Argentina has beautiful places too. Your English is better than my Spanish. Buenos Dias
I love how you can see the spur of track at Columbia where the future millenium line would later connect (and now after the split Expo line trains run out to Production Way-University) My job has an office there (but I am not in vancouver myself so I don't work from that office)
The ground level track was part of the central valley branch line of the main line of the interurban railway. How pristine that section was back in 1990.
This video reminds me a lot of when I used to ride SkyTrains with my dad when I was young. I like how similar (the classic Mark I noise and stations), yet at the same time, different (the announcements), the SkyTrain system was back then. Thanks for uploading this video.
Nostalgia and progress are funny things. Sometimes they show you how things have improved, unfortunately that is not always the case, in fact mostly... Glad you enjoyed it - in a way.
Wow, the old video such are action as 'back to future' for me! :-) I remember what the automated Vancouver Sky Train, in 1986 opened for Expo 1986, was amazing for me. Thanks for sharing it
You are quite right, the future of computer run trains started right here in Vancouver, back in 1986. And they are still adding to the net. Let's see if the new mayor of Surrey will get his way...
In a way you are right Kyle. I recorded the video. The video camera was set to the widest zoom setting it was capable of. Video cameras just did not come with real wide angle lenses in these days..
@@Landsend-Railroad I will of course mention your video and channel, thank you so much! I think it will look really cool to see the same route today, 30 years later compared side by side with your footage.
Sounds like you enjoyed it. Unfortunately video camcorders were not as good as they are now. I had a little tripod propped up behind the center window of the lead car.
I don't think the trains were slow rather than the cinematographer was using a long focal length, or zoomed lens so everything appears closer and more importantly the depth is compressed so peripheral vision movement appears slow.
If this was 1990 I was 11 years old. I still live in the same home I was born in. King Edward Ave & Main St. Windsor Meats has been across the street from my home for as long as I can remember.
Joyce, Broadway, Main Street and Stadium station was named in 1985 But later Joyce-Collingwood, Commercial-Broadway, Main Street-Science World and Stadium-Chinatown stations were renamed
I was studying at UBC for my Master in Civil Engineering in 1990. There was only one line of the SkyTrain, and it did not serve UBC. I resided at the Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) Residence on Heather and 12th Street, and the rent was only CDN $230 per room per month. Vancouver was the third expensive city ( in terms of rent rate) in Canada after Toronto and Montreal. The city is now the most expensive in the country. I took the No. 9 or No. 10 bus to UBC. I only used the SkyTrain to go to Metrotown or downtown Vancouver, but that was after a sort bus ride from Broadway and Heather Street to the nearest SkyTrain station (I forget the name). It was more convenient for me to ride my mountain bike from VGH Residence to downtown than to take the SkyTrain. I graduated in May 1992 and returned home to Malaysia.
I can see that my video from that time slot has brought back memories for you. Those were the good old times! A lot has changed since then, some of it not for the better. Makes me glad I posted it and to hear from you.
Great video! Awesome to see a throwback of the SkyTrain. Out of curiosity, when did trains stop operating on the former BCER which was the ground-level track?
Back when BC transit was operating the transit in the lower mainland too. Now they are operating only in the interior. There weren’t any “Next Station” announcements either which sounds weird except on Main st.
I can not be sure, but I believe the switch and dead end was placed for operational reasons during the bridge construction. Note: There is no equivalent switch on the eastbound track. However, an extension plan must have been considered at the time, I noticed that the retaining wall on the right, immediately after the tunnel is set back, possibly to make room for that second switch and the east-bound Millennium extension.
Switch 44 on the inbound was built when the original extension was built to Scott Road station. It was just a spur track that went up and ended flush at a retaining wall supporting a street that used to be directly above where the tunnel portal entrance is today. It was occasionally used for storage of a train but not often. When the millennium line extension was built the west side retaining wall had to be slightly moved snd the track realigned slightly in order to accommodate the actual engineering plan. Hence it's not quite the same as it was. Switch 45 on the outbound track was not built, and it's construction began in May 1999 and along with cutting out the existing guideway slabs, took two months to complete. Single tracking service occurred on the line between Scott Road station and Columbia station for all hours of operation seven days a week for this two months period.
