ETS LRT Heavy/ Special Duty

This page will be for ETS's equipment that is anything a little bit more interesting than just trucks and cars and fits within the City of Edmonton fleet numbering scheme. As a result, while front end loader K4216 is a big piece of equipment, because of it's COE fleet number, it fall on to this page. Equipment on this page will typically be either hi-rail equipped, or be equipped with extras like work boxes.

Thumbnail Fleet # Year Make Model Features Date Description
E6967 is an odd ball! This is a 1979 unit that managed to be used until 2020. Although LRT has some older equipment, this was pretty remarkable for a pickup truck. The number though doesn't fit into the late 1970's time frame as the "E"s were used in 1984 and 2003.
I'm not sure of it's initial uses from 1979-2002, but, presumably it was some sort of jack of all trades hi-rail truck. It was most likely the truck I shot at the derailment of the tamper 3857 in 2002. By 2003 it had been converted into a dedicated welding truck and was now in the new ETS service support livery. It remained as a welding truck until about 2006 when H2340 was added to the fleet. At that point it was fitted with a flatbed and was used in various capacities over the 14 years or so. One time in particular, it picked up it's old roll with a some welding equipment fitted. The truck, amazingly, received it's 3 livery when it received the current version of the service support livery. Unfortunately, the end of the line for this truck came in 2020, when in May 2020 it was sent through Michener Allen Auctioneering and sold for $4700, despite having engine issues.
E6967? 1979 Ford F-350 Custom Hi-rail, work box 2002 I suspect that this is E6967 as seen below. The truck was attending the derailment of tamper 3857 just South of Coliseum. While I didn't specifically take a photo of this truck, I was able to crop an image to capture it. I'm not sure of it's exact use, but, it could have been set up for incidents like derailments.
etse6967.jpg (115244 bytes) E6967 1979 Ford F-350 Custom Hi-rail, Welding October 29, 2003 ETS #E6967 is seen sitting outside of the 107 St. LRT entrance on the south side of Jasper Ave. This truck was used in this configuration for welding.
etse6967-2.jpg (93775 bytes) E6967 1979 Ford F-350 Custom Hi-rail, Welding October 29, 2003 ETS #E6967 is seen sitting outside of the 107 St. LRT entrance on the south side of Jasper Ave. This truck was used in this configuration for welding.
E6967 1979 Ford F-350 Custom Hi-rail, crane September 2008 ETS #E6967 heading west on Jasper Ave at 101 St, after conversion to just a flat deck truck with a crane.
E6967 1979 Ford F-350 Custom Hi-rail, crane June 12, 2009 E6967 parked outside of the ROW building at DLM
E6967 1979 Ford F-350 Custom Hi-rail August 23, 2015 E6967 at a worksite just south of Coliseum Station.
E6967 1979 Ford F-350 Custom Hi-rail, crane May 21, 2016 E6967 during an LRT shutdown at the North side of DLM. Crews in this area were doing tie replacement and tamping. It's great to see this oldy still getting out in 2016!
E6967 1979 Ford F-350 Custom Hi-rail, crane May 21, 2016 E6967 during an LRT shutdown at the North side of DLM. Crews in this area were doing tie replacement and tamping.
E6967 1979 Ford F-350 Custom Hi-rail June 16, 2018 E6967 on display at the 40th Anniversary of LRT Open House, now in ETS's newest service support livery.
E6967 1979 Ford F-350 Custom Hi-rail June 16, 2018 E6967 on display at the 40th Anniversary of LRT Open House, now in ETS's newest service support livery.
E6967 1979 Ford F-350 Custom Hi-rail June 16, 2018 E6967 on display at the 40th Anniversary of LRT Open House, now in ETS's newest service support livery.
E6967 1979 Ford F-350 Custom Hi-rail June 16, 2018 E6967 on display at the 40th Anniversary of LRT Open House, now in ETS's newest service support livery.
R2723 1993 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Work box 1998 R2723 was probably the first service support photo I took. The truck is turning around at Belvedere, while the new Belvedere Station was under construction.
