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TTC A-13 class Ex-Birmingham PCC #4703 operates on Alexander Street at Church on April 26, 1953. Photographer unknown, this image is donated from the John F. Bromley collection. |
by Peter C. Kohler
- A History of Toronto's Presidents' Conference Committee Cars (the PCCs)
- The Pre-War Air-Electric PCC Cars (Classes A1-A5), by James Bow
- The Post-War All-Electric PCC Cars (Classes A6-A8), by P.C. Kohler
- Red Rocket Renaissance: The A15 Class PCC Cars, by P.C. Kohler
- Ex-Kansas City PCC 4779 Charter (June 13, 1976)
- VIDEO: Night Moves (ex-Kansas City Night Charter, by Richard Glaze, circa 1971)
A Need for Good Equipment at Inexpensive Prices
Although it is a well-known and celebrated fact that Toronto operated the largest fleet of PCC Cars in the Free World, it is worth recalling, too, that of the 745 units, 205 came secondhand from other cities to whom the "Silent Saviour" of street railways came too late and too little. Here then is a survey of these recycled Red Rockets which helped make Toronto such a fascinating place for the buff in the 1950s and 1960s.
Even with the addition of 200 new all-electric PCCs in 1946-48, the TTC still needed 86 ex-TRC Class BB cars to fulfil its peak hour requirements. With inflated post-war costs for additional new PCCs, the used car market was first tested in spring 1949 when Vancouver put its 36-car PCC fleet up for sale, all but four of which were wartime-built cars built alongside TTC's A-4 and A-5s PCCs. Although mechanically identical to Toronto's PCCs, TTC passed them up because of deficient maintenance and wartime construction. In the end (1955), the whole fleet was scrapped, but the TTC did obtain all of the traction motors as spares.
Having turned down the Vancouver cars, the TTC made its final commitment to new PCCs on 2 March 1950 with the order of the A-8s, nos. 4500-4549, which raised the PCC fleet up to 539 units, third after Chicago and Pittsburgh, but still insufficient to pension off all of the remaining BB class cars. Once again, TTC browsed used cars at a time when many properties had already committed to all-bus systems, soon flooding the market with nearly new PCC cars at precisely the time when costs for new cars had become prohibitive.
Cincinnati's Loss is Toronto's Gain
On 28 July 1950 the TTC announced its US$750,000 purchase of 52 PCCs from the Cincinnati Street Railway (CSR), comprising 26 air-cars nos. 1100-1126 (St. Louis Car, 1939-40) and 25 all-electrics, nos. 1150-1174, built by St. Louis Car in 1947. Both types of cars were distinguished by the twin trolley poles peculiar to the Queen City and the air-electrics, with their unusual windows and rear ends, were unique among pre-war St. Louis-built PCCs. No. 1100, the 1939-built demonstrator car, was even more unusual with its distinctive trolley cowling and rear windows. Cincinnati's PCCs had been well maintained and the all-electrics were nearly new and like the TTC PCC fleet, all Westinghouse equipped.
The first two Cincinnati PCCs, nos. 1122 and 1151, one of each type, arrived at Hillcrest on 12 September 1950. To facilitate moving the cars until they were regauged, a considerable amount of standard gauge trackage had to be temporarily laid at the back of Hillcrest Shops. After sending three of the air-electrics (nos. 1122, 1109 and 1123), Cincinnati thereafter dispatched all the all-electrics followed by the balance of the air cars, the last reaching Toronto on 7 December. The all-electrics were renumbered 4550-4574 as class A-9s and pre-war air-cars became nos. 4575-4601 as A-10s.
Modifying for Operation
Both sets of Cincinnati PCCs underwent refurbishment and alterations before entering service. Trucks were regauged and the double trolley poles and retrievers replaced by one of each, although the wider pole base and cowling remained. Back-up controls and rear truck sanders were removed. All cars were fitted with TTC's characteristic front bumper, roof-mounted advance light and exterior stanchion between the centre door leafs while the front door control changed from independent to one-switch to open both sets simultaneously. Finally, two-piece destination signs were installed, although some A-9s initially had temporary single curtains.
