Having proved itself during the Second World War, the PCC Car entered the post-war era redesigned and improved, this time to do battle with the automobile. Although it proved in most cities a futile struggle, the PCC reigned happy and glorious in Toronto which fielded the second largest (250) number of the new all-electric PCCs in North America, after Chicago. These post-war Red Rockets, numbered 4300-4549, rendered more than 40 years service, a splendid record that is celebrated today by the continued operation of TTC's historic cars nos. 4500 and 4549.
Unlike other properties, TTC experienced post-war ridership increases with a three per cent jump recorded between 1945 and 1949. This and the desire to replace the 195 remaining former Toronto Railway wooden cars, prompted continued additional purchases of PCCs.
On 2 May 1946 the TTC placed its first order (St. Louis Car Co. order no. 1665/Canadian Car & Foundry Co. no. 1732) for 100 (nos. 4300-4399, A-6) of the new all-electric PCCs which incorporated many improvements over the original air-electric design. These included replacement of air-operated brakes and doors with electric operation, all-steel roof, smaller main windows giving every seated passenger a view, standee windows and a 30' slope to the windscreen to eliminate glare.
As with pre-war cars, the body shells were constructed by St. Louis Car Co. in the United States and then shipped to Canada for completion to avoid heavy duties on the import of finished rail equipment.
To acquaint staff with all-electric operation, no. 4300 arrived at Hillcrest Shops on 22 December 1947, well in advance of her sisters. The car was sent to Danforth Division on 9 January 1948 to begin crew instruction and entered revenue service on Bloor on 1 February 1948. The balance of the order was shipped to Toronto between 18 February and 25 May save for two experimentally fitted cars which arrived in June. Nos. 4398 and 4399 had a roof-monitor with forced-draught ventilation fans and no. 4399 was additionally provided with fluorescent lighting. None of these enhancements was adopted fleetwide and the special equipment was removed from both cars by late 1949. When all the 4300s were on hand by June they provided all the base service on Bloor as well as augmenting the Harbord and Carlton routes.
In an effort to brighten cars' interiors, TTC experimentally modified number 4300 on November 20, 1948 with mottled blue bulkheads, pale blue ceilings and red seat upholstery. Car 4301 followed soon thereafter. Car 4302 was modified in 1950 with the same blue scheme but with darker red seats and stainless steel seat backs. Cars 4280 and 4294 were similarly modified in July 1950. Once satisfied with the new scheme, the TTC incorporated it for the TTC's next new PCC order, the A8 class.
Toronto's next 100-car contract (nos. 4400-4499, A-7), on 25 May 1948 (St. Louis Car Co. order no. 1671/Canadian Car & Foundry Co. order no. 1830), broke new ground. The 10-mile long crosstown Bloor line was TTC's busiest, maintaining a two-minute rush hour headway. Traffic congestion, however, was becoming acute, exacerbated by 56 traffic signals encountered on a roundtrip. The Traffic Dept. recommended train operation on the theory that two cars could pass through a single light cycle more efficiently than single units. Thus, the A-7s were one of the first all-electric PCCs to be MU (multiple-unit) operated (Shaker Heights 71-95 established MU operation a year before) and the only all street-running PCCs so fitted.
Car 4400 was delivered on 27 July 1949. Following a test MU operation on Bloor St. west of Lansdowne on 1 August, nos. 4400 and 4401 were displayed at the Canadian National Exhibition that August and September. The final unit of the order, no. 4499, arrived at Hillcrest on 24 November. The first four A-7s started running as single units on Bloor on 25 August. Nos. 4408 and 4409 operated for the first time as a train in revenue service for a one-day test in the rush hour on the 30th. Meanwhile, track switches were altered to accommodate two-car trains and a new loop was put in at Danforth and Hillingdon which was made operational on 9 February 1950 and permitted off street coupling and uncoupling of the MU cars. All was set for the commencement of revenue train operation, but not until an agreement could be hammered out with the carmen's union over pay scales for the crews. This was achieved on 17 February when the TTC upped the hourly rate for one-man cars to $1.24 and $1.19 for two-man cars.
Regular train service on Bloor with the 4400s commenced on 13 March 1950 with morning rush hour. Multiple unit operation, initially confined to peak hours only, was expanded to 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on 5 October 1953 and then to all day Saturdays on 10 October. With the A-7s settled down on Bloor, the A-6s were shifted to the Carlton, Harbord, Church, Parliament and Coxwell routes.
The advent of the 4400s also permitted replacement on 21 May 1950 of two-man Witts on Bay St. on Sundays and holidays with PCCs.
The TTC made its final commitment to new PCCs when in February 1950 it asked for tenders for either 75 single PCCs or 75 MU-equipped ones. Suffering from "sticker shock", the Commission economised and instead took bids for 50 cars (single or MU) with some minor spec changes. On 2 March the TTC ordered 50 single PCCs, nos. 4500-4549, assigned class A-8, (St. Louis Car Co. order no. 1674/Canadian Car & Foundry Co. order no. 1912). This latest order would bring TTC's PCC fleet up to 539 units, third after Chicago and Pittsburgh, but still insufficient to pension off all of the remaining BB class cars.
On 7 November 1950 St. Louis Car commenced shipment of the 4500 body shells to Canadian Car for completion. When the last body left St. Louis on 9 February 1951, it remained only for the final Boston (Pullman-Standard) and San Francisco orders to be completed before the last PCC was built in North America.
Originally, it was planned to fit five cars with 20 British-made Crompton Parkinson C93A1 motors which would be comparable to the Canadian Westinghouse 1432J motors used on the balance of the order. However, a delay in receipt of the motors from Britain resulted in all of the A-8 cars getting Canadian Westinghouse equipment. On arrival, the twenty motors were spread out in the fleet on motor changeouts. At least one A-8 was ultimately fitted with the British-made motors. The "Canadian content" of the 4500s was estimated at 62 per cent.
Unique among the 4500s was the provision of Clark B2-B trucks; the only other PCCs so-fitted were Pittsburgh's nos. 1725-1774 of 1949. On this derivative of the B2 truck, the bolster rested on rubber which isolated motor vibrations from the car body and did away with the need to lubricate the bolster bearings. In Toronto practice, the B2-B was not successful and the trucks were gradually converted to B2 standard.
Also emulating the Pittsburgh 1700s, the 4500s had distinctive interior fittings. Reflecting TTC's desire to achieve a lower cost per car, the more austere interior introduced by the 1700s, which discarded the decorative steel panels framing the standee windows and the auto-style window cranks and mechanisms, was adopted. The standee windows were flush fitted in the body shell as were the lift-up main windows which, uniquely for PCCs, could be fully raised and lacking window guards, gave the 4500s a "semi-convertible" character much appreciated on warm days.
The A-8s had different windscreens than the A-6s and A-7s by not having the pronounced curve on the doorside section and the glass was set in rubber instead of stainless steel framing. Additionally, the moulding strip between the standee and main windows was relocated to just above the main windows.
After the prototypes 4302, 42890 and 4294, these were the first new TTC PCCs to have fluted stainless steel seat backs, although the former Cincinnati A-9s were so fitted upon arrival. Like the A-6s and A-7s, the A-8s had a 52-seat capacity with double seats except for seven single seats forward on the door side, the first one behind the front door facing the aisle. Another single seat was located just behind the motorman. Interior colours were the same as the A-7s (two-tone blue and red seats) but with the side bulkheads painted an unusual mottled blue pattern.
