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TTS members got a close-up look at this full-sized mock-up of an ICTS car hidden inside of
Wychwood Carhouse during the Society's 1983 spring charter. Dave Smith photo, Alan Gryfe collection. |
| At the Exhibition during August 1953, when Canada's first subway cars were on display
to the public. Mal Smith photo, TTS collection. |
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Car 5030 and an unidentified companion sit on flat cars in Spadina Yard on November 15th, 1953,
en route from the Port of Montreal to the TTC's Davisville Shops. Elgin Motors and the factories are
long gone, and today this scene is populated by GO trains instead of box cars. Lewis Swanson photo, Alan Gryfe collection. |
| Rivalled only by the Imperial Life building as Toronto's largest Christmas card, cars
5030 and 5031 bore this greeting during the 1953 holiday season. Since December 28th, 1953,
apartment buildings and poplar trees have sprung up in this location, across from the Mount Pleasant
Cemetary. Lewis Swanson photo, Alan Gryfe collection. |
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The TTC's official photo of the Gloucester cars, taken on the north side of Davisville carhouse. TTC photo, Alan Gryfe collection. |
| Racing down the median of the Spadina Expressway, 5074 leads a southbound train through the Highway 401 interchange on a remarkably snow-free day in late February 1989. |
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5080 and 5081 sit on track 4 on the south side of Davisville carhouse in August, 1966. Note the
empty signbox; these cars were probably having new linnens fitted showing the just-opened
Bloor-Danforth destinations. Photo © 1966, 1998 by Jerry Appleman. |
| Subway Day -- March 30th, 1954. The inaugural train of Canada's first subway approaches
Davisville Station for the opening ceremonies. Car 5099 -- less than a month old at the time --
carries a special placard for the occasion. Lewis Swanson photo, Alan Gryfe collection. |
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5099 again, leading a southbound train into Davisville Station in February 1989. Over the years a few changes have been made: note the headlights, "Do not lean against doors" warnings, and repositioned crests and numbers. |
| The last of the first group of Gloucester cars leads the TTS' farewell charter on September 30, 1990, at the eastbound platform at "lower" Bay station. The "Woodbine" destination was used when the Bloor-Danforth line first opened and was through-routed with the Yonge-University line. And no, the TTC hasn't lowered the age requirement for it's operators, that's the motorman's son in the cab. |
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A sunny April 20, 1981, finds this eight-car Gloucester train sitting on the Wilson Yard tail track, adjacent to the Spadina Expressway. |
| The Gloucester cars late in their service life: Eight members of the 140-car fleet enter Yorkdale Station at the end of February, 1989. |
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The experimental class G-2 cars at Davisville Station, probably in early April, 1954. These cars were a joint venture of the TTC, Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon, and the Aluminum Development Association. Their design was likely influenced by similar London Transport cars built by GRC&W from 1936 through 1959. (LT "R" series car shown in the inset.) |
| A northbound H-1 train at Union Station. 5423 has "Union" as its destination because the University line was temporarily closed due to trackwork. Photographed in the fall of 1985. |
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