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The MR-63 (Matériel roulant 1963) was the first generation of rubber-tyred rolling stock of the Montreal Metro in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Based on the MP 59 of the Paris Métro in France, the trains were in use on three of Montreal's four Metro lines from 1966 until 2018.
A version of the PBY-5A Catalina, this aircraft was built in 1944 for the Royal Canadian Air Force A Vickers Vedette replica at the Western Canada Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba A Canadian Vickers MR-63 car on its last day in service on the Montreal Metro.
Canadian Vickers MR-63, were in service from the metro's opening in October 1966 until June 2018. Of the original 369 cars built, 33 were destroyed in two separate accidents. On June 21, 2018, the last of the MR-63 trains was completely retired after 52 years of service. [85]
Although the design of what was to later become the MR-73 was completed in 1973, it was only in 1974 that the CTCUM formally awarded the MR-73 contract to the fledgling Bombardier Transportation. [2] A cheaper bid by Canadian Vickers, manufacturer of the MR-63 trains, was disqualified by a technicality. [1] [3]
Vickers brand aircraft were produced from 1911 to 1965, when BAC ended the name. Like many other British manufacturers, an enterprise in Canada was set up; Canadian Vickers Limited. This company ceased operations in 1944. Canadair was founded shortly after by former Canadian Vickers employees and later absorbed into Bombardier Aerospace.
Canadian Vickers Vedette 1924 forestry patrol flying boat, 60 built; CANT 7 1924 flying boat trainer, 34 built; Ikarus ŠM 1924 flying boat trainer, 42 built; Macchi M.26 1924 flying boat fighter, 2 built; CANT 10 1925 flying boat airliner, 18 built; Rohrbach Ro VII Robbe 1925 flying boat, 3 built; Savoia-Marchetti S.59 1925 reconnaissance ...
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In addition to the British-built aeroplanes, the Canadian Vickers company in Montreal, Quebec, also manufactured 40 Stranraers under licence for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). These Canadian Stranraers served in anti-submarine and coastal defence capacities on both Canada's Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and were in regular service until 1946.