On the air-cars, the window shades were removed and dash ventilator installed. These were unique among PCCs by not having rear stoplights and TTC took the opportunity to install these. Dash-mounted electric windscreen wipers replaced the original air-operated ones. The first three A-10s to enter TTC service, nos. 4584, 4597 and 4598, did so with their original "blinker" style doors. These quickly proved too drafty for use in Toronto and were replaced by TTC pattern outward folding accordion doors. These three initial rebuilds also retained the original chromium-plated anti-climber. Subsequent cars 4579, 4583, 4586, 4591 and 4600 (I), outshopped 20th, 23rd, 13th, 18th and 4th respectively retained their chrome anti-climber on the front while 4596, outshopped 6th, retained chrome on the rear and 4588, outshopped 7th, had chrome front and rear. Other cars had their chrome painted over, and these cars had their chrome painted over when they returned to the shops to have minor dings repaired. All chrome was painted over by 1954, with 4596 being the last to retain chrome.
On the all-electrics, the centre doors had originally not been fitted with door engines but were pushed open and closed by spring-actioned and electrically locked. Both these and the front blinker doors and centre posts were replaced by conventional accordion doors and treadles installed for the centre doors.
All cars received body work and were repainted in TTC livery. The air-electrics additionally all got new interior paint, but many of the all-electrics were in such good shape that they only received "touch ups" in their original CSR interior colours initially.
The Cincinnati Cars Enter Service
The first of ex-Cincinnati cars to enter TTC service was no. 4597, former CSR no. 1122, which made its first trip chartered to the Upper Canada Railway Society on 15 October 1950. No. 4597's first revenue assignment was on Kingston Road trippers 12 days later and on the 27th it joined what would be the A-10s' regular assignment, Queen Street, based from Russell Division. By 13 November five of the class were in service and the last to enter service was no. 4575, ex-1100, on 26 February 1951, by which time the 27 A-10s were operating out of Russell, sharing Queen base service with the A-1s and a few other air-car classes as well. Some A-10s went out on early runs on the Kingston Road Tripper and, starting with the trailer withdrawal in 1952 from Kingston Road, a few went to that service as well.
The A-9s were assigned to St. Clair and as they were that division's first all-electric cars, the first refitted car, no. 4551, was sent there operator training. Revenue service on St. Clair with nos. 4550, 4551 and 4556 commenced on 23 October 1950. Additionally the A-9s were employed on the Dupont route and Yonge night car service.
The advent of these 52 PCCs permitted the scrapping of 40 BB-class cars with the remainder scheduled for withdrawal upon receipt of TTC's last new PCC order.
A Need for More Equipment
The TTC had decided in late 1951 to convert the remaining 123 two-man Witts, nos. 2450-2478 (less 2524, fire damaged - 2450-2498 were initially not considered, but added later) and nos. 2900-3018 (less 2956, destroyed in 1935) to one-man operation for continued tripper service upon the completion of Canada's first underground, Toronto's Yonge Street Subway, in 1954. The Brill-built models would be scrapped. This last investment in the enduring Witts would have proved shortsighted and short-lived and after only 10 cars (2932, the pilot for the conversion, plus 2504, 2516, 2518, 2538, 2550, 2556, 2564, 2566 and 2568) had been fitted with centre door treadles (not hooked up), door mirrors, red stop lights behind the centre doors, deadman pilot valves on the controllers, self-lapping brake valves, and rearrangement of equipment in the controllers control compartment, the TTC instead took advantage of two more American cities' newfound preference for diesel buses.
In 1952 TTC staff again went "south of the border" to nearby Cleveland, Ohio, and further afield to Birmingham, Alabama, to inspect two unwanted PCC fleets. Instead of investing money to update 30-year-old Witts, the TTC paid bargain prices for nearly new all-electric PCCs. Outbidding Philadelphia Transportation Co., TTC contracted on 7 August with Cleveland Transit System in August for its entire PCC fleet at a cost of US$17,500 per car. As with the Cincinnati purchase, this comprised two distinct groups of cars. The 50-strong Pullman-Standard built 4200-4249 series entered service in Cleveland in autumn 1946. The other 25 cars, nos. 4250-4274, were taking on their third set of owners in less than six years. Originally contracted from St. Louis Car by the Louisville Railway Co. in 1946, they never entered service and were acquired by Cleveland before most had even been shipped to their erstwhile owner.