The first two A-8s, no. 4500 and 4501, arrived at Hillcrest Shops on 31 January 1951 from Canadian Car. Revenue operation on the Bathurst route began with four cars on 19 February. Thirty of the cars were in service by 14 March and the remaining 20 were commissioned by 30 April. When the last PCC was shipped from Montreal on 10 April, it was the last street car to be built in the Dominion for a quarter of a century. The new equipment, based at St. Clair Division, was initially used on the Bathurst, Fort, Bay (Sundays and holidays), St. Clair and Yonge (night service only).
With the A-8s on hand, the last of the old TRC BB-class cars could be finally retired. On 30 March 1951 a special farewell parade through the city centre was organised with BB-class no. 1326 followed by brand-new A-8 class no. 4501.
The A-8s, which had always operated from St. Clair Division, had a brief diversion 29 May-1 June 1964 when eight cars were shifted to Roncesvalles Division to provide a shuttle service from Exhibition Loop to Wolseley Loop just above Queen St. during subway construction at Bloor; buses ran between St. Clair and Queen St. during this
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The biggest change to Toronto's street car system since 1954 occurred on 26 February 1966 with the opening of the crosstown Bloor-Danforth subway which not only closed the Harbord, Parliament, Fort and Coxwell lines and reduced the once supreme Bloor trunk line to temporary shuttle connecting the outer fringes of the new subway until west and east extensions were completed. North America's busiest carline, Bloor, had been a marvel of PCC operation, capable of carrying 9,000 passengers per hour with weekday ridership topping 200,000 passengers (more than many rapid transit lines) and requiring as many as 160 PCCs in peak hours. It all ended early on the morning of 26 February when no. 4428 swung out of Luttrell Loop at 4:55 a.m. and, proving a veritable red rocket, she raced crosstown at an average 40 to 50 mph in time to leave Jane Loop at 5:40 a.m. and pulled into to Landsdowne Carhouse 13 minutes later. Thus ended, for awhile at least, MU PCC operation in Toronto.
Toronto's PCCs had always been elegantly attired in a rich, wine red and yellow-cream lined in black. On 22 July 1970 A-6 no. 4322 emerged from Hillcrest Shops repainted in a brighter "subway red" which became standard for the fleet.
Although it had been planned in November 1966 to phase out street cars by 1980, there was doubt that TTC's PCC fleet would last that long and even with more bus conversions, 223 cars would still be needed by 1976. PCC car miles per defect had risen from 3,194 in 1964 to 1,326 in 1970 and harsh Toronto winters had severely corroded structural members. In a test, A-6 no. 4362 entered Hillcrest Shops for a comprehensive rebuilding on 2 September 1971. The car was essentially stripped to the frame and so extensive was the salt corrosion, that TTC decided that a core number of PCCs would have to be similarly refitted if they were to continue in service until new cars were delivered.
On 23 November 1971 TTC announced a $800,000 Heavy Rebuild Programme of an initial 50 Canadian-built PCCs (20 A-6s, 20 A-7s and 10 A-8s). The project would truly get underway in July 1972 when Hillcrest completed rebuilding the trolley bus fleet. It was estimated that the process would take 36 days and that 12 cars at a time could be rebuilt. The comprehensive work included electrical (70 per cent of the wiring was replaced), mechanical and structural overhauls. A new brown and cream interior livery was introduced while externally the rebuilt cars were distinguished by smaller dash lights and, eventually, water bumpers on the A-6s and A-8s. To make room for more standees, three double seats opposite the centre door were removed. It was estimated that the rebuilt cars had another "5 to 10 years" of service left. The pilot "rebuild", no. 4362, made her first run, a railfan trip, on 20 February 1972.
In a watershed decision, the plan to abandon street cars was reversed on 7 November 1972 when TTC stated that the street car lines "carry from 4,000 to 9,000 passengers per day in one direction in the rush hour and the commission's experience has been in Toronto's traffic conditions and street layout, street cars can handle these heavy traffic volumes more efficiently that either buses or trolley buses."
The decision to retain street cars immediately focused TTC's attention towards the immediate renewal of the fleet and development of a PCC replacement. On 21 November 1972 an accelerated PCC rebuild programme was announced with 75 instead of 50 cars to be refitted a year beginning in 1973. This would involve only the A-6, 7 and 8 classes and it was planned to retire all the "boomer" cars by 1976. Ultimately, 44 cars were rebuilt in 1972, 78 in 1973, 26 in 1974 and a final 25 in 1975, making for a total of 173 cars of the A-6 (79 rebuilds), 7 (45 rebuilds) and 8 (49 rebuilds) classes at a total cost of $3.1 million.
In 1973 the first A-8, damaged no. 4513 which had been stored since 1971, was scrapped and this was the only one of the class not rebuilt.
As part of the development of the new CLRV cars, field tests of some concepts and equipment were made with PCCs. In June 1976 no. 4360 was fitted with Bochum resilient wheels whilst no. 4537 was given a vehicle idenification system enabling central control to keep track of her location. The previous year, no. 4504 emerged on 3 March 1975 with experimental angled, molded plastic style seats forward of the centre door.
Faced with a sudden dip in ridership after a fare increase, TTC decided to end MU operation on Queen Street on 4 February 1977 rather than lengthen the existing 4 minute 17 second peak hour headway. Instead, single units would operate on a 2 minute 18 second interval with every other car through routed to Long Branch via Humber Loop. In June 1981, to save weight and maintenance costs, the TTC began removing the couplers from A-7 cars as they became damaged or were shopped for electrical work.
The long twilight for Toronto PCCs began on 30 September 1979 when the first of 196 CLRVs entered service, reducing the PCC roster to 340 by 1 January 1980. That year saw the first large-scale scrapping of all-electric cars when 33 were sent to the breakers. Maintenance of the remaining unrebuilt and "boomer" PCCs ceased and they were henceforth withdrawn as failures occurred.
With the arrival of the last CLRV in November 1981, a further 53 PCCs went to the scrappers the following year and another 50 were stored, pending disposal. Just 33 unrebuilt cars remained in service.
Two A-8s, nos. 4536 and 4545, were repainted in a special blue and grey livery with a "Happy Birthday Toronto" theme for the city's Sesquicentennial in 1984. No. 4545 was the first to emerge from the paintshop on 31 May followed by no. 4536 which was sponsored by Radio CJCL. The PCCs reverted to their regular livery in October 1985 and as such were among the last of their type to be completely repainted. Starting at that time, TTC began to apply oversized yellow numeral decals to the PCCs which superficially marred their dignity. The water bumpers which were found to cause serious corrosion were progressively removed and became rare by this time.
The advent of the first 52 new ALRVs in 1988 was supposed to herald the end of the PCC Era in Toronto. By then, just 60 A-6, 7 and 8s were left operable, mostly in rush hour tripper service on the King, Dundas, Carlton and Kingston Road lines. Hard use and the rigours of Toronto winters had rendered these "Rusty Rockets." Between 1986-92, 18 A-8s were completely rebuilt into A-15s (detailed in a separate section). Meanwhile, a dwindling number of rather woebegone unrebuilt A-6s, 7s and 8s continued in rush hour service. As of April 1989, these comprised:
A-6s nos. 4308, 4310, 4320, 4332, 4336, 4339-4341, 4348, 4352, 4359, 4367-4368, 4381, 4381, 4383, 4393-4394, 4397-4399
A-7s nos. 4404, 4407, 4417, 4421, 4428, 4442, 4456, 4460, 4466, 4468, 4472-4473, 4478, 4481, 4491-4492, 4494-4495.
