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Getting Calgary Transit moving again

26 Wednesday Jun 2013

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Putting things back on track
Calgary Transit workers remove debris from the LRT tunnel north of Victoria Park/Stampede station that was submerged to the ceiling during the height of the flooding.

Calgary Transit’s downtown infrastructure took it on the chin during the record flooding over the last week.
Here are some photos I snapped of the damage and of the work being done to get things moving again.

Repairs on fast track
More work done near Victoria Park/Stampede station. And yes, those tracks are really suspended in mid-air!

Ballast carried away
Floodwaters carried away the ballast beneath the platform at Victoria Park/Stampede station.

Tunnel team
Crews work to restore the Cemetery Hill tunnel, above and next two images.

Rail rally

Shovel in hand

C-Train shuttle
Buses put into service as a C-Train shuttle roam on a very dusty Macleod Trail on June 25.

On track to fresh visual perspectives

04 Monday Feb 2013

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Their perspectives

I often wonder if most people who use Calgary’s light rail system notice the art that exists intrinsically all around them.
Well, there are six Calgarians who most certainly do. Flickr friends and photographers (above, from left) James Tworow, Linda M. Cunningham, Nathalie Babineau-Griffiths, Wanda Martin and Dave King, along with Ian Proctor (not present), share their visual insights from the newly opened west leg of Calgary’s LRT system.
Their photo exhibition, One Place, Six Perspectives, demonstrates the innate artistic richness of Calgary’s newest C-Train stations, which stretch 8.2 km westward from downtown.
Swing by for a look and you, too, will see how transit can be more than just trains, buses, bricks and mortar.
One Place, Six Perspectives takes place on the walls of Pages Books in Kensington until the end of April.
P.S.: The group’s photos are also available for sale.