Holding back its Pullman-Standard cars until replacement buses could be obtained, Cleveland first shipped the ex-Louisville cars between 28 October and 24 December 1952. Following conversion, including cutting away the front skirting to facilitate later installation of MU couplers and re-wiring for MU operation, the cars were renumbered nos. 4675-4699 as class A-12s. Revenue operation commenced on 28 November with no. 4693 and by 6 February 1953 all A-12s were in service, mostly on Kingston Road and a few on Queen.
The Birmingham Purchase
At the same time it bought the 75 Cleveland cars, the TTC purchased another 48 PCCs from the Birmingham Transit Company. Delivered in 1946, these only post-war Pullman-Standard cars shared the characteristic of the Chicago Transit Authority's 4062-4371 series of being built without roof monitors. Now they were destined for much longer service in rather different climes. The first cars reached Toronto on 26 November 1952 and the last on 5 August 1953 and were shopped after the A-12s. These cars were not refitted for MU operation and were renumbered nos. 4700-4747 (class A-13). Of all TTC's 'boomer' PCCs, these required the fewest alterations having the front bumper and front outward folding according doors. Their centre push-open doors were replaced with treadle operated ones and the opening lower section of the right windscreen was replaced by a fixed windscreen. Two holes on the top of each of the rearmost seat frames remained as souvenirs of signs the TTC removed. The Birmingham signs indicated, archaically, whether a seat was "For Colored" or for whites, an unfortunate symbol of Birmingham's racially segregated transit operation during unenlightened times before the civil rights movement.
The lead three A-13s (no. 4729 was the first) entered service on Long Branch on 28 April 1953 and by 3 June provided all base service on the route. Others ran on Dundas and all the A-13s remained Roncesvalles-based throughout their TTC careers. These ex-Birmingham cars quickly earned the reputation as being the smoothest running of any of Toronto's PCCs.
The Cleveland Cars Arrive
The 50 Pullman-Standard Cleveland PCCs were delivered to Toronto between 28 October 1952 and 5 August 1953 and were assigned nos. 4625-4674 as class A-11s. Half were shopped with the ex-Birmingham cars and on 15 February 1953, no. 4657 was the first Pullman-built PCC to operate in Toronto when she was chartered by the Upper Canada Railway Society for a fan trip and three days later, entered revenue service on the Harbord line. Twenty-five of the ex-Cleveland cars were commissioned by 18 August 1953 and the others by 11 November, initially serving on the Harbord and Carlton lines. Like the ex-Louisville cars, the distinctive roof monitor ventilation system was made inoperative and the Sturtevant ceiling fans removed.
It had been intended that all of the former Cleveland cars be fitted for MU operation. The A-11s had been MU wired at the factory and had cut-away front skirting and only lacked couplers whilst the ex-Louisville cars would need rewiring, cutting away the front skirting and couplers. But owing to a delay in securing MU equipment, all of the A-12s and but two of the A-11s left Hillcrest after their initial refit as single units. Two A-11s, nos. 4627 and 4656, received couplers when first overhauled. In late 1953 the A-12s were shopped for conversion to MU operation followed in January 1954 by the remaining A-11s. The first ex-Cleveland cars intended for train operation were dispatched from Hillcrest to Danforth Division on 29 April 1954.
Cars from Kansas City
Toronto Transit Commission's last used PCC purchase was announced in November 1957 when it bought 30 Kansas City Public Service all-electric PCCs, five months after street car service ended in that city. As it was, Toronto was fourth in line for the cars and after Brussels (trucks and electrical equipment only) and Philadelphia and Tampico had their pick of the best cars, the TTC had only 31 cars to pick through. The remaining vehicle was shipped to Swope Park in Kansas City for static display. Three of the thirty dated from 1947 (526, 535, 551 becoming 4750-4752) and the others from 1946 and all were built by St. Louis Car Co. These were unique among post-war PCCs in having full length windows and no standee windows. They reached Toronto between 25 November and 19 December 1957.
The Kansas City cars had their non-conforming blinker doors and centre posts removed and replaced by folding doors and backup controllers sealed off. Additionally the unique blue tinted glass panels fitted to the inside upper quarter of the windows were removed. During their conversion they were fitted with intended temporary single roll signs for the St. Clair and Earlscourt routes only which in fact remained in place throughout their Toronto service. With the repainting of these newcomers, TTC revised its livery by deleting the yellow-gold striping between the black border of the belt rail. Replacing St. Clair Division's A-3s and some A-2s (which were re-assigned to Danforth Division), the new A-14 class nos. 4750-4779 entered service between 20 January-6 June 1958, but all except nos. 4751 and 4752 were operational by 5 May. Thirty K-2 Witts were consigned to the scrappers and TTC's PCC fleet had now reached its apogee at 744 cars; the largest number ever operated by a single North American operator.