R2723 1993 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Work box   R2723 outside of Central Station just north of Jasper Ave.
R2723 1993 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Work box   R2723 outside of Central Station just north of Jasper Ave.
E2983 2003 Ford F-450 Dump box March 30, 2016 E2983 at Kingsway/ Royal Alex Station. This truck had been used by ETS's bus support division, and has now migrated to LRT. The truck was later repainted into the sweep livery in 2016.
E2983 2003 Ford F-450 Dump box June 20, 2018 E2983 along the LRT RoW between 92 St and 95 St, now in the sweep livery.
H2340 2006 Ford F-450XL Super Duty Hi-rail, welding September 20, 2008 ETS H2340 inside of the shop building at D.L. McDonald Transit Yards. This vehicle replaced E6967 for use in welding.
H2340 2006 Ford F-450XL Super Duty Hi-rail, welding February 22, 2016 H2340 outside of the Winspear, the first time I spotted this truck in the new livery.
H2340 2006 Ford F-450XL Super Duty Hi-rail, welding May 18, 2016 H2340 near the North Coliseum crossovers decalled in the new livery.
H2340 2006 Ford F-450XL Super Duty Hi-rail, welding February 13, 2016 H2340 outside of the Winspear entrance to Churchill Station.
H4134 2006 Volvo G930 Grader December 7, 2016 H4134 clearing the LRT RoW at Stadium Station, after being transferred from another City department.
H4134 2006 Volvo G930 Grader December 7, 2016 H4134 clearing the LRT RoW at Stadium Station, after being transferred from another City department.
H4134 2006 Volvo G930 Grader June 16, 2018 H4134 on display at the 40th Anniversary of LRT Open House.
K4216 2008 Hyundai HL757-7A   June 12, 2009 K4216 inside of the ROW building at DLM.
K4216 2008 Hyundai HL757-7A   August 13, 2016 K4216 along the ROW between 95 St and 92 St, fitted with a boom usually used to rail handling
K2358 2008 Ford F-450 Super Duty Work box December 15, 2008 K2358 near 95 St. The box is from retired R2723.
K2358 2008 Ford F-450 Super Duty Work box December 18, 2008 K2358 South of Coliseum Station.
K2358 2008 Ford F-450 Super Duty Work box August 23, 2015 K2358 just south of Coliseum Station. I believe it was there helping with frog replacement at the crossovers.
K2358 2008 Ford F-450 Super Duty Hi-rail, work box October 18, 2016 K2358 at South Campus. This truck was built with the box from R2723. Originally, it only had the box. This was the first time I've seen this truck modified to include hi-rail wheels, and some additional equipment mounted on the box. Also, my first time seeing it in the sweep livery.
K2358 2008 Ford F-450 Super Duty Hi-rail, work box March 19, 2017 K2358 inside of Central Station at working on the crossovers.
K2358 2008 Ford F-450 Super Duty Hi-rail, work box October 11, 2020 K2358 on it's hi-rail wheels at the 57 Ave crossovers for the installation of a flange-bearing frog.
K2358 2008 Ford F-450 Super Duty Hi-rail, work box October 11, 2020 K2358 on it's hi-rail wheels at the 57 Ave crossovers for the installation of a flange-bearing frog.
K2359 2008 Ford F-350 Super Duty Hi-rail December 24, 2010 K2359 at South Campus. This truck has been repainted into the sweep livery.
K2359 2008 Ford F-350 Super Duty Hi-rail November 17, 2015 K2359 parked outside of the Winspear entrance of Churchill Station.
K2359 2008 Ford F-350 Super Duty Hi-rail March 19, 2017 K2359 inside of Central Station, now in the new livery.
K2359 2008 Ford F-350 Super Duty Hi-rail May 28, 2018 K2359 at Clareview Station.
K2359 2008 Ford F-350 Super Duty Hi-rail May 28, 2018 K2359 at Clareview Station.
L2410 2009 Chevy Silverado 3500HD w/ workbox work box December 9, 2015 L2410 parked outside of the Winspear Entrance to Churchill Station. This truck was formerly used by Inspectors.