A-8s nos. 4501, 4503, 4509, 4515, 4518, 4524, 4526, 4528-4530, 4539-4546
Early in 1990, TTC largely cleared Wychwood of unwanted PCCs. Cars 4301, 4306, 4308, 4310, 4313, 4323, 4326, 4328, 4332, 4335, 4340, 4344, 4348, 4364-4366, 4377, 4383, 4393-4395, 4397, 4398, 4407, 4421, 4442, 4458-4459, 4463, 4466, 4474, 4485, 4492 and 4507 were generally shipped off for scrap. By the summer of 1990, there were just 10 of these PCCs in operation, including 4399 (the last operational A-6), 4545 (the last operational A-8) and cars 4417, 4428, 4460, 4473, 4491, 4494, and 4495 (the last operational A-7s). These battered survivors were fitted with the new CIS vehicle identification equipment, suggesting that these cars might operate for a few more years. However, by the end of 1990, 4399 and 4468 were retired, followed by 4545 in January 1991.
Faced with suddenly declining ridership and reduced subsidies, TTC announced severe service reductions on 12 May 1991 which had the immediate effect of condemning the remaining seven PCCs. The last two, nos. 4460 and 4494, ended 42 years of service when they pulled in on route 503 Kingston Road Tripper after the morning rush on 31 May 1991. These were soon joined 26 other PCCs stored at the former St. Clair Carhouse pending disposal which came in summer 1992 when they were sold for scrap. (Click here for a photo essay on the Wychwood PCC Graveyard.)
After more than four decades of sterling service, the Canadian All-Electric PCCs had earned their place in Toronto's heart and history.
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TTC A-6 class all-electric PCC 4300 at Russell carhouse in the late 1970s, taking a break from its services on the Downtowner route. Photo donated from the Brad O'Brien collection.
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TTC A6 PCC #4301 heads southbound on Dovercourt Road, approaching Bloor Street in service on the HARBORD streetcar route on August 31, 1963, while a man on a bike looks back and wonders what the heck the man with the camera is doing. Photo is from the Howard Wayt collection.
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TTC A-6 class all-electric PCC #4302 crosses University Avenue, westbound on Dundas, in service on the HARBORD route on August 8, 1968. This photo is by R. McMann and is courtesy the John Knight collection.
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TTC A6 class all-electric PCC #4303 heads southbound on Spadina Avenue, having diverted onto Bloor Street from its normal HARBORD operations on February 13, 1965. The photo is by Robert McMann and is courtesy the John Knight collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4304 pulls into Lansdowne carhouse at the end of its service day on the HARBORD route on April 4, 1964. The photographer is Robert McMann and the image is courtesy the John Knight collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4305 is seen here heading south on Bathurst, approaching Fleet Street in BATHURST service circa June 1971. This photo was taken by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4306 heads westbound on College, approaching University Avenue and Queen's Park station on April 13, 1963. Note the new subway sign above the northeast entrance to the station. This photo was taken by David J. Hodges.
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TTC A6 PCC #4307 picks up passengers at Main Street station, in service on CARLTON in this July 1976 shot. Photo by J.D. Morgan, from the John Knight collection.
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TTC A-6 class all-electric PCC #4308 heads westbound on Queen, approaching McCaul, in this 1978 shot. The photographer is unknown, and the photo is from the Dave Shaw collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC streetcar #4310 sits at Russell Carhouse alongside PCC 4342. The photographer is unknown.
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Fresh from dropping off passengers, TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4311 pauses before pulling into the pick-up platform at the Exhibition's East Loop in KING-EXHIBITION service during the August 1970 iteration of the Canadian National Exhibition. Richard Glaze captured this photograph.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4312 heads westbound on King Street, approaching Dufferin, in this fall 1967 shot. The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy the John Knight collection.
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TTC A6-class PCC #4313 heads southbound on Pape at Strathcona Avenue in service on HARBORD in this late 1950s shot. The photographer is unknown and the photo is from the Dave Shaw collection.
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TTC A6-class all electric PCC #4314 departs Dufferin Loop in DUNDAS EXHIBITION service with a GM New Look behind. This photograph was taken by Bryce Lee on August 18, 1977 and the image is courtesy the Bob Eisthen collection.
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TTC A6 PCC #4316 heads south on McCaul Street between Orde and Baldwin while on a diversion for the HARBORD route. The day is September 6, 1965. The photograph is by R. McMann and is from the John Knight collection.
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TTC A6 PCC #4317 heads southbound on Church, about to turn onto King in KING-EXHBITION service on September 4, 1972. This PCC has just been rebuilt, and sports the new "subway red" colour scheme. A7 PCC #4479 behind it still sports the older maroon and cream scheme. Both have the serif numbers, and not the Futura that would be applied to later rebuilds. Photo by Harvey Naylor, from the John Knight collection.
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TTC A6 PCC #4318 enters CARLTON service on June 2, 1963. It is heading south on Lansdowne and about to cross Bloor after departing Lansdowne carhouse. The photographer is unknown, and is from the John Knight collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4319 turns from westbound Richmond onto southbound Victoria in KING-EXHIBITION service circa August 1975. Photo by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4320 enters Humber Loop, westbound in QUEEN service, sometime in 1983. This photograph was taken by John Calnan.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4322 sits with its compatriots at Russell Carhouse in this September 1970 shot by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4323 turns from Queen onto Church in KING-EXHIBITION service on August 25, 1977. Photo by Robert McMann, courtesy the John Knight collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4323 heads westbound on Wellington, crossing Bay Street in 503 KINGSTON ROAD service. A Western Flyer rebuilt trolley bus in 6 BAY service is seen in the background. This photo was taken on September 3, 1987 by Jeffrey Kay.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4324 pauses at the top of Spadina Avenue, just south of Bloor Street, in service on a HARBORD diversion on February 13, 1965. Note the crossover in the Spadina Avenue tracks. The photo is from the Howard Wayt collection.
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TTC A6 PCC #4324 turns from eastbound Bloor to southbound Spadina while on a diversion of the HARBORD route on February 13, 1965. The photo is from the Howard Wayt collection.
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TTC A6-class PCC #4325 heads westbound on King Street, approaching Parliament, on February 24, 1966, one of the last days of service to Vincent Loop. Robert McMann took this photograph.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4326 heads eastbound on Queen, approaching Yonge Street in QUEEN service, sometime in 1983. This photograph was taken by John Calnan.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4327 prepares to turn west from Connaught onto Queen Street East, entering 504 KING service in this December 1981 shot by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4328 pulls up to Queen Street, southbound on Roncesvalles, in this early-to-mid-1980s shot. Photo by John Calnan.
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TTC A6 class all-electric PCC #4330 pulls into High Park loop, serving CARLTON, in this fall shot from the 1960s. The photographer is unknown and the photo is courtesy the Dave Shaw collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4331 heads eastbound on Kingston Road, passing St. John's Catholic Church, approaching Malvern Avenue in service on the KINGSTON ROAD route on May 27, 1969. Photo by John F. Bromley.
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Heading westbound along the KING route in 1972, TTC A6 class All-Electric PCC #4331 crosses "the diamonds" at King and York. Photo: Mitchell Libby.
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TTC A-6 All Electric PCC #4332 heads westbound on College, approaching Bay, in service on CARLTON in this 1955 shot. The photographer is unknown.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4334 has just left Broadview Station in 504 KING service and is operating westbound on Erindale, towards Broadview. This photo was taken by Jeffrey Kay on September 12, 1981.