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A-9 | nos. 4550-4574 | St. Clair |
A-10 | nos. 4575-4601 | Russell |
A-11 | nos. 4625-4674 | Danforth |
A-12 | nos. 4675-4699 | Danforth |
A-13 | nos. 4700-4747 | Roncesvalles |
A-14 | nos. 4750-4779 | St. Clair |
It was reported in October 1959 that TTC had inspected for possible purchase the Johnstown Traction Co.'s 16-car all-electric (St. Louis, 1947) PCC fleet and Philadelphia's 40 ex-Kansas City PCCs; in the event, none were purchased and this was believed the last time Toronto made overtures to increase or update its PCC fleet.
The A-14s, whilst TTC's "newest" PCCs, had five more years service with their original Kansas City operators and diminished maintenance in the waning years had taken its toll, making these TTC's least reliable cars. Consequently, by January 1966 the A-14s were confined to weekday service on St. Clair with other cars replacing them on weekends.
Used Cars For Sale
To augment its aging PCC fleet until new cars were on hand by 1970, Boston's MBTA announced on 6 March 1967 its intention to purchase either 20 of TTC's ex-Cleveland Pullman-Standard PCCs or 25 Pittsburgh St. Louis-built models. These would be employed on the Mattapan-Ashmont line and permit re-assignment of MBTA's former Dallas PCCs to the subway routes to Boston and Northeastern universities. In the event, MBTA failed in its intention, the Toronto PCCs rejected because of TTC's asking price of $8,000 per car.
Following the decision by the TTC to retain its streetcars, an accelerated PCC rebuild programme was announced on 21 November 1972 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. Ironically, third homes would be found for many of the cars as electric traction began a modest renaissance in North America.
TTC announced on 28 March 1973 the sale of 11 of A-14 cars to San Francisco which needed more cars due to subway construction re-routings. Shipment of nos. 4752, 4754, 4757, 4758, 4763, 4764, 4769, 4770, 4771, 4775 and 4777 commenced in late June and the last left Toronto in November.
Disaster struck the already hard-pressed SEPTA (Philadelphia) system when 60 PCCs were lost in the Woodland Depot fire in October 1975. This led to immediate negotiations with TTC which concluded a sale of 30 PCCs in March 1976. These comprised all but two of the remaining A-14s, nos. 4750-4751, 4756, 4759, 4761-4762, 4765, 4767, 4772-4773 and 4779, and 19 of the A-13s, nos. 4706-4707, 4709-4711, 4718, 4724, 4726-4732, 4734, 4740-4741, 4744 and 4746. The terms were far more lucrative than the San Francisco sale three years previously, SEPTA having to pay $12,500 each for units already due for retirement plus another $15,000 for each of the 15 cars TTC would regauge before they were shipped to Philadelphia. The first cars were shipped on 15 March 1976: nos. 4731, 4750 and 4762. So desperate were their new owners that these three cars were pressed into service within days of their arrival in Philadelphia on the 25th. Three cars were to be loaded every other week thereafter until November of that year, using special flat cars with dummy trucks that had to be cycled back and forth between the two cities.
The A-14 class became operationally extinct on 25 October 1976 when no. 4779 concluded its last Earlscourt run. This was also the last car to be shipped to Philadelphia on 22 November. The only A-14s remaining on the property were nos. 4766 and 4774 which were derelict and due for scrapping.
The last TTC PCCs sold for further transit service were nine A-11s, nos. 4630, 4648, 4651-4652, 4655-4656, 4662-4663 and 4665, which, ironically went back to their former city, Cleveland, when on 21 April 1978 the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) purchased them for $20,000 each for interim use on the Shaker Heights line pending delivery of new Breda cars. Although the cars were regauged and fitted with backup controllers, they retained their TTC livery and numbers. The first car, no. 4651, was shipped from Toronto on 7 July. Two of them, nos. 4652 and 4658, suitably dressed with Canadian and U.S. flags and bearing Welcome Home banners, participated in an official "handing over" ceremony at Shaker Square on 20 October.
