montreal: Um, OK

le_maistre_e (

le_maistre_e) wrote in

montreal,
@ 2008-03-27 21:50:00

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public transit (bus)

Um, OK
A bus burned at Lionel Groulx Metro (soon to be Oscar Peterson metro, hopefully).

Colour me WTF???

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	bagelofdeath 2008-03-28 01:55 am UTC (link)
	What do you mean? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	le_maistre_e 2008-03-28 02:04 am UTC (link)
	I mean, follow the link. No, these are not doctored. My brother can't do that: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=102602&id=628915117&ref=nf (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bagelofdeath 2008-03-28 02:07 am UTC (link)
	Holy moly. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	eyeballmassage 2008-03-28 01:56 am UTC (link)
	link? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	le_maistre_e 2008-03-28 02:06 am UTC (link)
	I know it's not an official news site, by any stretch of the imagination, but I know that my brother can't doctor pictures at all, so I know these are real: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=102602&id=628915117&ref=nf Hope this helps. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	czk 2008-03-28 02:07 am UTC (link)
	his profile is only viewable if he is your friend. link fails. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	astrowench 2008-03-28 02:13 am UTC (link)
	not true, I'm not his friend and I can see it. try joining the Montreal, QC network. those are crazy pictures. when did this happen? I'll be scouting the news tomorrow morning for more information..."destroying society with your bare hands like your life is a Dead Kennedys song," anyone? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	czk 2008-03-28 02:19 am UTC (link)
	facebook is still a huge riddle to me. thanks for the help, though! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	le_maistre_e 2008-03-28 02:24 am UTC (link)
	FaceBook is teh Craque!! Come to the Dark Side. We has cookies!! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	le_maistre_e 2008-03-28 02:23 am UTC (link)
	Apparently, today, but I can't get through to The Brother to confirm. stupid cell phone. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	le_maistre_e 2008-03-28 02:13 am UTC (link)
	Stupid brother and his stupid security. let me see if I can get a picture. Hold on ..... Crap. I'll have to call him and get him to email me one. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	czk 2008-03-28 02:15 am UTC (link)
	hey someone said it's not necessary :) apparantly i have to join the montreal network (i thought i was on it, but apparantly not ;) ) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	le_maistre_e 2008-03-28 02:16 am UTC (link)
	Sorry, I can't seem to get a hold of him. Try joining the Montreal network, and if that fails, let me know or just scan the headlines tomorrow. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	czk 2008-03-28 02:18 am UTC (link)
	I tried and it worked (apparantly you can only be a part of one such network, and I was already on the netherlands network) and wow, those pictures! weird how there's nothing in the news about it :o oh & thanks for the trouble&help (: (Reply to this)(Parent)

	bagelofdeath 2008-03-28 02:24 am UTC (link)
	He's not my friend. Maybe in the montreal network? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cherry_chrome 2008-03-28 03:59 am UTC (link)
	But he is my friend! And so are you. AND Gashin. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	My last comment wasn't clear. gashin 2008-03-28 02:24 am UTC (link)
	To help out those who aren't in the Montreal network, all you need to do is right-click on the image and get its URL from the Properties/whatever (or Copy Image Address, if on a Mac). That will give you the address for the picture itself, as opposed to the page the picture is on. Then post that link. (Reply to this)

	swestrup 2008-03-28 02:49 am UTC (link)
	Here's the Images, for those who can't see them: (Reply to this)(Thread)