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TTC all-electric A-6 class PCC 4335 trundles down College Street, westbound towards University Avenue. Photo by J. Bernard, donated by Curt Frey.
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Hurrying eastbound in KING service, passengers aboard A6 class All-Electric PCC #4335 have no time to enjoy the view of Humber Bay (and the Gardiner Expressway). This early 1970s shot on King Street West near Wilson Park Road is by Mitchell Libby.
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TTC A6 class all-electric PCC #4336, operating in 503 KINGSTON ROAD TRIPPER service, prepares to turn south on Church Street, while CLRV #4045 prepares to turn north in 521 EXHIBITION EAST service. This shot was taken on August 20, 1981 by Robert McMann and is courtesy the Rob Hutchinson collection.
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TTC A6 all-electric PCC #4337 pauses at High Park Loop in this 1953 scene. Photo by J. Bernard, donated by Curt Frey.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4338 heads westbound on Queen, crossing University Avenue in Queen Street. This photo was taken circa May 1978 by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4339 heads eastbound on Dundas Street, approaching Dundaa Square in 505 DUNDAS service on October 31, 1989. This image is courtesy the Charles Houser collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4340 operates eastbound on Queen, past Bay, in 502 DOWNTOWNER service. This shot was taken by Jeffrey Kay on August 18, 1982.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCCs 4341, 4320 and A8-class all electric PCC 4546 show their backs at St. Clair carhouse on August 22, 1965. This photograph was taken by John F. Bromley and is courtesy the John Knight collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4342 prepares to turn north onto Church from eastbound on King in service on KING-EXHIBITION service on September 6, 1976. This photograph was taken by J. Bryce Lee and the image is courtesy the Bob Eisthen collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4343 approaches Yonge Street eastbound on College in CARLTON service. This photo was taken by Richard Glaze circa June 1980.
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TTC A6 class all-electric PCC #4344 heads eastbound on Davenport Road having crossed Dufferin Road in service on HARBORD on August 31, 1963. Photo by R. McMann, from the John Knight collection.
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In the summer of 1953, photographer J. Bernard caught A-6 class PCC #4345 at High Park loop. Photo donated from the Curt Frey Collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4346 pauses westbound on Dundas at Yonge in DUNDAS service on April 11, 1976. Photo by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4347 enters Coxwell loop at Queen Street, on a 506 CARLTON short turn on May 2, 1980. The photographer is unknown.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4348 heads northbound on Main Street, approaching Danforth Avenue in CARLTON service in this early Sunday September shot by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A6-class air-electric PCC #4349 cuts a stirring profile on King Street in this 1980s Gary Morris shot. Photo borrowed from Dave’s Railpix website.
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After being damaged at an accident at Gerrard and Broadview, TTC A-6 class all electric PCC 4349 was taken to and repaired at Hillcrest Shops, where John Bromley snapped this picture on June 7, 1964. GM Old Look bus #2117 was also on hand. Photo is from the John Knight collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4350 crosses Moore Avenue southbound on Mount Pleasant in ST. CLAIR service in this May 1972 shot by Richard Glaze.
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A-6 all electric PCC 4350 pauses before turning onto College Street from Dundas Street West, eastbound along the 506 CARLTON route in 1986. Photo: Mitchell Libby.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4351 heads eastbound on Kingston Road at Rainsford, in service on the DOWNTOWNER route on July 30, 1976. Photo by R. McMann, from the John Knight collection.
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TTC A-6 class all-electric PCC #4352 heads southbound on Coxwell, passing Casci, in service on the COXWELL streetcar on August 24, 1965. This photo is from the Howard Wayt collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4353 approaches Dundas Street whilst westbound on College in service on the CARLTON streetcar. The shot is circa 1970. The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy the Dave Shaw collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4354 operates on King Street, past Spadina, in 504 KING service. This shot was taken by Jeffrey Kay on August 20, 1983.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4355 in its 1970s paint scheme prepares to turn from King onto Church. Photo donated from the Brad O'Brien collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4356 heads westbound on Queen Street, crossing Bay, in DOWNTOWNER service in this 1975 shot. Image courtesy the Charles Houser collection.
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TTC A-6 class PCC #4357 trundles westbound along College Street, near the University of Toronto in this 1953 scene. Photo by J. Bernard, donated by Curt Frey.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4358 pulls out of Dundas West station in DUNDAS service in this late 1960s shot. Note the streetsign for Vincent Street in the background. That would soon disappear along with the buildings on the right due to the construction of the Crossroads development. The photograph is by Robert McMann and is courtesy the John Knight collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4358 heads eastbound on Dundas Street, approaching Elizabeth Street circa August 1974. Photo by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4360 heads westbound on Queen, passing Ryerson on July 12, 1974. The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy the John Knight collection.
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TTC A-6 All Electric PCC 4362 heads west on College Street, passing the old Eaton Store as it approaches Bay in this 1955 scene. The photographer is unknown.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4362 operates on James Street, about to turn onto Albert Street in City Hall loop. The photographer is unknown and the date this photograph was taken is unknown, although the car was one of the very first PCCs rebuilt in the TTC's early 1970s rebuild program, and was chartered afterward on February 20, 1972, which might be the date.
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TTC A6-class PCC #4362 pulls into Humber Loop in service on 501 QUEEN in this October 1984 shot by W.M. Carr.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4363 heads northbound on Lansdowne, passing beneath the Canadian Pacific Railway underpass as it prepares to enter HARBORD service on July 18, 1965. Photo by Robert McMann, courtesy the John Knight collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4364 turns from Pape Avenue into Lipton loop on April 17, 1962. The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy the John Knight collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4365 heads eastbound on Dundas towards Bay Street in DUNDAS service on this June 1975 shot by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A6 PCC 4366 heads east on Dundas Street, taking the bridge over the Weston sub in this September 14, 1963 shot. Photo by Robert McMann, courtesy the John Knight collection.
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TTC A6-class PCC #4367 sits with its comrades at Hillcrest Shops, receiving its life-giving rebuild in November 1973. The photographer is unknown.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4368 heads westbound on College Street, crossing Spadina in CARLTON service. Richard Glaze took this photo circa May 1974.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4368 heads eastbound through Toronto's Chinatown, approaching Bay Street in this November 1977 shot. The photographer is unknown.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4369 heads eastbound on Dundas, crossing O'Keefe Lane and passing the long-departed Brown Derby Tavern on July 12, 1970. The photographer is unknown.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4370 pauses on College street, westbound at McCaul on the night of May 9, 1964. The streetcar is on CARLTON NIGHT service. The photo is from the Howard Wayt collection.
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TTC A6-class PCC #4371 heads northbound on Bay, approaching Dundas in DUNDAS service, passing a storage yard of Gray Coach buses. This shot was taken circa September 1969 by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4372 pokes into the frame as workers engage in trackwork at the intersection of Queen and McCaul. Richard Glaze took this photo circa January 1981.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC 4373 turns through Coxwell loop near Danforth Avenue, short turning in CARLTON service on January 9, 1966. The photograph is by Robert McMann and the image comes to us courtesy the John Knight collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4374 has turned from eastbound Queen onto southbound Connaught, only to encounter a car that has broken an axel. People stop to assist. This photo was taken circa June 1971 by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4375 heads westbound on Carlton, crossing Church in CARLTON service. This photo was taken by Richard Glaze circa June 1980.
