Edmonton's LRT system is maintained in good condition with a fleet of equipment which includes specialized equipment, as well as the expected typical vehicles like pick up trucks and cars.
Edmonton's fleet has evolved over the years as the LRT has expanded and aged. Initially, there were a few pieces of equipment which could full fill a lot of roles, like the Kal Trac and the Ford #3589, while in more recent years ETS has been purchasing equipment for specific tasks as maintenance has increased on the NE line, and the overall system length has increased.

News and updates on the LRT Service Support-
#3850 had it's usefulness extended. I really thought this unit might be done with all of the purpose built equipment coming online, like 2012 Geismar, the International hi-rail trucks etc. However, it has been fitted with a modified #3870 and letter as "Derailment Response". In reality, it is still used to haul the lo-railer around, move around flatcars with deliveries
#H4134 added to fleet from Roadways. This grader is being used to maintain the RoW along the NE Line.
Engineering and Maintenance- A lot of new X series vehicles showed up decaled as such. Some transferred from bus ops. Some of this equipment seems to be based out of Davies rather than DLM. X2540 isn't decaled as bus or LRT, but, always seems to show up around LRT.
#W3470 added to fleet. F550 with flat bed and crane, hi-rail equipped
#V3295 added to the fleet. International hi-rail truck with interchangeable boxes. LRT now has two hi-rail dump trucks. There's also a water tank that can be fitted to at least V3295. This would replace the need to fit a skid mounted water tank on to Ford #3589.
#Z2549 added to fleet. This is a portable trailer for use at work sites. There is also a portable toilet. No fleet number known yet. :P
RPM 220 snow blower attachment added to fleet. Likely for NLRT snow removal.
#2029 is ex CT 3209 Pettibone Speedswing added to fleet and really nicely rebuilt.
#2097 Harsco Mark IV HD Tamper added to the fleet. Originally numbered as 3862.
#2206-2207 Hudson ROI Ballast cars arrived in late 2018. Painted orange like 2097. 2097 should be powerful enough to haul these cars, or at least one of them, by itself.
ex 3857 Mark I Tamper acquired by Calgary Transit, spotted arriving and unloaded there on October 17, 2019.
#2093 Knox Kershaw 940 KSF 940 ballast regulator/ snow fighter added to the fleet in May 2021.

Details on City of Edmonton numbering scheme

Colours: Green= Active, Red= Retired, Grey= Undetermined White=  Undetermined, but, I'd lean towards retired.

While the speeder, Kal-Trac have 3000 series fleet numbers, the fact that they haul are used to pull equipment through a coupling system, I've put them under motive power. 3855 is listed under freight cars. I've seen both 2010 and 3850 pulling this car, and it certainly is used as a freight car as it's hauled all sorts of equipment. I'm leaving the stuff like the tool car, and scissor lift car, grinding car, and some of the newer Geismar cars where they are. While they are cars that could be coupled into a train, they have a specific purpose and don't really haul materials, or only haul 1 certain material.

Legend for mode column:
RB= Rail bourne equipment
HI= Hi rail wheel equipped for operation on road or rail
RO= Road/ Rubber Tired, can't operate on rail.
TR= Trailer
LO= Load to be carried on another vehicle

