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For the term "Fishbowl Buses".
CTS Fishbowl Bus #1046

Calgary Transit #1046 Fantrip

…was part of an order for seventy five and one hundreds and hundreds of GM Fishbowls CTS owned over the years, built from the early ’60s to early ’80s. The Fishbowl name comes from that great expanse of angular front glass. Calgary Transit #1046 Fantrip: drivers carry no change. On… (Search hits: 0 in title, 26 in body, 0 in comments.)

CTS New Look Bus

The Big Red Bus

…car or piece of machinery you’d like us to document, much as we did here, fire off an email and we’ll respond promptly. We’d love to hear from you. Old iron is a passion. More transit buses… Baby Fishbowl. The Last Classic? GMC Fishbowl buses – North Vancouver BC. If… (Search hits: 0 in title, 19 in body, 13 in comments.)

Calgary Transit #7632

Calgary Transit #7632

…Lethbridge Alberta, Winnipeg Manitoba and Victoria British Columbia. I suspect you’ll see more of Calgary Transit #7632 in the future and even before we were done, came discussions of a sequel. We have all these crazy ideas… Know more (new tabs): Fishbowl Buses (BIGDoer.com), Calgary Transit #7632 and Flyer Low… (Search hits: 0 in title, 11 in body, 0 in comments.)

Wetaskiwin AB Train Station

Wandering The Alberta Central Railway Museum

…a GMC “Fishbowl”, a nick name given account it’s angular front window which gave a sort of distorted fishbowl-like view on looking out. Or maybe it was because all that expanse of glass made it feel as though one were in a fishbowl – we’ve heard both. This was a… (Search hits: 0 in title, 8 in body, 3 in comments.)

Calgary Fire Department Bus

TDH-3501

…before, Calgary Transit. GM also made buses in Canada (General Motors Diesel Division, London Ontario), starting in 1961, but no Old Looks were produced here. Still, the factory acted as a sales agent for those sold in this country. GMDD instead concentrated on the New Look series (aka “Fishbowls”) and… (Search hits: 0 in title, 15 in body, 0 in comments.)

BIGDoer Then & Now

A Corner in North Glenmore ~50 Years Apart

…made these at their factory in Fort William Ontario. It’s part of Thunder Bay today. Buses in general were produced from 1945-1962 but trolleybuses only from 1945-54. This same facility made aircraft and aircraft assemblies from the 1930s-1950s. Today the factory is owned by transportation conglomerate Alstom but earlier a… (Search hits: 0 in title, 16 in body, 0 in comments.)

Sandon BC City Hall

A Tour of Sandon BC

…large row of trolleybuses, like the rest, all ex-Vancouver Transit, with some bought second hand from Saskatoon or Winnipeg, and in the very back two parts buses still in “CTS” colours. These are variously T48, T48A and T44 buses, all from Canadian Car, built circa 1948-1954. Save for the Calgary… (Search hits: 0 in title, 14 in body, 0 in comments.)

Calgary Transit #7928

Calgary Transit Elbow Drive 40 Years Apart

…end. They needed to keep busy and buses are no all that different to construct, so why not. Aircraft related work continued but seemed to dry up after the late 1950s. Buses were made until 1962 (Trolleybuses: 1945-1954) and while sales were promising in the early years, demand trailed off… (Search hits: 0 in title, 14 in body, 0 in comments.)

Sandon British Columbia Bus

Old Metal Sandon BC

…to keep the rest of their extensive “CC&F/Brill” fleet running. All buses in Sandon come from that maker and all either worked for Vancouver Transit directly at one point (earlier BC Hydro Transit) or were parts buses keeping others running, some by way of other Canadian Trolleybus operators, including Calgary,… (Search hits: 0 in title, 12 in body, 2 in comments.)

Mighty BIGDoer-mobile

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Creepy Abandoned Doll

Visiting with Ghosts

Visiting with Ghosts: taking in a group of abandoned buildings, homes included, that long ago comprised as town of sorts, but today stands empty and forgotten. Posts by category Category: Boler! Blush Boler Back Alleys Are Where You Find Them! Vanguard Neonex 1700 Boler Another Drab Calgary Winter One Frigid… (Search hits: 0 in title, 9 in body, 0 in comments.)

Calgary Transit Fishbowl #898

Random Pick: CTS #898

…– nicely restored. Fishbowls still in service… They Live! Calgary Transit GMC Fishbowls in 2013 – near the end. Short Subjects: reports that for any number of reasons are brief in nature. They might be updates to older articles, previews of posts planned or not yet published, brief snippets of… (Search hits: 0 in title, 7 in body, 1 in comments.)

Edmonton Transit Bus

Edmonton Transit: 95th Street

…off in the distance, but given how we had to scale the photo, means you won’t. The bus is number #144, one of a hundred GMC New Look (aka Fishbowl) trolleybuses built in the early 1980s. These were a common model all over North America, but Edmonton had the only… (Search hits: 0 in title, 8 in body, 0 in comments.)

Lodge Hotel Edmonton

Edmonton Transit: The Lodge Hotel

…has allowed us to use any for then and now fodder. We’ve posted one already (scroll down for link) and have more planed, so stay tuned. We see many fishbowls in your future. Edmonton Transit: Lodge Hotel. Along Jasper Avenue with Chris Doering and Connie Biggart (BIGDoer/Synd) A new Hall… (Search hits: 0 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

CTS Ogden Bus Loop

Calgary Then & Now: Ogden Bus Loop

…our friend and bus nut Peter McLaughlin shows it in retirement by 1992. They got almost two decades out of it, so that’s not bad I suppose. Known affectionately as a “Fishbowl” (all that glass) the model was popular with transit systems all over North America in the 1960s-1980s period… (Search hits: 0 in title, 5 in body, 0 in comments.)