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TTC A6 class all-electric PCC #4376 heads west on Dundas Street towards McCaul on May 18, 1975. The photographer is unknown.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4377 prepares to leave Parliament loop on Parliament south of King Street in PARLIAMENT service on December 4, 1965. The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy the John Knight collection.
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A-6 Class PCC #4378 operates west on Front Street in CHURCH service, approaching Scott Street for the turnaround to Bloor. The year is likely 1953. The dark brick building with the red Coca-Cola sign is the Gooderham & Worts "Flatiron" building. Today, all the foreground buildings have been demolished and Berczy Park occupies the site, thus exposing the Flatiron building's west wall, which, with the building cleaned up, is now graced by Graham Bezant's trompe l'oeil mural.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4379 trundles northbound along temporary tracks across the Bathurst Street bridge during track work. This shot, taken on December 28, 1963, was by Robert McMann and is from the John Knight collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4380 heads southbound on Bathurst Street, crossing the Adelaide Street tracks on its way to the Exhibition in this November 23, 1963 shot. Photo by R. McMann, from the John Knight collection.
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TTC A6 class all-electric PCC #4381 turns around through the private right-of-way at Vincent loop while on a fan excursion on May 29, 1965. This photo is from the Howard Wayt collection.
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TTC A6 class all-electric PCC #4383 crosses Bay Street, eastbound on Adelaide in BATHURST service on January 11, 1964. This photograph was taken by Robert McMann and is courtesy the John F. Bromley collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4383 heads westbound on Gerrard across trackwork on the Don Valley bridge in CARLTON service. Richard Glaze took this photograph circa August 1971.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4384 operates southbound on McCaul Street, crossing Elm, on a CARLTON short turn in this June 1974 shot. The photographer is unknown.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4384 heads southbound on Spadina at Nassau Avenue in a fantrip alongside TTC GM New Look bus #3975 in 77 SPADINA service on July 7, 1974. The photographer is unknown.
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All-electric A-6 class PCC #4385 crosses King Street southbound on Church on the last day of CHURCH streetcar service (May 15, 1954). Photo by J. Bernard, donated by Curt Frey.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4386 pulls into High Park loop on a sunny spring day on May 3, 1970. The photographer is unknown.
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A-6 class PCC #4387 trundles past some A7 cousins in Roncesvalles carhouse. Photo from the Curt Frey collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4387 heads westbound on Gerrard Street, crossing Highfield in CARLTON service on April 19, 1970. The photographer is unknown.
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After decades of loyal service, TTC A6-class all-electric PCC 4388 leads a line of cars heading for the scrapheap at St. Clair carhouse in this early 1980s photograph by John Calnan.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4390 heads westbound on King in KING service, approaching Dufferin Street in this early September 1969 shot by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A6 class all-electric PCC #4391 prepares to leave High Park loop as an air-electric PCC prepares to enter, in service on the CARLTON route on September 25, 1960. The photographer is unknown and the photo is courtesy the Dave Shaw collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4392 prepares to leave Vaughan Loop in BATHURST service to the Exhibition in this September 1963 shot. A GM New Look bus operating on the 7 BATHURST route connects. This photograph was taken by L. Swanson and is courtesy the John Knight collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4393 sits next to A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4705 on the west side of Roncesvalles carhouse in this July 1978 shot. Image courtesy the Charles Houser collection.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4394 has crossed over the Don River and past King STreet, westbound on Queen in 501 QUEEN service. This shot was taken by Jeffrey Kay on July 12, 1985.
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TTC A6-class all-electric PCC #4395 heads eastbound on College Street, crossing Mutual Street circa August 1976. Photo by Richard Glaze.
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In May 1967, A-6 class PCC #4397 heads eastbound on Bloor, approaching Keele Street in truncated BLOOR streetcar service. This photo is from the John Knight Collection.
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TTC A6-class PCC #4398 heads eastbound on St. Clair Avenue, crossing Wychwood, in EARLSCOURT service in this July 1978 shot. The photograph is courtesy the Charles Houser collection.
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TTC A-6 all-electric streetcar #4399 heads southbound on Broadview, in service on the KING streetcar route in September 1966. The photo is by L. Swanson and is from the John Knight Collection.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4400 operates on its own in BLOOR service westbound on the Prince Edward Viaduct on July 24, 1964. Photo by Ray Corley, courtesy the Richard Glaze collection.
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On February 20, 1966, photographer R. McMann caught A7 PCC 4402 operating eastbound on Queen at Connaught. Photo from the John Knight Collection.
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TTC A7-class PCC #4402 heads westbound on Queen Street at Logan circa June 1971. Photo by Richard Glaze.
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All-Electric A7 class PCC 4402 is about to turn onto Lansdowne Avenue from Dundas Street West -- apparently on a minor detour from the regular CARLTON route. This early-1970s shot is by Mitchell Libby.
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Westbound A7-class all-electric PCC #4404 meets eastbound comrade #4465 outside of Russell Carhouse at Queen and Connaught. This shot was taken by Richard Glaze circa September 1969.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4405 turns from eastbound King onto northbound Bathurst in DUNDAS-EXHIBITION service. Though we don't know the year, we can be sure of the day. The streetcar is on diversion due to the Labour Day parade sometime in the late 1960s. The photographer is unknown and the photo is from the Dave Shaw collection.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4406 heads south on Dovercourt Road towards Bloor while on diversion from the BLOOR route on May 2, 1965. Photo from the Howard Wayt collection.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4407 heads westbound on Queen Street East, approaching Kingston Road, on August 13, 1977. The photographer is Norton D. Clark.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4408 heads westbound on Queensway, approaching Parkside in this early 1967 photograph by R. McMann. This photo is from the John Knight collection.
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TTC A-7 PCC #4410 heads eastbound on Danforth Avenue, crossing Pape in this 1950s shot. The photographer is unknown, and the photo is from the Dave Shaw collection.
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TTC A-7 class all-electric PCC #4411 prepares to leave Roncesvalles carhouse to return to regular BLOOR service. Photo by Peter Lambert, donated by Curt Frey.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4412 sits as an extension to the Stone Cottage Inn at Scarborough Golf Club Road near Kingston Road as part of its afterlife on April 8, 1983. Jeffrey Kay took this photograph. The car was used as a special dining experience. The Inn remains, but the car was sold for scrap and taken away sometime in the 1990s.
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A front view of TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4412 in its Jolly Trolley phase at the Stone Cottage Inn on April 8, 1983. This photo was taken by Jeffrey Kay.
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TTC A7-class PCC #4413 emerges westbound from the tunnel beneath the Queen Elizabeth Way, in service on LONG BRANCH on November 3, 1973. The car is on temporary tracks due to trackwork in the tunnel leading to Humber Loop. Photo by John F. Bromley.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4414 heads east on Danforth Avenue, just west of Greenwood, passing over a tunnel under construction, linking the Greenwood subway yards with the Bloor-Danforth subway on October 5, 1963. Photo by Robert McMann, from the John Knight collection.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4416 pulls through Neville Park loop after a snowfall during QUEEN service. This photo was taken circa in December 1974 by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4417 follows A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC 4705 across Bay Street, passing another PCC in QUEEN service. The date is September 7, 1967, and the Simpson's Tower is under construction. This photograph is by Robert McMann and is courtesy the John Knight collection.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4419 heads eastbound on Bloor, crossing the bridge over Mount Pleasant Road in BLOOR service on July 4, 1954. Photo by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A7-class PCC #4420 boards passengers at Humber loop, about to turn around for Neville in 501 QUEEN service, while another PCC pulls up behind. Photo by John calnan.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4422 is heading towards High Park loop, westbound on Howard Park, crossing Indian Grove and having already changed his destination sign on April 20, 1969, while trackwork is taking place. Photo by John F. Bromley.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4423 heads westbound on Queen Street West approaching Coxwell Avenue in QUEEN service. Greenwood Racetrack can be seen in the background. This image was taken by Richard Glaze circa November 1975.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4424 crosses Yonge Street, running eastbound on Queen in 501 QUEEN service. This photo was taken by Jeffrey Kay on August 3, 1982.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4425 rests at Lansdowne Carhouse on August 25, 1958. This photograph is from the John F. Bromley collection.
