Montreal Metro tour. We observe portions of the Orange/Green/Blue Lines. Azur’s/MR-73’s. 11/11/23
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- čas přidán 13. 11. 2023
- We take a little tour of this fabulous system in Montreal. We follow the Bombardier/Alstom MPM-10 “Azur’s” and the veteran Bombardier MR-73’s along the Orange/Green/Blue Lines. We observe and listen to the sleek machines still earning their keep for Montrealers.  For a modern system, the traction motor sounds are noteworthy. The whine of the Azur’s and the musical sound of the MR-73’s is intoxicating!! This sleek, chic, and very clean system is a model for a North American transit system. Once again, my French accent made famous in Oyster Bay will be attempted. My tongue still hurts from the slurs. 😂😂😂
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![[Montreal Métro] Exclusive Cab Ride Onboard Azur Set 66 From Henri-Bourassa To Jean-Talon](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/N6ATLAWlEe0/mqdefault.jpg)
graciously & thoughtfully entertaining tourist 🍺
I took the oldest mr-63 Vicker cars to school ( even by '84 they were tired, smelly & very clunky ) in the early 80s. In 2020 when I bought my friends 70 chevy nova i decided to take the metro as a low-cost high-nostalgia thing. From Angrignon to Anjou the Azur cars were amazing esp how the cars are completely see-through inside and you can watch them snake up & down through the tunnels like riding the inside of a big blue dragon. The 3-tone chime brings a smile to a old rider's face. Thanks for the memories.
Long Island flambuoyancy tellingly colorful 🍸
I guess that’s what it was
the years' worth of delay at opening the Blue Line 5 in its current entirety was due to "engineering difficulties", yet my lover and I had encountered the hot rockface up to within three foot to whereat the concrete tunnel and trackbed linings had been poured .. mystifyingly, it had become tropically humid along those snaky curves from the Vincent d'Indy stop (now Édouard-Montpetit) to the Université-de-Montréal station on our trespass of a trek from Fabre station, and I couldn't splay my palm across the rockface for more than 2 seconds' time either 👀 meanwhile, the overnight low that February 1983 night had dropped to -27°C
Last rode in 2019 with late wife. First time riding was in 1967 for Expo 67 with parents. We stayed in Montreal during that time for three weeks with my grandmother. I prefer this over TTC subway in Toronto.
business is brisk => as in islanders' reversion here to every hour being rush hour .. meanwhile, the REM is surprisingly Expo-Expressive at showing off, which barely anybody else remembers...
I’ll be on Long Island headed to Ronkonkoma tomorrow. Although I’m sure you’ll still be in Canada, I’ll be thinking of you!
I’m home now 😊
@@3985uprr oh awesome! I’ll be arriving on train 1918 or 2020 if you’re in the area. Not sure yet since I’m taking a regional from Boston, and metro north seems to make them late pretty often
Montreal is the finest city in North America without question.
Ranks right up there. I think Toronto is cool too. I’m going to railfan there this summer.
On the older trains, the chime is actually the sound the capacitors make when charging up.
I enjoyed this video tour of the Montreal Metro that I wish to see in real life. Your videography is great because you recorded the motion picture at different subway stations. I would tell some people that these stations are subway stations because they are located at "subway" level. You and I know that the New York City rapid transit lines are nicknamed "Subway." By the way, I am a railfan and a subway buff.
I traveled regularly to Montreal from 1982 to 2010, so I've never seen the Azur trains. Their sloping noses remind me of the NYCTA R-40s, except that they're only sloped at the ends of the trains. I fondly remember the tones on the MR-73s; maybe I'd better hurry back there before they disappear completely!
My paternal grandmother lived in Snowdon. But I believe the line nearest her was Plamondon.
My grandmother lived on Av Parc in 1967.
Friend from Buffalo went to University of Montreal for grad school. My mom had a cousin who was a Math Prof at McGill. I had a friend who went to Concordia.
My brother and I were there in 1989 during a junior year school trip (a rite of passage at our school); while many of my classmates took cabs, I stuck with the Metro most of the time. In fact, near the hotel we were staying, the Lucien L'Allier metro station was down the street. We took it to Olympic Park for an Expos game and to Ile Saint Helene (now called Jean-Drapeau) to take in the Man and His World/Expo 67 exhibit.
You probably noticed there was a distinctive smell on the subways. As there are a lot of sharp grades on the Metro, the trains run on rubber tires (they do have steel wheels in case the rubber tires fail), and they have wooden brakes treated with peanut oil.
Yeah, I read that they had wooden brakes.
@@3985uprr that's true, pressure treated in peanut oil. They tried to dispose of used brake shoes from the old MR-63s in the garage incinerator, but they were so dense they wouldn't burn and just ended up in the ash pan
Years ago they were thinking about putting rubber tires on NYC subway cars. Of course, it never happened.
Years ago I rode the rubber tire subway in Montreal with the original cars.. I found it noisy and rough riding. I told the operator who I was and he let me ride in the cab with him. We had a conversation in English. He said most people there speak and understand English, but just don't care to.
Exactly!! I try to speak some French as a courtesy when I am there
Funny you should mention "Fanfare For the Common Man". The first time I heard those three tones, many years ago, I thought exactly the same thing! I wonder if Copland ever rode the Metro?