Fleet #	Year/ Make/ Model	Use	Mode	Status/ Notes
LRT Fleet Numbering Scheme
2001	1912 GE/ Alco Electric Locomotive	Work train	RB	Ex BC Hydro, donated to ERRS, then to FVHR, then to OERM
2010	GE 45 Ton Diesel Locomotive	Work train/ LRV rescue. Ballasted to 50 tons	RB	ex Great Nothern Paper 391
2011	2010 Geismar VMB 1608C	Catenary inspection and maintenance	RB
20121 2	Balco battery mine locomotive	Moving equipment in yard?	RB
2012 (II)1	Geismar KGT tronic	Multi purpose vehicle with boom	HI
2029	Pettibone Speed Swing	MoW	HI	ex Calgary 3209, rebuilt 2018/19
2093	2021 Knox Kershaw 940 KSF 940 ballast regulator/ snow fighter	track grooming, snow removal	RB
2097	2018 Harsco Mark IV HD Tamper	MoW	RB	Renumbered from 3862
2101	32' Flat car, rebuilt	Work train	RB
2102	40' flat car	Work train	RB
2103	40' flat car	Work train	RB
2110	Flat car w/ sides for speeder	MoW	RB
2111	Flat car for speeder	MoW	RB
2112	Flat car for speeder w/ crane	MoW	RB
2113	Flat car for speeder, longer	MoW	RB
2201	Depressed center flat car	Heavy equipment moves, like the TBM for tunneling	RB	Suspected rebuilt as 2401
2201 (II)	Side dump car, rebuilt	Ballast	RB
2202	Side dump car, rebuilt	Ballast	RB
2206	2018 Hudson ROI Ballast Car	Ballast	RB
2207	2018 Hudson ROI Ballast Car	Ballast	RB
2301	Side dump car	Spoil from tunneling/ ballast	RB	Damaged, 2304 body mounted, kept 2304 number.
2302	Side dump car	Spoil from tunneling/ ballast	RB
2303	Side dump car	Spoil from tunneling/ ballast	RB
2304	Side dump car	Spoil from tunneling/ ballast	RB	Frame scrapped, body mounted to 2301. 1/2 last unrebuilt cars.
2305	Side dump car	Spoil from tunneling/ ballast	RB	Became 2201 or 2202
2306	Side dump car	Spoil from tunneling/ ballast	RB
2307	Side dump car	Spoil from tunneling/ ballast	RB
2308	Side dump car	Spoil from tunneling/ ballast	RB	1/2 last unrebuilt cars
2309	Side dump car	Spoil from tunneling/ ballast	RB	No end platforms
2310	Side dump car	Spoil from tunneling/ ballast	RB	Became 2201 or 2202
2401	Ballast car	Spot ballast car	RB	Suspected rebuilt from original 2201
3264	John Deere Gator	"Track Utility Vehicle"	HI
3589	Ford L8000 Flatbed truck	Originally quite the workhorse being a jack of all trades on LRT.	HI
3590	Ford/ RPM Tech HR-700	Snow blower	HI
3591	GMC/ RPM Tech AF1 Air Forced One	Snow blower	HI
3592	RPM Tech Cameleon Rail Cleaner	Rail and flange way clearer	HI
3593	Bobcat T110		HI
3594?	RPM Tech Cameleon Rail Cleaner	Rail and flange way clearer	HI
3679	1976 Fairmont Speeder	MoW, new body in 1992 by Edmonton Truck Body	RB	Still in blue/ yellow w/ "Flying E"
3680	John Deere Gator
3850	1977 Canron Kal Track	Fitted as "Derailment Response Unit"	HI	Often used to haul the lo-railer
3853	Curtis Hoover Scissor Lift Car	OCS work	RB	Retired
3854	Curtis Hoover Cable Reel Car	OCS/ MoW work	RB	Retired
3855	Curtis Hoover Tool Car	MoW	RB	Retired?, off rails at DLM
3855 (II)	1986 NSC "Lo-Railer"	General purpose flat car, often loaded with wheeled equipment	RB	No number on unit
3856	1980 C.S.S Bogie Trailer	MoW	RB	Outside chance it is one of 2110-2113
3857	Fairmont Tamper Mk I Tamper	MoW	RB	Acquired by Calgary Transit October 2019
3858	Fairmont Tamper Mk II Tamper	MoW	RB
No #, maybe 3858	1973 Kershaw Ballast Regulator	Ballast grooming.	RB
3859	1973 Kershaw Ballast Regulator	Ballast grooming	RB
3860	Portec Typhoon	Snow blower	RB
3861	Portec Typhoon	Snow blower	RB	ex UP 173273
3862	1986 Whiting Rail Grinder	MoW	RB	Stored at DLM. Not is use?
3862 (II)	2018 Harsco Mark IV HD Tamper	MoW	RB
3863	1987 Simon Aerial Lift	OCS work, was often on the Lo-Railer with a pantograph rig	RO
3869	CAT 416C w/ Tie Inserter	MoW/ General purpose	HI
3870	Hudson ROI Re-Railing Trailer, r/b as dump trailer	Hi-rail trailer, equipped with rerailing equipment originally, now rebuilt as a dump trailer.	HI/TR	Rebuilt onto 3850. Rare piece of equipment in full blue and silver
3871	CAT Diesel Generator/ Light Tower	MoW/ General purpose	TR
3874	Oxford Industrial Products Hydraulic Ramps	Usually fitted to flat car 2101.	LO
3886	Geismar Wire Spool Car	OCS work, used with 2011.	RB
7692	International Cargostar/ Edmonton Truck and Body Platform Lift Truck	OCS Work	HI	Stored Cromdale Yard
Fleet #	Make/ Model	Use	Mode	Status/ Notes
City of Edmonton Fleet Numbering Scheme
Fleet #	Make/ Model	Use	Mode	Status/ Notes
EPCOR Fleet- follows City of Edmonton numbering scheme, but, lettered for EPCOR. Includes trolleybus line trucks.
Fleet Number	Make/ Model	Use	Mode	Status
Unknown Number
2nd Balco2	Balco Mine Locomotive	Parts supply for #2012 presumably	RB	Stored outside on track at DLM.
	Smoke Generator		LO