Sam Steele Inn Cranbrook

Wandering Cranbrook

…its school buses. And the dogs remind us to keep our distance. 1) A blue Blue Bird. 3) Here’s a rare bus, in front, from a maker called FitzJohn. In addition to US operations, they had a small factory in Ontario that produced only about a couple hundred buses give… (Search hits: 0 in title, 4 in body, 2 in comments.)

Calgary Ogden

Calgary then and now – Ogden Road

…somewhat from them to now. Professional Services Calgary Transit, originally the Calgary Electric Railway, late the Calgary Municipal Railway, later still the Calgary Transit System dates back to 1909. Beside the streetcars back when, and modern diesel buses today, the company used to have a network of trolley buses. They… (Search hits: 0 in title, 4 in body, 0 in comments.)

Algoma Steel Bridge 1911

MacDonald Bridge Calgary ~70 Years Apart

…is crossing the Elbow River on an easterly heading. When the old photo was captured, the streetcar system had but a few years left and would be done by 1950. Some lines were replaced by trolley buses and others by motor bus. The latter happened to this route. Many streetcar… (Search hits: 0 in title, 4 in body, 0 in comments.)

Ex-Calgary Transit Fishbowl

A Few Minutes in Loverna

…Retro styled vehicles are quite the rage right now. Within sight is a 1970s era ex-Calgary Transit “Fishbowl” Bus. It’s still in CTS colours. This should get a good looking at when we come back. Big fan of old transit buses. Loverna is only about half a click from the… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

Deerfoot Trail Pedestrian Bridge

Nose Creek Pathway – Mayland Heights

…substation, turn left. Over there’s the Spring Gardens Transit Garage. It’s huge – lots of buses if you’re into that kind of thing. Back when Calgary Transit had old GMC Fishbowl and MCI Classic buses, we used to stake ourselves out in this very spot and photograph them heading out… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

Greyhound Terminal Calgary Alberta

Greyhound Has Left The Building

Not all that long ago Greyhound Bus Lines owned the Western Canadian market when it came to intercity ground transportation for us humans. Their buses went nearly everywhere and business seemed to be doing fine. If there was a town of any reasonable size, it was probably served. Passenger volumes… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

Train Spotting Saskatchewan

A Stop or Two Along The Way

…take the main route from here on. We have to motor. But what a good little diversion it was. Wait, an old transit Fishbowl Bus. These were very common in the 1960s-1990s period (and even beyond in smaller numbers) and nearly every transit agency in the country operated some. Take… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

Loverna Saskatchewan Ghost Town

Forgotten Prairie: Loverna

…old photos there used to be a White Rose gas station next door. Oh, it was beautiful. In behind a 1940s Ford Two Ton, in “BIGDoer Yellow” begs to be photographed. Further east, at the town’s only business, a repair shop, an old Calgary Transit “Fishbowl” bus in retirement is… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

Sandon BC City Hall

Sandon BC Then & Now

…some ex-Vancouver Transit trolley buses, some by way of other Canadian cities, dating from the 1940s/1950s period and retired by the early 1980s. These were saved from scrapping by the Sandon folks, and while not fitting in with the history of the town (something they take some criticism for), had… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 3 in comments.)

Sidewalk Date Stamp Calgary

Centre Street: Back in Time

…Centre Street from end to end making things easy – we saw a lot of these pass as we walked. Later the same day…. Withing sight of downtown, we find an old transit bus that’s been stripped down. This GMC “Fishbowl” (made from the 1960s-1980s) appears to be ex-Calgary Transit…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

El Camino Peregrino Coin

Espaรฑa Day 12: Cabo Finisterre/Fisterra

…in the most out of the way places. The “must photograph” rule with old metal applies to buses too. It’s our thing. 32) O Pindo Harbour, right out of a post card. O Pindo está en nuestros corazones. 33) Earlier we saw some ruins from the highway, out on what… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

Almudena Cathedral Stained Glass

Espaรฑa Day 1: Wandering Madrid

…build? It was a quickie. Many of the buildings like this we’d later tour as we roamed the land, are countless centuries old (some approaching 1000 years) and often took two hundred years or so finish. 10) What’s that over there? Buses! They distract…which is easily done with us. These… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

CPR Boxcars Medicine Hat

Those Lowly Boxcars

…for hauling newsprint. Beside, it’s #21712, a grain boxcar from the 1950s. Note the Medicine Hat Transit buses seen in behind. These two cars used to belong to a railway museum in High River Alberta before coming here. At Medalta proper it’s an oldie, #403618, from the early 1940s and… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

General Store Trail Gulch

Alone in the Gulch

…the area, their buses must be part mountain goat. Not only are there insanely steep grades to contend with, but sharp bends and narrow streets are likewise par for the course. The bus drivers of Trail are fearless heroes! Trail is very terraced. There’s a number of business in the… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

Mount St Francis Nelson

Mount Saint Francis

…bus, go here: Baby Fishbowl. And a look at the watch tells us it’s time to leave. The road calls. We ponder the building’s future, on looking back one last time. Will it be here when next we visit Nelson? A voice inside suggests change. Maybe good, maybe bad…who knows?… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

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