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TTC A-7 class all-electric PCC #4426 pauses eastbound on King Street at York in KING service on November 7, 1978. The photo was taken by Harvey R. Naylor.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC heads eastbound on King Street approaching Ontario on June 23, 1978. An ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC follows behind. Photo by Harvey Naylor.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4428 heads westbound on Queen, passing Cameron in QUEEN service, approaching trackwork in this June 1980 shot taken by Richard Glaze.
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Standing across the street from Dundas West Station, Mitchell Libby photographed two Toronto transit favourites from the early 1970s. A rebuilt TTC Western Flyer trolley bus patiently waits at the bus terminal exit for A-13 class Ex-Birmingham All-Electric PCC car 4729 to pass southbound along Dundas Street West. The PCC's route signs identifies it as operating along the DUNDAS route, but it's actually heading off-route toward Roncesvalles Carhouse, where it will likely go out of service. The trolley bus will shortly head northbound on Dundas to serve passengers along the 40 JUNCTION route.
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TTC A-7 PCC #4430 and others await their day of service at Roncesvalles carhouse. Photo by Peter Lambert, donated by Curt Frey.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4432 heads westbound on Queen, having crossed Booth Avenue in QUEEN service. This photo was taken by Richard Glaze circa July 1973.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4433 heads westbound on Queen Street, passing Russell Carhouse in QUEEN service. This photo was taken by Richard Glaze circa September 1969.
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A7-class all-electric PCC #4434 heads eastbound on Queen Street, passing Victoria in QUEEN service. This photo was taken by C.G. Parsons on July 15, 1975.
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TTC A7 all-electric PCC #4435 turns from southbound on James Street onto westbound on Albert as it passes through City Hall loop in DUNDAS service. All would change a year later as construction began on the Eaton Centre. Photo from the John Knight collection.
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A7 PCC 4437 leads an MU train on Bloor Street by the Bloor Station transfer platform. Photo by P. Lambert, donated by Curt Frey.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4438 lays over in Sunnyside loop, in service on the QUEEN streetcar in this early 1967 shot by Rob McMann. This photograph is from the John Knight collection.
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TTC A7-class PCC #4438 heads westbound from Queen Street crossing Spadina in QUEEN service. Richard Glaze took this photograph circa August 1974.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4439 leads a train of MU equipment on Queen, approaching McGee Street. A single QUEEN PCC follows up behind. Richard Glaze caught this shot during a summer thunderstorm circa July 1970.
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It's pretty early in the day as TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4440 prepares to cross Queen Street from King to Roncesvalles in service on 504 KING in this early 1980s shot by John Calnan.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4442 stops outside the Eaton Centre, eastbound on DUNDAS service in this early December 1980 shot by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4443 heads southeast along King Street, near Wilson Park, in DUNDAS-EXHIBITION service in this August 1967 shot by Robert McMann. Image courtesy the John Knight collection.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4444 pauses eastbound on Dundas, preparing to cross Yonge Street in DUNDAS service. The newly-built Eaton Centre is in behind in this July 1976 shot. Photo by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4448 passes its comrades as it turns from Queen onto westbound King in KING service on May 26, 1980. The photographer is unknown.
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TTC A7-class PCC #4449 turns from eastbound Dundas onto southbound Bay, heading for City Hall loop, passing TTC GM New Look 7176 in BAY service. Richard Glaze took this photo circa June 1973. The Ford Hotel is in the background.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4451 pulls to a stop westbound on Queen at Coxwell in QUEEN service. This shot was taken in early September 1969 by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC 4451 sits at the end of the line in the Wychwood PCC graveyard in this late 1980s shot by James Bow.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4453 heads westbound on Queen Street, passing Cameron in QUEEN service, approaching trackwork. This photo was taken circa June 1980 by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A7 class all-electric PCC #4454 heads southbound on Dovercourt, crossing Hallam on June 28, 1964 in BLOOR service. Trackwork has forced BLOOR cars to enter service from Lansdowne Carhouse via Davenport and Dovercourt. The photo is by Howard Wayt.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4456 turns north from King onto Church Street as a short turn for the 504 KING streetcar on September 2, 1983. Photograph by William J. Madden.
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TTC A7 PCC #4457 is about to head out of service at Queen and Roncesvalles in this August 1976 shot. Photo by J.D. Morgan, from the John Knight collection.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4458 heads westbound on Carlton Avenue, crossing Mutual in CARLTON streetcar service. This June 1978 shot was taken by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4459 poses at Dufferin Loop in DUNDAS EXHIBITION service early in September 1969. Photo by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4460 heads southbound on Roncesvalles, approaching the entrance to Roncesvalles carhouse, just north of Queen Street. This mid-1980s shot was taken by John Calnan.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4462 sits next to A10-class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4586 at Russell Carhouse circa September 1969. Photo by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A7 class all-electric PCC #4463 heads northbound on Lansdowne Avenue, crossing Lappin, on June 28, 1964. Trackwork has temporarily cut off Lansdowne carhouse from Bloor Street, forcing BLOOR cars to enter service via northbound on Lansdowne, eastbound on Harbord and southbound on Dovercourt. The photograph is by Howard Wayt.
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TTC A-7 class PCCs #4464 and #4482 head westbound on the Queensway, crossing the Humber River in multiple-unit QUEEN service. This photograph was taken by Robert McMann on June 3, 1968.
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TTC A7-class PCC #4465 lays over at the northern end of Roncesvalles Carhouse sometime in 1983. This photo was taken by John Calnan.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4466 pauses at Neville loop, about to make a return trip to Humber in service on 501 QUEEN. This early 1980s shot was taken by John Calnan.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4467 sits at St. Clair Carhouse, facing Wychwood Avenue, on October 23, 1981. This photo was taken by Jeffrey Kay on October 23, 1981.
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A7 PCC 4468, without a partner, trundles off of the Prince Edward Viaduct. Photo donated from the Curt Frey collection.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC 4469 heads westbound on Howard Park, approaching Indian Grove, in service on 506 CARLTON. This shot was taken by Jeffrey Kay on September 30, 1981.
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A-7 class PCC #4470 leads a multiple-unit train of two PCCs westbound on Bloor Street. Photo donated from the Curt Frey collection.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4470 pauses southbound on Wychwood, having pulled off of St. Clair on June 1, 1953. Photo courtesy Richard Glaze.
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TTC A7-class PCC #4471 heads westbound on Queensway at Glendale Avenue on July 8, 1974. The photographer is unknown.
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TTC all-electric PCC #4472 heads into the Roncesvalles/Queen/King intersection as at least one PCC attempts to turn westbound onto Queen in this mid-1950s shot. Photo by Peter Lambert, donated by Curt Frey.