The Twilight Years
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, mostly "second hand" cars and unrebuilt Canadian-built ones. Maintenance of the remaining unrebuilt and "boomer" PCCs ceased and they were henceforth withdrawn as failures occurred.
By the end of 1980, the boomer PCC fleet had been pruned to the following:
- A-9 class: 15 in service, 7 stored
- A-11 class: 15 in service, 15 stored
- A-12 class: 13 in service, 11 stored
- A-13 class: 1 in service, 5 stored
With the arrival of the last CLRV in November 1981, a further 54 PCCs went to the scrappers that year and another 50 were stored, pending disposal. Three PCC classes were deleted from the TTC roster in 1982: A-9 (last car, no. 4558), A-11 (last car, no. 4666) and A-12, last car. no. 4697.
Removing the vehicles did not occur completely without incident. On a rainy night in November 1981, A11-class ex-Cleveland PCC #4647 was removed from dead storage at Wychwood and towed by truck along the streetcar tracks via Wychwood, St. Clair and Bathurst towards Hillcrest. The streetcar, which weighed more than three times the tow truck and had no breaks, started rolling on its own down the steep hill on Bathurst Street north of Davenport. It pushed the tow truck aside and became a runaway. After almost coming to a stop at Dupont Street, it crested the little hill there and picked up speed, continuing down Bathurst until it hit right-turning a switch at King at speed, whereupon it derailed, narrowly missing the historic Wheat Sheaf Tavern at the southwest corner and smashing into the building beside it. Miraculously, no one was hurt. Car 4647 was hauled away for scrap (properly, this time), and the building repaired.
As of 17 March 1982 TTC's PCC fleet totalled 196 units (172 rebuilt and 24 unrebuilt cars) or exactly the number of new CLRVs. However, a milestone was reached two days later when no. 4696 was stricken from the roster and from then onwards, the new CLRVs would increasingly outnumber the ever dwindling PCC fleet. The final serviceable unrebuilt PCC was retired on 30 April 1982 and the last one, A-13 no. 4703, left the property in 1983, leaving TTC with an entirely Canadian-built fleet save for the initial six Swiss-built CLRVs.
The TTC's Used PCC Car Roster
Fleet Number | Class | Builder | Acquired | Last Car Operated |
4550-4574 | A-9 | STL '47 | Cincinnati '50 | 1982, no. 4558 |
4575-4601 | A-10 | STL '39-40 | Cincinnati '50 | 1975, no. 4578 |
4625-4674 | A-11 | PULLM '46 | Cleveland '52 | 1982, no. 4666 |
4675-4699 | A-12 | STL '46 | Cleveland '52 | 1982, no. 4697 |
4700-4747 | A-13 | PULLM '47 | Birmingham '52 | 1983, no. 4704 |
4750-4779 | A-14 | STL '46-47 | Kansas City'57 | 1977, no. 4766 |
STL: St. Louis Car Co. | ||||
NEXT: Red Rocket Renaissance: The A15 Class PCC Cars.