L2410 2009 Chevy Silverado 3500HD w/ workbox work box November 11, 2016 L2410 at Clareview Station, now in the new livery.
L2410 2009 Chevy Silverado 3500HD w/ workbox work box September 12, 2018 L2410 along the RoW near 66 St while working on some tie replacement along E Track.
R3057 2012 International DuraStar w/ interchangeable skids dump box August 27, 2019 R3057 on it's hi-rail wheels near 57 Ave on the SLRT.
R3057 2012 International DuraStar w/ interchangeable skids dump box August 27, 2019 R3057 on it's hi-rail wheels near 57 Ave on the SLRT.
R3057 2012 International DuraStar w/ interchangeable skids dump box March 6, 2019 R3057 on snow removal duties, along 129 Ave outside of Belvedere Station.
T3074 2013 International DuraStar w/ Supervac 2000 vacuum/ hydro exavator Hi-rail May 8, 2014 T3074 outside of DLM before being decaled.
T3074 2013 International DuraStar w/ Supervac 2000 vacuum/ hydro exavator Hi-rail August 23, 2015 T3074 on the SB track at the south end of Coliseum being put to work.
T3074 2013 International DuraStar w/ Supervac 2000 vacuum/ hydro exavator Hi-rail August 23, 2015 T3074 on the SB track at the south end of Coliseum being put to work.
T3074 2013 International DuraStar w/ Supervac 2000 vacuum/ hydro exavator Hi-rail June 16, 2018 T3074 on display on it's hi-rail wheels at the LRT 40th Anniversary Open House.
V3131 2014 International DuraStar flatbed w/ crane Hi-rail April 28, 2020 V3131 in the Yellowhead Yard. This truck seems to have been with the bus side of things when I first saw it, and wasn't fitted with hi-rail wheels at the time.
V3295 2014 International DuraStar w/ interchangeable skids Hi-rail June 16, 2018 V3295 at the LRT 40th Anniversary Open House fitted with a water tank.
V3295 2014 International DuraStar w/ interchangeable skids Hi-rail June 16, 2018 V3295 at the LRT 40th Anniversary Open House fitted with a water tank.
W2540 2015 Ford F-350 Hi-rail March 1, 2020 W2540 at Health Sciences Station during a work project. This truck is now included on this page after being fitted with hi-rail wheels.
W4739 2015 John Deere 624K Road April 15, 2018 W4739 working on a track work project at 92 St with a material handling boom.
W4739 2015 John Deere 624K Road October 10, 2020 W4739 at the 57 Ave crossovers during the installation of a flange-bearing frog.
Z3428 2017 Ford   Hi-rail/ welding March 1, 2020 Z3428 at the South Campus crossovers performing some welding. This truck replaced H2340 for welding work.
Z3443 2017 Ford F-550 Hi-rail/ custom box March 1, 2020 Z3443 at Health Sciences Station on one of it's first project. At this point in time the truck only had basic fleet numbers and standard City of Edmonton logo.
Z3443 2017 Ford F-550 Hi-rail/ custom box March 1, 2020 Z3443 at Health Sciences Station on one of it's first project. At this point in time the truck only had basic fleet numbers and standard City of Edmonton logo.
Z3443 2017 Ford F-550 Hi-rail/ custom box March 1, 2020 Z3443 at Health Sciences Station on one of it's first project. At this point in time the truck only had basic fleet numbers and standard City of Edmonton logo.
Z3443 2017 Ford F-550 Hi-rail/ custom box October 10, 2020 Z3443 at the 57 Ave crossovers for the installation of a flange-bearing frog. The truck is now decaled in full ETS decals.
Z3443 2017 Ford F-550 Hi-rail/ custom box October 10, 2020 Z3443 at the 57 Ave crossovers for the installation of a flange-bearing frog. The truck is now decaled in full ETS decals.
Z4734 2017 John Deere 624K-II Road October 10, 2020 Z3443 at the 57 Ave crossovers for the installation of a flange-bearing frog.

This page last updated on June 13, 2021

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