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TTC A7-class PCC #4472 pulls up to Humber loop in 501 QUEEN service in this early-to-mid-1980s shot by John Calnan.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4473 visits Wychwood carhouse, likely after it ceased to be an operating division. Photo donated from the collection of Brad O'Brien.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4473 turns from eastbound Queen onto northbound Broadview in KING service circa August 1973. Photo by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4474 operates westbound on King, crossing Spadina in 404 KING service. Behind it, A6-class all-electric PCC #4343 follows along in 521 KING-EXHIBITION service. Both pass CLRV #4055 heading the other direction. This photo was taken on August 19, 1981 by Robert McMann and is courtesy the John Knight collection.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4476 heads northbound on Lansdowne, approaching Davenport Road, in a BLOOR pullout heading towards Vincent Loop. This photo was taken on May 2, 1965 and is courtesy the Charles Houser collection.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4477 heads westbound on Queen in QUEEN service, approaching Roncesvalles in this Richard Glaze shot taken circa July 1969.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4477 waits while workers take care of an accident, eastbound on Queen at Knox in this Richard Glaze photo taken circa July 1969.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4478 runs through High Park loop in 506 CARLTON service on July 26, 1986. This photo was taken by Jeffrey Kay.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4480 rests with other PCCs at St. Clair Carhouse. The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy the Charles Houser collection.
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TTC A7 PCC #4481 leads a two-car train eastbound on Bloor past Bedford Avenue on August 23, 1965. A Gray Coach bus is following up behind. The photo is from the Howard Wayt collection.
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An MU train of A7-class PCCs led by #4482 heads west on Bloor Street, passing Indian Road in BLOOR service in this early 1950s scene. The photographer is unknown and the photo is from the Dave Shaw collection.
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Mitchell Libby caught this view of an eastbound KING streetcar heading westbound at Church, probably in the early 1980s. The car is A7 class All-Electric PCC #4482.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4483 leads a train westbound past Parliament in BLOOR service on the day before the opening of the BLOOR-DANFORTH subway, February 25, 1966. Photo by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4485 crosses Bay Street, eastbound on College in service on 506 CARLTON in this August 1980 shot. The photographer is unknown.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4486 sits at Hillcrest Shops alongside comrades, undergoing a major rebuild in November 1973. The photographer is unknown.
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TTC A7 PCC #4487 crosses the Prince Edward Viaduct. Photo by Julian Bernard, donated by Curt Frey.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4488 heads westbound on Queen, about to cross Beech Avenue on May 11, 1975. The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy the Dave Shaw collection.
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TTC A7 class all-electric PCC #4489 pauses heading westbound on College at Bay, in service on the CARLTON streetcar on September 19, 1958. Charles Houser photographer.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4490 leads a MU train in BLOOR streetcar service westbound at Lansdowne Avenue on August 20, 1964. This photo was taken by Robert McMann and is courtesy the Rob Hutchinson collection.
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Crowds gather to watch Campbell House moved to its current location at the corner of University Avenue and Queen Street West on March 31, 1972. TTC A7-class PCC #4490 eases westbound through the intersection. Photo by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4491 lays over at Neville loop at the east end of QUEEN service in this Richard Glaze shot taken circa July 1970.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4492 heads eastbound on Queen Street, crossing Strange circa August 1973. Photo by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4494 operates westbound on Dundas Street, crossing Gladstone Avenue on September 2, 1983. Photo by William J. Madden.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4495 heads eastbound on Kingston Road, having crossed Bingham on its way to Victoria Park, while Canadian Car & Foundry bus #1911 heads westbound in 12 KINGSTON ROAD service. This photo was taken by Richard Glaze on July 1970.
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TTC A7-class PCC #4496 heads eastbound on Gerrard during trackwork on the Don River bridge in CARLTON service. This photograph was taken by Richard Glaze circa August 1971.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4496 zooms westbound on the Queensway right-of-way, approaching Humber Loop in this shot, taken by Edward Wickson on September 13, 1972.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4497 heads eastbound on Queen approaching Connaught Avenue in this night shot taken in January 13, 1976. Photo by J.D. Morgan, from the John Knight collection.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4498 enters McCaul loop on a charter on January 7, 1967. The photographer is unknown.
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TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4499 heads westbound on Queensway approaching Roncesvalles in QUEEN service. This photo, taken through a streetcar window circa June 1975 by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4500 enters Exhibition Loop in BATHURST service in this 1967 shot by Robert McMann. Image courtesy the John Knight collection.
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TTC A8 Class PCC #4501 leads A8 Class PCC 4504 southbound on Bathurst Street, approaching King in this early 1950s shot. It is likely these vehicles are on special service for the Canadian National Exhibition. The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy the Dave Shaw collection.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4501 pulls through Eglinton Loop at Mount Pleasant at the eastern end of the ST. CLAIR streetcar. This photo was taken by J.D. Morgan circa April 1975.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4502 heads northbound on Bay, approaching Queen in DUPONT service on July 5, 1954. This photo is courtesy Richard Glaze.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4503 heads eastbound on Queen through trackwork approaching John Street. This photo was taken circa June 1980 by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4504 sits dead at the west end of St. Clair carhouse among other dead PCCs in this late 1980s shot by James Bow.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4505 heads eastbound on Rogers Road, crossing McRoberts. Richard Glaze took this photograph circa July 1973.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4506 pulls off of Lansdowne Avenue to enter Earlscourt loop on September 18, 1968, bearing the simplified LANSDOWNE-SUBWAY destination sign for the EARLSCOURT route. Photo by John F. Bromley.
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TTC all-electric A8 class PCC #4506 enters Bingham Loop in Kingston Road service. This 1970s photograph was donated from the Brad O'Brien collection.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4507 heads westbound on Rogers Road, crossing Gilbert, on July 16, 1974, one of the last days of operation of the ROGERS ROAD streetcar. Photo by J. Bryce Lee.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4508 turns from St. Clair onto Vaughan, entering BATHURST service on August 25, 1972. The photograph is by Robert McMann and is courtesy the John Knight collection.
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Trackwork from subway tunnel construction on St. Clair Avenue east of Yonge Street is diverting the St. Clair streetcar, as we can see with TTC A8 PCC #4509 is a little off course, trundling down Yonge Street past the future TTC Davisville Subway Yards. This photo is by Julian Bernard and is donated by Curt Frey.
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Photographer T. Sheppard manages to get TTC personnel and passengers to pose before TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4510 during a pick-up stop at the Canadian National Exhibition. This shot was taken in early September 1972.
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TTC A8 class all-electric PCC 4511 pulls into Exhibition loop on September 20, 1975. Note the CN Tower under construction in the distance. The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy Dave Shaw.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4512 pauses southbound on Bathurst Street at Front, in BATHURST service. This shot was taken by Richard Glaze circa June 1971.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4513, along with a comrade, sits at Fleet Loop on a cold night on December 22, 1966. The photographer is John F. Bromley.
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TTC A8-class PCC #4514 picks up passengers at Bathurst station in BATHURST service, circa March 1968. Photo by Richard Glaze.
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A colour view of the same scene, TTC A8-class PCC #4514 pauses at Bathurst Station in BATHURST service. This shot was taken by Richard Glaze circa March 1968.
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TTC all-electric A8 PCC #4515 swings around the circle at the west end of old Exhibition Loop in this 1953 scene. The photographer is unknown and the photo donated by Curt Frey and Pat Lavallee.
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TTC A-8 All Electric PCC 4515 heads south on Bay Street, approaching Gerrard in this 1955 shot. The photographer is unknown.
