EDMONTON TRANSIT SYSTEM
2008 Siemens SD-160 #1038 Delivered and Unloaded May 8-9, 2008

ETS #1038 was delivered to Cromdale by CN on the evening of May 8, 2008, and was unloaded May 9, 2008. 
By pure luck, I arrived at Coliseum Station on a route 5 just as #1038 was arriving with 3 other photographers, 2 of them out of town visitors. Naturally, the next morning I was up bright and early and headed to Cromdale. Things were going smoothly as 1038 was moved onto ETS track. I was joined by two friends and we watched the unwrapping and setup of the jacks. Then, the waiting began... One of the jacks was having issues. Eventually, around lunch time with one friend needing to go to work, we decided to head out on the LRT. Riding back and forth we shot #1038 from the LRT, before heading south to check out SLRT work. About 3 hours later we returned to find not much had changed. What had changed, was the sunlight was now great for some shots from the south end of the car!
The work crews had had no luck with the malfunctioning jack, so they decided to lower the car on 3 jacks. With everything in place, #1038 was lifted up clear of the flatcar. #2010 pulled the flatcar out from under #1038, and then #1038 was lowered to ETS rails with no further difficulty.
After shooting that my friend decided he needed to get out of the sun. 
I was joined by another friend a short while later and #1013 arrived to tow #1038 to D.L. McDonald. Another friend and the two out of town visitors showed up around this time.
A few problems were encountered getting the cars to couple together, but eventually they were. Having decided on a place to shoot, we head back to our planned spot. With the scanner going, we waited to hear #1013 being given clearance to head for Clareview. Finally, with 1038 in tow, #1013 departed E track for Clareview. 
Shooting the pair as they headed north, we hustled over to Coliseum to catch the next northbound, meeting up with another friend on this train. 
Arriving at Clareview, we had a few minutes to look over #1038 before it was pushed from Clareview to DLM by #1013.
While having dinner, I realized I had developed a rather nice suntan after spending all of the hours at Cromdale... all for photos of the first new LRV on ETS rails in 20 years, and the first new car delivered to ETS in 25 years!

Special thanks to all the ETS employees that tolerated having us loitering around all day!

As one final note... all of the photos on this page right now were shot on Kodachrome 64 slide film. The scanner I used didn't do the best job. 

May 8, 2008- Delivery to Cromdale by CN
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1038 passing by Coliseum		 103809700018.jpg (102901 bytes)
On the 118 Ave overpass		 103809700020.jpg (123472 bytes)
2010, 1038 and a U2		 103809700021.jpg (130544 bytes)
1038 and 2010... so close, 
yet so far... 		 103809700022.jpg (107131 bytes)
1038 on 1118 Ave overpass
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1038 from Coliseum		 103809700046.jpg (118350 bytes)
Night shot, west end Coliseum terminal		 103809700047.jpg (130242 bytes)
Night shot, Coliseum terminal		    

May 9, 2008- Unloading at Cromdale
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#1038 on CN track		 103809700048.jpg (144182 bytes)
#1038 on CN track		 103809700052.jpg (193480 bytes)
#2010 with 1038		 103809700025.jpg (187565 bytes)
Telephoto as 2010 heads for 
E track		 103809700053.jpg (182631 bytes)
2010, 1038 with a U2 train passing by
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Unwrapping 1038		 103809700028.jpg (150494 bytes)
More unwrapping...		 103809700031.jpg (177679 bytes)
Unwrapped, except for near the middle...		 103809700030.jpg (177196 bytes)
A different angle...		 103809700029.jpg (104496 bytes)
#1038 shipping info
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Yay! An open gate!		 103809700032.jpg (165944 bytes)
From the LRT...		 103809700057.jpg (206457 bytes)
Sunlight on south side		 103809700054.jpg (232465 bytes)
1 jack gone, ready to jack		 103809700058.jpg (202743 bytes)
Jacked up
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Camera over the fence, 1038 jacked up.		 103809700061.jpg (222568 bytes)
Flatcar pulled out.		 101309700066.jpg (162509 bytes)
1013 arriving		 103809700068.jpg (217088 bytes)
Ready to couple		 103809700069.jpg (204081 bytes)
Close... 
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Coupled1		 103809700067.jpg (125513 bytes)
And close up... note different positions for electrical contacts		 103809700003.jpg (204037 bytes)
1013 leading out of E track		 103809700004.jpg (179239 bytes)
1038 following		 103809700007.jpg (173602 bytes)
Hitting the mainline...
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1038 nearly on the mainline		 103809700011.jpg (189435 bytes)
Nearly at Coliseum		 103809700012.jpg (182046 bytes)
Telephoto... 		 387009700062.jpg (216384 bytes)
3870- the re-railing rig that wasn't needed, although I think it might have supplied power.		  
         

Last updated: July 5, 2008

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