Toronto Historic Streetcars St Clair Avenue September 2013 TTC Toronto Transit Commission

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11 жыл бұрын

September 14 and 15 2013 marked 100 years of streetcar service along St. Clair Avenue and 100 years of the Wychwood Barns. Part of the festivities included TTC Toronto PCC streetcar 4500 running between St. Clair West station and Lansdowne, and TTC Toronto Peter Witt car 2766 being displayed at Oakwood Loop. The video starts off with some views of various storefronts celebrating the streetcars. Also a look inside the former Toronto Transit Commission Wychwood Barns which have been transformed into a community centre. Also Included in this video are various views of TTC Toronto PCC streetcar 4500 along St. Clair and TTC Toronto Peter Witt 2766 being brought to and from Oakwood Loop.

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@rolandjong9126 3 жыл бұрын

I really love the old style streetcars. They would be awesome for special occasions...birthdays...anniversaries... weddings ☺️ such classics

@fares-please 3 жыл бұрын

They are indeed such beauties!

@ukraina91 10 жыл бұрын

such a sexy streetcar! love the burgundy and mustard colours!

@teachingenglishthefunway3568 6 жыл бұрын

Really good video, thanks. I lived around there and used that station the summer of 79

@fares-please 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed in. Summer of 79 must have been lots of these old cars running around.

@wartax5 10 жыл бұрын

I can't believe I missed this historic event. I'm usually down around Bathurst and St. Clair just not weekends especially. Great video all the same.

@zooboumafou 7 жыл бұрын

You're lucky that you still have streetcars in Toronto !! *.*

@old_ttc2749 3 жыл бұрын

True

@TomAlctel 3 жыл бұрын

They are gonna be around a long time

@luislaplume8261 Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately in my old hometown of NYC the idiotic NYC government got rid of all the trolleys and the electric buses that used double overhead wires that produced no air pollution and they were replaced by diesel fuel buses and also ran over potholes and cracks on the asphalt road and in the 1960s they complained about air pollution. At least with trolleys you also had a smooth ride and no refueling was necessary.

@diegozeus2009 10 жыл бұрын

wonderful, I miss Toronto so much......

@hithere8753 Жыл бұрын

I remember riding this as a little kid in the late 80s

@fares-please Жыл бұрын

Same here. Always loved the PCC cars

@danielthoman7324 Жыл бұрын

PCC cars are the most beautiful ❤️. First time I rode on one was in 66 or 67.

@sda9995 4 жыл бұрын

At 5:37 on the left side I see my old building still there

@fares-please 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you got to see where you used to live 🙂

@jayvonnoelsmith8445 Жыл бұрын

I really like the old streetcars

@fares-please Жыл бұрын

So do I 😆👍

@jayvonnoelsmith8445 Жыл бұрын

@@fares-please yea

@ReiwaMagi 3 жыл бұрын

Love the old streetcars! However, with the trolley wire being converted for Pantograph operation, I wonder if they will need to convert their old vehicles from Trolley Pole to Pantograph so they can keep running on Toronto streets for Events in the years to come?

@fares-please 3 жыл бұрын

I believe they will need to convert them, or else it will make operating them a little difficult. Thanks for watching :)

@fares-please 10 жыл бұрын

Thank-you! They didn't give much advance notice at all, it was a fun two days and the weather was great!

@72defender 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

@fares-please 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Lots of fun, wish more events like this would be held!

@StudioYKA 10 жыл бұрын

Very good video. We also were in Toronto in the year 2013 and in the northwest of Toronto (in the Halton County near Kitchener) is a streetcar museum (Halton County Radial Railway). There are a lot of old streetcars, buses and trolleybuses.

@phwebbie 10 жыл бұрын

Love the old streetcars prefer them over the new ones

@fares-please 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Phoebe!

@ltaproductions7989 8 жыл бұрын

+Brad O'Brien do you know when they run?