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TTC A8-class PCC #4516 sits in dead storage at St. Clair Carhouse sometime in 1983. This photograph was taken by John Calnan.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4517 heads northbound on Bathurst, about to cross King in BATHURST service, circa early September 1969. This photo was taken by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4518 heads eastbound on Rogers Road, passing Caledonia in ROGERS ROAD service. This photo was taken circa July 1973 by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4519 pauses at St. Clair West Station in EARLSCOURT service. A GM New Look bus in 7A BATHURST "St. Clair West-Steeles" service loads up behind. This photo was taken circa July 1978 by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4520 pulls up behind A6-class PCC #4318 on Fleet Street, approaching Strachan Avenue in Exhibition service. This shot was taken by Richard Glaze circa September 1971.
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TTC all-electric A8 PCC #4521 runs through Exhibition Loop in FORT service in this 1953 scene. The photographer is unknown, and the photo donated by Curt Frey and Pat Lavallee.
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TTC A8 Class all-electric PCC #4521 heads eastbound on King Street, about to cross Bathurst in this late 1960s scene. The photographer is unknown, and the photo is courtesy the Dave Shaw collection.
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TTC A8-class PCC #4522 prepares to depart Bicknell loop in ROGERS ROAD service in this November 1973 shot. The photographer is unknown.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4523 heads eastbound on Rogers Road, crossing Old Weston Road in ROGERS ROAD service. Richard Glaze caught this image circa July 1971.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC 4524 operates along Adelaide Street in service on the BATHURST route in this 1950 shot. The photographer is unknown, and the photograph is from the Charles House collection.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4525 lays over at Bathurst station in BATHURST service in this July 1976 shot by Richard Glaze.
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On July 2, 1968, photographer R. McMann captured A-8 class PCC #4526 operating westbound on St. Clair Avenue at Spadina Road. Photo from the John Knight Collection.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4527 heads westbound on St. Clair, between Wychwoo and Christie. This shot was taken by Richard Glaze on September 26, 1977.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4528 crosses Old Weston Road eastbound on Rogers, in service on the ROGERS streetcar. The driver has forgotten to change the BICKNELL destination sign. This early 1967 photograph was taken by R. McMann, and is from the John Knight collection.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4528 heads northbound on Mount Pleasant Road, bearing a ST. CLAIR sign. As this was among the last days of MT. PLEASANT operations, it's likely this streetcar was on a charter. This July 1976 shot was taken by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4529 heads eastbound on Queen, passing King Street, in the era of comically-large car numbers while two CLRVs look on. The photograph was taken by Robert McMann on June 15, 1987 and is courtesy the John Knight collection.
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TTC A8-class PCC #4530 heads towards Humber Loop on the Queensway on March 1, 1983 with a CLRV departing in the background. The photographer is unknown.
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TTC all-electric A8 PCC #4531 heads southbound on Yonge Street towards Berwick. At the time this shot was taken (Spring 1952), St. Clair cars had been temporarily rerouted onto Yonge Street due to construction on Mount Pleasant. Photo by Julian Bernard, donated by Curt Frey.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4532 heads northbound on Bay Street in DUPONT service in this 1959 shot by Joseph Guarino.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4533 heads westbound on Rogers Road, crossing Gilbert, in the final days of ROGERS ROAD service. This photograph was taken by J. Bryce Lee on July 16, 1974.
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In its 1970s subway red colour scheme, TTC A8-class PCC #4534 waits at Fleet loop for one of its comrades to pass. Dave Morgan took this photograph, which was donated from the Brad O'Brien collection.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4535 heads eastbound on Adelaide, crossing Victoria, in BATHURST service on a snowless January 11, 1964. Photo by Robert McMann, courtesy the John Knight collection.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4536 picks up passengers northbound on Bathurst at Queen Street on a snowy December 14, 1976. Photo courtesy the Charles Houser collection.
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TTC all-electric A8 PCC #4537 stops at the corner of Yonge and St. Clair. Note the Witt train in the background. This ST. CLAIR streetcar is on diversion during the spring of 1952 due to work on the Yonge subway east of Yonge.. Photo by J. Bernard, donated by Curt Frey.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4538 heads north on Bay Street, passing Union Station and the Canadian Pacific Express building in DUPONT service on July 5, 1954. Photo by Richard Glaze.
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TTC A8 class all-electric PCC #4539 pauses northbound on Bay Street at Queen on April 3, 1955, in service on the DUPONT streetcar. This photo, by James Victor Salmon, is courtesy the Toronto Archives.
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TTC A8-class PCC #4539 rounds the curve at Exhibition Loop circa 1953. This photo was donated from the collection of Curt Frey.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4539 poses at Hillcrest Shops in this August 1958 shot. The photographer is unknown.
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A number of A6, A7 and A8 class all-electric PCCs, including #4539, undergo rebuilding at Hillcrest in this early 1970s shot. Image courtesy the Charles Houser collection.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4540 heads southbound on Bathurst in BATHURST service, crossing King Street heading for the Exhibition. This May 1978 photograph was taken by Richard Glaze.
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TTC air-electric A8 PCC #4541 heads south on Bathurst towards Front Street in this 1953 scene. The photographer is unknown and the photo donated by Curt Frey and Pat Lavallee.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4542 lays over at Earlscourt loop in EARLSCOURT service alongside Western Flyer rebuild trolley bus #9267 in 47 LANSDOWNE service on August 29, 1977. This photograph is unknown and the image is courtesy the Nick Chase collection.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4543 exits the newly-dug tunnels for St. Clair West station's terminal and heads eastbound on St. Clair in this shot, taken September 26, 1977 by Richard Glaze.
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TTC air-electric A8 PCC #4544 prepares to leave Exhibition Loop on a short run to Wolseley in this 1953 scene. The photographer is unknown and the photo is donated by Curt Frey and Pat Lavallee.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4544 heads southbound on Mount Pleasant, crossing Davisville and passing northbound A8-class all-electric PCC #4526. This photo was taken by Richard Glaze April 29, 1972.
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TTC A8 PCC #4545 drops off passengers at Exhibition loop on New Year's Day of 1976. Photo by R. McMann, from the John Knight collection.
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4546 pulls through Keele loop at the west end of the ST. CLAIR streetcar line on September 25, 1978. Note the "YONGE SUBWAY" destination sign. The opening of the SPADINA SUBWAY earlier that year brought into use the "SPADINA SUBWAY" destination sign for cars turning back at St. Clair West station. The photograph is by William E. Hoffman.
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TTC A-8 class all-electric PCC 4547 heads eastbound on Adelaide, crossing Yonge, in service on the BATHURST streetcar on January 11, 1964. The photographer is Robert McMann and the photo is courtesy the John Knight Collection.
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TTC A8 PCC #4548 prepares to enter the private right-of-way at Exhibition Loop. Photo donated by Curt Frey.
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Rebuilt A15-class PCC #4549 sits on display at Hillcrest Shops during an open house on September 24, 2016. This photograph was taken by Patrick Yutiga.
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A shot of the interior of PCC 4500, as rebuilt to its original 1951 appearance. This photograph was taken by James Bow on June 28, 1998.
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A view of the back of the inside of PCC 4500, rebuilt to its 1951 appearance. This photograph was taken by James Bow on June 28, 1998.
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Railfans install a classic rollsign on PCC 4500 at the beginning of a charter on June 28, 1998. Photo by James Bow.
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A TTC All-Electric PCC (number indecipherable) heads east on College, crossing Bay Street in this 1955 shot. The photographer is unknown.
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The author wishes to thank John Bromley, Raymond F. Corley and James Hogan for their kind assistance in the preparation of this monograph.