I don’t think he did
Fantastic video. Thanks Tim💚👌
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice video 👋
The train rushing into the station with a big woosh reminded me of waiting at Broadway-Nassau St (Now Fulton St) for the A train home to Queens. The trains from Brooklyn coming into the station made the same sound. Nice video
Crazy to think that the ilder cars are now 50 years old and that system aa whole is a middle aged system that still looks extremely modern! Thr one thing that I love about thr system is that quite a few of the major stations have underground malls complete with low cost restaurants
I dont know if they're there but two of my favorite places to eat were the 99c cent pizza spot and the restaurant that served a three course breakfast for $6.00! They were both found inside the station connected to the intercity bus terminal!
The first Azur was Azur set 16! If you want to find the set number, look at the numbers on the right side of the dot. The first 2 digits are your set number and the third digit is the car number. It’s as simple as that!
I used to stay on the south shore and take the train from Longueuil to what is now Jean-Drapeau to attend the Canadian Grand Prix. After the racing, I'd take the train to Berri, change to a Green Line train and get off at Guy-Concordia. I'd walk to Rue Crescent to enjoy the usual street festival. BTW, did you see any ad signs for Cuba Tourism? You'll never see those in NYC!
I have to say that retired railroader that you really know how to railfan! Perhaps next you can try a NYC/NJ railfan odyssey! Take the LIRR to Atlantic Terminal and transfer to the BMT to Whitehall Street! Hop on the Staten Island Ferry then take the Staten Island Ferry to the S89 over to the HBLR! Go to Hoboken an catch the PATH back to 33/6th and then back to the LIRR! The footage would be amazing!
Good day Tim, had a question what town or location was it were yourself the flying Yankee and others were filming CSX frieght trains on the Westside of the Hudson river earlier this year. Would like to go there.
Mine Dock Park and Iona Island
The blue line uses the older stock because the Azur trains can't be broken down into shorter elements. You have shorter trains and longer headways on the blue line because of lower ridership. The blue line project ran out of money in the late '80s and the east leg was cut short at Saint-Michel, and west leg was never started, as a result the centre section is overbuilt for the demand. There is money allocated now to finish the east leg out to Anjou, but nothing in the plans for the west leg.
Thanks for the info!
So, Retired Railfan Horn Guy. I see this is your first time on the Metro in Montreal.
Hardly. Started riding it in 1972
@@3985uprrI have seniority-since 1967-LOL!!
Why can't the MTA have nice clean trains like these? :(
MTA has nice clean trains like this and most trains are mopped at the ends of their runs, but unfortunately there are some out there who want free rides and also want to litter everywhere instead of cleaning up after themselves
Everything is in (Canadian) French in Montreal - except when they want your money! Then, miraculously, they all speak excellent English! On the tech side, those new(er) trains putting out 5600HP (on start from a station stop) are pulling 5600 amps at 750V DC - that is a lot of amps! As noted the traction motors are AC - much better than DC! Bien fait monsieur du cornu!!
I have little money to give so I won’t hear much English. 😀😀
Yes. Knew that since 1960s.
The New York central heritage unit from Metro North is in service now, by the way. Engine 211.
I’ll definitely get that beauty.
@@3985uprr can't wait to see it.
The Metro btw does not go above ground-FYI.
No it doesn’t
So far, until recently. There is a line with trains that run on outdoor sections.
@@captainkeyboard1007 That new line is actually not integrated with the Metro, it's a separate network called the REM
@@fuzzworkI had no idea that the REM line is separate from Metro. Thank you for typing to me.
@@captainkeyboard1007 no problem, I can understand the confusion, all busses, trains and metros in the Montreal area have integrated fares, but there are multiple companies and agencies running different services
Those aren't trains, they're basically buses with guided wheels.
They do run on rails
Those railcars make up trains. They probably have drawbars between their trucks just like married pairs. They are not buses because they run on steel rails, as well as thick rubber tires. Buses are not connected with other buses. Trolley cars are connected with others like trains either in pairs or with triple cars. I am surprised those trains run faster than the MR-63 rolling stock did during the 1960s decade.
@@captainkeyboard1007 the new stock (MPM -10) is set up as permanently coupled 9 car units (unpowered cabcar-7x power cars-unpowered cabcar) whereas the older stock (MR-63) is 3 car units (power-trailer-power) that can be run in multiple. Speed is computer limited on all lines to 72kph (45mph) but the new stock accelerates a lot faster than the old, especially on the hill up to Vendôme. The old MR-63 stock had a hard time with that grade.
@@fuzzwork Speed 45 miles per hour is better than the old 35 miles per hour. I did not know that the lead motors or cars receive brake air and all battery and electric power from the middle cars that have no cabin at the ends. That reminds me of the fairly new rolling stock, such as the R142, R142A, R143, R160, R179, and now the R211 modern railcars on the New York City rapid transit system, which is called "Subway." Thank you for arousing my interest in the Montreal Metro rolling stock and for typing to me.
Lionel Groulx = Lee o nell Grew
Haha. Not even close 😀😀😀. Some of those are nasty to pronounce. I’ve lived on Long Island all my life.