They are in deed fairly quiet and the rail joints are welded. I do not know if the axles have any effect on the lack of noise. What is missing on the skytrain is the growl of the motors and the gears. Since they use linear motors (aluminum plates between rails and a frequency controlled magnet under the cars) there is no gear noise, but a melodical changing of frequency can be heard when they accelerate.
Yes there is an industrial line running along the same corridor. In fact it was this alignment that the new sky train followed since the right of way was already established.
34:40 It seems like all the SkyTrains were names "spirit of (some town or city in BC)" at one point. I can find zero info on this but it seems like kind of a nice touch.
There's a list on a site called something like Canadian Transit Wiki. I'm on mobile so can't link it but if you look it up there is a page that lists the number of each car and what BC town name it is.
Nice to see this vintage video of early SkyTrain . Much has changed since 1990 ! Mostly new highrises.
Ding, ding, ding ..... the next station is ....
I think they still have those old trains..
@[VUT] Windows XP TWO
I dont think ever
It basically doubles as the SkyTrains little theme tune and its super iconic. There would be HUGE backlash if the takeoff chime was ever changed and theres no reason to.
I commute to and from New West station nearly every day, yet I didn't even recognize it in this video! It's also really interesting to see which buildings and other landmarks existed back then are still around today. Thanks for sharing!
I am glad you are getting some interesting information out of my already historic recording. The reason for me to take the video at that time was a very good friend of mine (the man on crutches, long deceased). He was interested in anything concerning trains and came up from Phoenix, Arizona to see the new technology used on the Sky-Train first hand.
❤😊 I really did enjoy this video... I have never have been on anything like this in my life... I bet everything has changed a lot in 34 years....
This is pure gold. Thanks for posting!
I thought it was unique. Not too many people were taking video in these days. Glad you like it.
Look at how tiny the platforms are! Back then the Skytrain was like a people mover. Broadway is a heavy-duty subway station now.
I miss this Vancouver.
So do I. These were more peaceful days.
If this was 1990 I was 11 years old.
I still live in the same home I was born in.
King Edward Ave & Main St.
Windsor Meats has been across the street from my home for as long as I can remember.
Amazing video. So cool to see Vancouver how it was back in the day.
Whauuu. I from Argentina. Visit to vancouver in september-october 2016. I like you video. Vancouver is magnific cite.
It's video 10 point...exelent.
My ingles is basic.
Damian, I am pleased you like the video and I am happy you liked Vancouver too.
I have visited Buenos Aires and Ushuaia in 2004 during a cruise and I think Argentina has beautiful places too.
Your English is better than my Spanish.
Buenos Dias
I love how you can see the spur of track at Columbia where the future millenium line would later connect (and now after the split Expo line trains run out to Production Way-University) My job has an office there (but I am not in vancouver myself so I don't work from that office)
The ground level track was part of the central valley branch line of the main line of the interurban railway. How pristine that section was back in 1990.
During the 80s I was riding in a rail truck over that track for a research project, It was in good shape then.
@33:01, "6-Car Train To: Scott Road" nice one lol
I totally dont remember 6 car trains being used much back then.
I do remember the 2-car trains on sundays!
Reminds me of the BART information boards always reading the amount of cars an incoming train has.
Dude the two cars are millennium lines
Awesome video! Thanks for making it!
This video reminds me a lot of when I used to ride SkyTrains with my dad when I was young. I like how similar (the classic Mark I noise and stations), yet at the same time, different (the announcements), the SkyTrain system was back then. Thanks for uploading this video.
Nostalgia and progress are funny things. Sometimes they show you how things have improved, unfortunately that is not always the case, in fact mostly... Glad you enjoyed it - in a way.
25:50 "not too many high rises in Vancouver, eh?" lol
It looks very different now. A lot has happened in 28 years.
Lol the kid
2 months old when this video was made
That was true in the ‘90’s but that’s changed
If only. They spoiled the view lmao
Back when Vancouver was a fun place to be, and a lot more affordable. Things have really changed over the years.
