EDMONTON TRANSIT SYSTEM
Road and Rail Based LRT MoW Vehicles

This page if for MoW vehicles that ETS has which are able to operate on either road or rail. Vehicles in this section would be equipped with regular wheels for driving on roads, and have movable railway wheels for when they are to operate on the rails.

 
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ets3689.jpg (77032 bytes) 3689 September 6, 2003 ETS #3689 is about to enter the right of way south of Belvedere Station. This is appears to be a flatbed truck equipped with a skid with a water tank on it. This was in the area shortly before the rail grinder started working. This unit may have been ready to extinguish any fires that could start from the sparks from the grinding, however it wasn't anywhere near when the grinding was taking place.
3850 April 26, 2003 ETS #3850 is a Kal Trac switcher built for Edmonton Transit by Canron Rail Group in 1977. It is seen here on display inside of D.L. McDonald.
3850 April 26, 2003 ETS #3850 is a Kal Trac switcher built for Edmonton Transit by Canron Rail Group in 1977. It is seen here on display inside of D.L. McDonald.
ets3863.jpg (93583 bytes) 3863 April 26, 2003 ETS #3863 is a Simon's aerial lift attached to ETS #3855 with a tower equipped with a pantograph attached at the other end making an effective line test car. Why is this unit on this page? It has regular wheels, but seems to spend most of its time on #3855 so it is used on either its wheels, or else sitting on a car running on rails.
etse6967.jpg (115244 bytes) E6967 October 29, 2003 ETS #E6967 is seen sitting outside of the 107 St. LRT entrance on the south side of Jasper Ave. This is an older Ford truck and is carrying a portable rail grinder on the back.
etse6967-2.jpg (93775 bytes) E6967 October 29, 2003 ETS #E6967 is seen sitting outside of the 107 St. LRT entrance on the south side of Jasper Ave. This is an older Ford truck and is carrying a portable rail grinder on the back.
7692 2002 ETS #7692 is probably a mid 70's line truck built on an International chassis. I believe that this line truck is the same one Edmonton Power originally outfitted with railway wheels to help erect the overhead when the LRT system was being built, and has since been purchased by Edmonton Transit and painted into the ET paint scheme. In this photo, 7692 is helping fix the overhead line after a line pole had to be replaced as the tamper #3857 derailed at this location and damaged the line pole. Helping with this is EPCOR #B3600 I think, also equipped with railway wheels.
7692 2002 Rear of ETS #7692 taken at the same time as the above photo.
ets7692-3.jpg (102108 bytes) 7692 April 26, 2003 ETS #7692 on display at the 25th Anniversary of the LRT.

This page last updated March 7, 2004

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