A well made industrial film about a modern (now vintage) North American rapid transit line. From the BC History YT channel, is found a beautiful film about a ground breaking transit system. Developed by UTDC, Kingston, Ontario, ALRT technology's first large application of linear induction propulsion - which happens to be driver less. Short driver less, elevated trains with sub 2 minute headways are the way to go for a new system. Being Canada they were able to avoid the bother and expense of platform screen doors and fare gates! A 22 Km long dream come true, opened just 4.5 years after contracts were signed. Service began 4 months before the 1986 World's Fair, which I attended on the occasion of my second transcontinental flight. This film truly conveys the overwhelming joy I felt as a transit fan and urbanist (and young chiId of the 1964-65 NY fair) during my visit to the new system, EXPO 86 and the rapidly expanding jewel of the Pacific North West, Vancouver. What finer place to relive, as a young adult, the mind shaping experience I had at our World's Fair. Moreso, the theme of EXPO 86 was Transportation and Communication. I shot about 3 minutes of Super 8 film at that time and I hope to put it up in the near future so please subscribe if you want to see that.
In my remix I retained the excellent script, narration and music of the original, but removed 20 minutes of tedious shots of heavy construction and behind the scenes stuff. Original film, Going to Town, is at the excellent BC History channel along with two or three more SkyTrain films and countless others on British Columbia's history.
Негізгі бет SkyTrain's Dawn - (Remix of Goin' to Town - 1985)
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