<sup>1. Recent photos show both units have #2012. The number on the Balco mine locomotive might predate the Giesmar KGT tronic, plus it's older, so it is listed first.Return
2. The two Balco's are suspected to have been purchased for tunnel construction for the Corona extension. Listed in the TSG as #1 and #2.Return</sup>

^{Sources:
Edmonton's Electric Transit
Canadian Trackside Guide 1986, 2016 Editions
Edmonton Transit's Light Rail Experience http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr221/221-035.pdf}

LRT MoW Fleet Numbering. Where to start? This is a bit.... uhhhhhh.... interesting.
3855- listed in various sources as a tool car. Suspected to still be on property but off the rails at DLM, no number visible. The other 3855 is the low deck flat car. As well, this car sports no fleet number. It does sport a 1986 build date, so, we know it was new to Edmonton Transit. The only source for its number is a 2003 25th Anniversary LRT guide.
3857-3861. First, what is 3856? Any chance the low deck car is 3856? 3857 is the Mark I tamper. Suspected to have been purchased used, it is listed in the 1986 Trackside Guide, so, that generally jives with 3855 arriving in 1986. In the same TSG, the ballast regulator is listed as having no number and built in 1973. We know of course that it became 3859. The fact this was purchased used helps support that 3857 was purchased used as well. 3858 would appear to be a gap left intentionally for a second tamper, which did indeed end up being acquired. I suspect there might have been an intentional gap as above 3859 is the Typhoon 3860, followed by the rail grinder 3862. 3861 was filled in in the 2010's by a second Typhoon. It's quite likely 3860 was a 1986 purchase as well as 3862 was a 1986 unit as well, and 3863 is a 1987.
After all of that, in 2018 the new Mark IV HD tamper was numbered 3862, despite that the rail grinder #3862 is still on property and even on rails!
Whew. If that wasn't enough, then there's the 2012's. The Geismar KGT tronic ran around without a fleet number for quite sometime before receiving 2012. Photos have since surfaced of a Balco "Tugger" battery powered mine locomotive with #2012 as well. I have yet to see this yet in person. The TSG lists 2 Balco "Tugger" locomotives and shows them as #1 and 2. Both are on property. One stored outside with 3862 (rail grinder!) presumably for parts, the other indoors fitted with large batteries. When I saw and photographed this unit in 2009 it had no fleet numbers or decals, but, since then has received LRT decals and the 2012 fleet number.
And yes, this might be more details than anyone might care to know, but, when trying to put together a roster you sometimes going down a rabbit hole and it seems this was the case when trying to piece together the ETS LRT MoW fleet!

This page last updated on February 2, 2008

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