What do you mean Vancouver is still fun? But when it cost I agree with you things back then were much more affordable .
@@user-cf1se1kk5x what’s depressing about Vancouver?.
Wow, the old video such are action as 'back to future' for me! :-) I remember what the automated Vancouver Sky Train, in 1986 opened for Expo 1986, was amazing for me. Thanks for sharing it
You are quite right, the future of computer run trains started right here in Vancouver, back in 1986. And they are still adding to the net. Let's see if the new mayor of Surrey will get his way...
this was filmed a few months after i was born! i miss the coast so much thank you for this
Very forward thinking to record this for your TH-cam audience 30 years ago, hehe! great footage here!
Please don't tell anyone, but I had no idea 30 years ago that TH-cam was coming. Too bad the video quality of these early camcorders was so lousy.
@@Landsend-Railroad The video quality *wasn't* all that bad back then. It's the digitization when uploading that degrades it.
@@ALuimes That is quite true. Every time you go from analog to digital or back again some detail is lost.
In a way you are right Kyle. I recorded the video. The video camera was set to the widest zoom setting it was capable of. Video cameras just did not come with real wide angle lenses in these days..
2:08 Ah the Skybridge. Still the world’s longest transit-only suspension bridge
I did not know that and that record stands for almost 30 years.
Hey there, this such a cool shot and I felt inspired to make a comparison video (1990 vs 2020). Would it be alright if I used your video for this?
You have my permission. However, I ask you to make reference to my video in the intro text. Thanks for asking.
@@Landsend-Railroad I will of course mention your video and channel, thank you so much! I think it will look really cool to see the same route today, 30 years later compared side by side with your footage.
@@AboutHere I can't wait to see it. Please let me know when you have up-loaded it, by placing a note here..
@@Landsend-Railroad I uploaded it today! Latest video on my channel. Thanks so much again :)
Epic. Found the source and how long it took 2 weeks :D th-cam.com/video/E0BM4BgN3q4/w-d-xo.html
I still can't believe some one recorded this ride in the 1990 a lot as changed in Vancouver . Can't believe how slow the trains were then .
Sounds like you enjoyed it. Unfortunately video camcorders were not as good as they are now. I had a little tripod propped up behind the center window of the lead car.
It's still really good quality, especially considering it was 27 years ago now.
I don't think the trains were slow rather than the cinematographer was using a long focal length, or zoomed lens so everything appears closer and more importantly the depth is compressed so peripheral vision movement appears slow.
If this was 1990 I was 11 years old.
I still live in the same home I was born in.
King Edward Ave & Main St.
Windsor Meats has been across the street from my home for as long as I can remember.
Wasn't there a Delicatessen Store "Dussa" near that corner?
@@Landsend-Railroad
If there was, I can’t remember lol
I was so young back in 1990 . I was only 18 years old and very handsome back then. How I wish we all can be 18 again.
Norman, if it helps you, I was older in 1990 then you are now... I wish I could be 50 again. It's all relative.
I remember doing this around this time and I was SIX at the time
I wasn't born yet!
I was 18 in 1990 as well
WOW, a trip back on memory lane 🤗🤗
Once upon a time.
local resident: great for sight-seeing!
Joyce, Broadway, Main Street and Stadium station was named in 1985
But later Joyce-Collingwood, Commercial-Broadway, Main Street-Science World and Stadium-Chinatown stations were renamed
always beautiful vibe so much luv Van
I was studying at UBC for my Master in Civil Engineering in 1990. There was only one line of the SkyTrain, and it did not serve UBC. I resided at the Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) Residence on Heather and 12th Street, and the rent was only CDN $230 per room per month. Vancouver was the third expensive city ( in terms of rent rate) in Canada after Toronto and Montreal. The city is now the most expensive in the country. I took the No. 9 or No. 10 bus to UBC. I only used the SkyTrain to go to Metrotown or downtown Vancouver, but that was after a sort bus ride from Broadway and Heather Street to the nearest SkyTrain station (I forget the name). It was more convenient for me to ride my mountain bike from VGH Residence to downtown than to take the SkyTrain. I graduated in May 1992 and returned home to Malaysia.
