Street Cars & Buses in Nelson BC 1948-49

TMTV Nelson BC Canada - Historical film footage found on videotape - poor quality but the original film can not be found to provide a good transfer. It shows the Fairview area of Nelson BC with street cars, buses and a taxi cab in 1948 or 49. If you have more info please leave a comment

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Autos & Vehicles

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• street
• car
• buses
• nelson
• bc
• Kootenays
• 1940
• historical
• tmtv
• bctv
• television
• auto

[tmtvbctv]

Thanks very much, it was marked in one book as 1942 but we did find another note attached to the video as winter 48

[darylfn]

Thanks for posting. I particularly enjoyed the scene of the old streetcar.

[bbutchart63]

@johnmday50

My Dad drove bus in Nelson during the 1950's & 60's. I remember the Twin Coach buses with the motor over the rear wheels right at the rear of the bus. In 1956 the City of Nelson bought new Brill coach and I remember riding it. They had a horizontal six cylinder motor with three speed transmission. Later years a newer type of Twin Coaches were purchased. They didn't have enough power to to up the hills with a full load of passengers, so the rear ends had to be changed.

[johnmday50]

It cannot be 1942 as the city buses shown are 1948 model 41S Twin Coaches. The streetcars last ran in summer 1949 so I would guess the footage shows winter 1948-49. There's a photo of a stretcar in heavy snow in 12/48 in the book "Hanging Fire and Heavy Horses", the history of the Nelson system. I am the owner of the last bus purchased by the city transit system - #118, 1971 GMC TDH3301, preserved as #6000.