@marcthibault1649 4 жыл бұрын

J ai eu la chance d embarquer dans les tramway de Toronto et en voyant ce vidéo ça me fait rappeler des beaux souvenirs merci de partager ce vidéo

@mrcanadaoso 6 жыл бұрын

excellent video a look on TTCs past!!

@fares-please 6 жыл бұрын

Gaston Palavicino Thank you . Glad you enjoyed it ☺

@mrcanadaoso 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir, I hope the TTC will give more of these shows in the future

@PopShoppekid 9 жыл бұрын

Diego, me too, and where did you move to? Myself, I am now in Palm Desert, CA. I loved riding on those streetcars as a kid in the 1960's and 70's.

@xxxbendy_zizzy_transit_yt6194 4 жыл бұрын

Old ttc i can put a fan 😥

@michaelriehl8104 4 жыл бұрын

VERY cool video So guessing car 4500 from the 1950's? and car 2766 from 1923...it still runs?

@HollywoodFan21 10 жыл бұрын

TTC the best way in Metropolitan Toronto !

@michaelsegal3558 3 жыл бұрын

1:23 the fleet number on that streetcar is 4500 I once saw one of the new streetcars with the same fleet number

@fares-please 3 жыл бұрын

That's true. There is a 4500 LFLRV too

@Humulator 11 ай бұрын

For some reason the TTC repeated the same numbers. 4500 and 4549 are the only 2 numbers right now repeated.

@michaelsegal3558 11 ай бұрын

@@Humulator I see I know they even did the same thing with the rocket subway trains there was one an old H5 car with the number 5796 it was the H5 car they dolled up to look like a T1 car (my favourite H5 car) and I’ve seen a rocket train car also with the number 5796 but when ever I do a google search for TTC subway car 5796 I only get pictures of the old H5 car not the new rocket car

@Humulator 11 ай бұрын

@@michaelsegal3558 Yes but 1. Its not right now repeated. 2. In that case, they were reusing as they were retiring which makes more sense than just repeating it while both will still be active. I do find that h5-tr thing interesting though

@michaelsegal3558 11 ай бұрын

@@Humulator ok

@drgustaf2450 4 жыл бұрын

That Comic sans is pretty tragic

@diasvitor200 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful car indeed! Just a little too noisy if compared to the brand new ones.

@fares-please 3 жыл бұрын

Yes very beautiful - :) The noise is part of the charm you could say LOL :) Thank you for watching!

@diasvitor200 3 жыл бұрын

But I loved them anyway. They do have some very special charm.

@djtoomuch230 9 жыл бұрын

Are the PCC's rollsigns superglued to say 'Harbourfront Line Union Station / CNE or can it change?

@GolfFanaticEstR 7 жыл бұрын

It can change sometimes.

@argopunk 10 жыл бұрын

Shouldn't it have been the Witt, the PCC, then the CLRV?

@fares-please 10 жыл бұрын

They won't allow the Witt car to lead. They need a car in front and a car behind to protect it.

@argopunk 10 жыл бұрын

Brad O'Brien Thanks. Makes sense until some Fast and Furious jackpot t-bones it in an intersection.

@fares-please 10 жыл бұрын

argopunk they are actually afraid of the Witt cars brakes failing, I guess they rather have it hit the streetcar in front rather than something else. It personally doesnt make sense to me. San Francisco and Milan run Witt cars in regular service with no issues. Mind you I don't know the full story and reasoning behind it, someone at the TTC could probably explain it fully.

@argopunk 10 жыл бұрын

So they are protecting the public from a big potentially klutzy senior citizen. Got it.

@djm5687 2 жыл бұрын

@@fares-please The TTC only has *one Peter Witt streetcar* in their inventory, so it is understandable that they would want to protect it.

@TomAlctel 3 жыл бұрын

The newer ones are sexy

@fares-please 3 жыл бұрын

They look sharp

@trainrover 4 жыл бұрын

Those old trams do look so out of place s o far away from a n y cityscape there..and shame them locals smell all their nearby odourless blooms there..oh well.