I can see that my video from that time slot has brought back memories for you. Those were the good old times! A lot has changed since then, some of it not for the better. Makes me glad I posted it and to hear from you.
Back in 1990's it used to cost me about I think $1.25 now it's like $3.
Inflation exists, try factoring that in.
Great video! Awesome to see a throwback of the SkyTrain. Out of curiosity, when did trains stop operating on the former BCER which was the ground-level track?
The year was 1999 when it shut down
Back when BC transit was operating the transit in the lower mainland too. Now they are operating only in the interior. There weren’t any “Next Station” announcements either which sounds weird except on Main st.
How come they never kept that pattern of Red & Blue seats 😭
CKVU in 1990 became U. TV in Vancouver!
Seems the switch east of Columbia station was already in place (now used for Millenium line extension). Any idea why it was there in 1990? Dead end?
I can not be sure, but I believe the switch and dead end was placed for operational reasons during the bridge construction. Note: There is no equivalent switch on the eastbound track. However, an extension plan must have been considered at the time, I noticed that the retaining wall on the right, immediately after the tunnel is set back, possibly to make room for that second switch and the east-bound Millennium extension.
Switch 44 on the inbound was built when the original extension was built to Scott Road station. It was just a spur track that went up and ended flush at a retaining wall supporting a street that used to be directly above where the tunnel portal entrance is today. It was occasionally used for storage of a train but not often. When the millennium line extension was built the west side retaining wall had to be slightly moved snd the track realigned slightly in order to accommodate the actual engineering plan. Hence it's not quite the same as it was. Switch 45 on the outbound track was not built, and it's construction began in May 1999 and along with cutting out the existing guideway slabs, took two months to complete. Single tracking service occurred on the line between Scott Road station and Columbia station for all hours of operation seven days a week for this two months period.
Now it is served by only the Expo line
Birch Tree correct.
zivan56 I think it's because the extension was planned even back then
Classic Bc Transit logo
those old carts still exist and feel very crampy
And yet, we were all very proud of them in those days.
I heard the Skytrain was known to be quiet as it ran. It was apparently due to the "continuess welded rails" and "articulate axles". Was this true?
They are in deed fairly quiet and the rail joints are welded. I do not know if the axles have any effect on the lack of noise. What is missing on the skytrain is the growl of the motors and the gears. Since they use linear motors (aluminum plates between rails and a frequency controlled magnet under the cars) there is no gear noise, but a melodical changing of frequency can be heard when they accelerate.
The route seems to parallel some sort of local freight line for a goodly portion of the time after crossing the bridge.
Yes there is an industrial line running along the same corridor. In fact it was this alignment that the new sky train followed since the right of way was already established.
32:13
Wait that used to be outside? Ive always known that as being underground
The old rail tunnel always ended out in the open. Only the Station "Waterfront" ended up under that new (at the time) highrise.
34:40
It seems like all the SkyTrains were names "spirit of (some town or city in BC)" at one point. I can find zero info on this but it seems like kind of a nice touch.
It was a nice touch. Now the "Spirit" is gone!
There's a list on a site called something like Canadian Transit Wiki. I'm on mobile so can't link it but if you look it up there is a page that lists the number of each car and what BC town name it is.
Ah the memories
And it is not even 30 years ago.
I remembered that bus fairs were 25 cents each
So was a phone call from a public phone booth. I remember in 1959 Fish and chips and a cup of coffee were 50 cents.
The Canada Line opened in 1921
Nuh uh
u should got the skytrain at king george station did the whole line
Sorry. Scott Road was the end of the line then.
Is the square train the only train in the 90s?
They all looked exactly like that, quare, as you say.
Ohhh the mark 1
Vancouver home of MLP/FIM and DHX studios wonder if Pinkie Pie is an engineer on the train
Pinkie Pie is out of a job. These trains don't have engineers.
And My Little Pony Meets Bionicle
At the bottom there's a track