	rilms 2008-03-28 03:01 am UTC (link)
	Wholie McShittles! I hope no one was hurt...looks like the engine blew itself up... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	taxlady 2008-03-28 04:00 am UTC (link)
	Uhm, that's the rear end of the bus - you can see mirrors at the opposite end from the fire. I think they have their engines at the front. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	canadiens1160 2008-03-28 04:42 am UTC (link)
	Engine at the rear is the new engine at the front. The buses are flat-nosed and have half the width of the back cabin area inaccessible for a reason - bigass engine. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	taxlady 2008-03-28 05:12 am UTC (link)
	I didn't realize that. Thank you. I guess if they are rear wheel drive it saves a very long drive shaft. I had small truck that was pretty flat-nosed and it had the engine at the front. I had access to the engine to right of the driver's seat. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rilms 2008-03-28 05:12 am UTC (link)
	Vindication! Thank you :) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	thepersona 2008-03-28 04:51 am UTC (link)
	The engines on the LFS bus are at the rear corner, exactly where the fire is. There's a story in the paper tomorrow about it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	taxlady 2008-03-28 05:13 am UTC (link)
	I hadn't realized that. Thank you. It does make sense. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	raccoonbonapart 2008-03-28 04:47 pm UTC (link)
	I looked for the story but I couldn't find it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thepersona 2008-03-28 06:41 pm UTC (link)
	Apparently it was just a photo: "The fire was caused by mechanical problems, police said, and no one was hurt." (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tristia 2008-03-28 04:06 pm UTC (link)
	jaw drop yikes. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	le_maistre_e 2008-03-28 04:35 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks for posting these, swestrup. Couldn't figure it out for the life of me! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	higldypigldy 2008-03-28 03:20 am UTC (link)
	!!! i hope nobody was on it.. (Reply to this)

	vierge_en_trop 2008-03-28 03:56 am UTC (link)
	This was on the news this afternoon. They say that the engine caught fire, that no one was hurt and that this is a rare occurance. (Reply to this)

	ccord 2008-03-28 04:16 am UTC (link)
	Looks as if the rear engine decided to put itself out of its misery and take the rest of the bus with it. Let's all hope that this isn't an indication of new gremlins in the NovaBus electrical systems! (Reply to this)

	minarin 2008-03-28 07:31 am UTC (link)
	1. wow 2. soon to be Oscar Peterson metro, hopefully) why is the name changing and why are you hopeful about that (just asking!) (Reply to this)(Thread)

	goodnightmoon__ 2008-03-28 08:02 am UTC (link)
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_peterson Owen tells me that Lionel Groulx was actually a big racist or something O.o so it's probably for the best that they give the metro a namesake that isn't racist and actually is awesome. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	minarin 2008-03-28 08:03 am UTC (link)
	rofl really. i always liked the way lionel-groulx sounds tho, especially the way english people who don't know french say it such as my british grandparents lol... i just hate name changes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	x_crazyness_xxx 2008-03-28 08:48 pm UTC (link)
	yah i like hearing people say gruuleX :) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	asddsa 2008-03-28 02:10 pm UTC (link)
	another first generation lfs bites the dust yessssss those buses suck (Reply to this)

Yup

elsie_kay
2008-03-28 02:37 pm UTC (link)

Yesterday my bus pulled up at lionel groux and we passed by the bus that was on fire. It wasn't on fire when I saw it but it stank and it looked like it got blown up.

I found out that my friend was actually on the bus. She said the flames were outside and she had to close her window as they were starting to get too close. She said the bus driver and everyone was going a little crazy but they were near lionel groux when it happened so everyone was okay but a little panicked. She said her hair and clothes smelt so bad it made her literally ill.

Crazy buses! Lucky they weren't on the highway!

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	Re: Yup le_maistre_e 2008-03-28 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	I hope your friend's OK today, and that she was able to get rid of the smell. So, if I understand correctly, the bus was moving at the time the fire started?!?! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Yup elsie_kay 2008-03-29 12:06 am UTC (link)
	Yeah she's feeling better today! And that's what she said- the bus caught on fire while it was on the road :/ A little scary to think about (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Yup le_maistre_e 2008-03-29 01:46 am UTC (link)
	I take that route regularly to go to my mom's. shudders (Reply to this)(Parent)

	morganlefae 2008-03-28 06:03 pm UTC (link)
	god I hate those buses. All their movements are jerky no matter who the driver is. Like they move forward and you get thrown back every time. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	_shesrubbish 2008-03-29 02:58 pm UTC (link)
	good riddance to bad rubbish. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	pr2 2008-03-29 12:23 am UTC (link)
	WHOA. (Reply to this)

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