PCC - A9-A14 Image Archive
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4550 heads southbound on Bathurst, approaching Front Street in this February 1971 shot. The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy the Todd Novak collection. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4550 heads eastbound on Rogers Road, crossing Silverthorn, on July 15, 1974, one of the last days of ROGERS ROAD streetcar service. Samm's Pharmacy is still at this location, over 40 years later. The photographer is unknown. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4551 heads eastbound on St. Clair, crossing Forest Hill in ST. CLAIR service. This May 1972 shot was taken by Mike Branibar. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4552 departs Bathurst station in service on the BATHURST streetcar in this August 1972 shot courtesy the Charles Houser collection. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4553 turns from Mount Pleasant onto St. Clair Avenue East on August 22, 1972. This photo was taken by Robert McMann and is courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4554 stops eastbound on St. Clair at Wychwood, coming off of OAKWOOD service. This photograph, taken June 1, 1953, is courtesy Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4554 heads northbound on Bathurst, passing King in BATHURST service. This May 1978 shot was taken by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4555 heads southbound on Oakwood at Earnscliffe in this Richard Glaze shot taken circa September 1971. |
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TTC A9 class all-electric ex-Cincinnati PCC #4556 prepares to pull out of Ferry Loop in service on the DUPONT streetcar on May 27, 1961. The photographer is unknown and the photo is courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4557 pauses eastbound on Wellington, just east of York Street, as part of a charter for the National Railroad Historical Society on September 1, 1968. The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy the John Knight Collection. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4558 heads westbound on Fleet Street in BATHURST service towards the Exhibition, past Molson's Brewery and a charter bus. This May 1970 photo was taken by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4559 heads southeast on Davenport Road, one of the last DUPONT streetcars in this February 1963 shot. John Freyseng took this photograph. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4559 poses outside St. Clair Carhouse in this September 1970 shot. The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy the Charles Houser collection. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4560 meets A7-class all-electric PCC #4458 at Humber Loop on February 6, 1977. PCC 4560 was on a charter that day, which is why it's sparkling clean, when #4458 is so dirty. Photo by Robert McMann, courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4561 is seen sticking around in the "inner loop" of Bathurst Station. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4562 heads westbound on St. Clair, crossing Wychwood in ST. CLAIR service. This shot was taken on June 1, 1953, by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4562 heads eastbound on St. Clair approaching Wychwood in ST. CLAIR service. This photo, taken on June 1, 1953, is courtesy Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4563 poses at St. Clair carhouse in this August 1967 shot. The photographer is unknown. |
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As passengers waits to board, as TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4564 pauses in Oakwood Loop, just north of St Clair Avenue West between Robina and Oakwood Avenues. This May 1974 shot is by Mitchell Libby. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4565 leads a convoy of PCCs plying between Bathurst Station and the Canadian National Exhibition while the CNE is in full force in this August 1975 shot. The car is heading eastbound on Fleet Street, approaching Bathurst. The photographer is courtesy the Charles Houser collection |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4566 prepares to cross Yonge in CARLTON service in this August 1975 shot by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A-9 ex-Cincinnati PCC 4567 picks up passengers at Oakwood loop in service on the ROGERS ROAD streetcar. This car was three years old when it was acquired by the TTC, and so was able to perform useful service into the 1980s. The photographer is unknown, and the photo comes to us by way of Mike Filey. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4567 heads southbound on Church, about to turn onto Queen, likely on a diversion. This photo was taken on December 17, 1976 by Richard Glaze. |
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Ex-Cincinnati PCC 4568 operates west on St. Clair. This photo was donated by Curt Frey and upgraded by Pat Lavallee. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric #4569 picks up passengers southbound on BATHURST at King in Exhibition service. This shot was taken Labour Day, 1978, by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4570 heads southbound on Bay from Dundas in DUNDAS service, passing GM "New Look" bus #3313. This photo was taken circa September 1969 by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC car #4571 has arrived at Humber loop and is about to make the return journey on QUEEN on April 16, 1966. Photo by Robert McMann, courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC 4572 lays over in Fleet Loop in BATHURST service on a cold January night in 1967. Photo by Robert McMann, courtesy the Rob Hutchinson collection. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4572 heads southbound on Broadview, approaching Queen Street in KING service. This photo was taken circa August 1973 by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A9 ex-Cincinnati PCC #4573 operates east on St. Clair Avenue. This photograph was donated by Curt Frey. |
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TTC A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4574 pauses westbound on St. Clair at Wychwood in ST. CLAIR service. This shot, taken June 1, 1953, is courtesy Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A10-class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC car #4575 operates westbound on King Street behind TTC A2-class air-electric PCC car #4117, crossing Power, in this September 1965 shot. Photo by L. Swanson, courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A10-class air-electric ex-Cincinnati PCC #4575 sits behind A13-class all-electric ex-Birmingham PCC #4743 at Earlscourt loop on May 30, 1965. This photo was taken by Robert McMann and is courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A10-class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4576 pulls into Wolseley loop, signed for in FORT service. The date was July 15, 1966, and the car is out for an evening and night charter. Eric Binns snapped this photograph. |
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TTC A-10 class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4576 turns from Queen onto Kingston Road (note Greenwood Racetrack on the right) in service on the KING EXHIBITION route. This photograph was taken by John F. Bromley on August 20, 1966, and is courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A10-class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4578 passes comrade #4597 on Kingston Road at Glen Stewart Crescent on May 13, 1968. This shot, by Robert McMann, is looking east. Photo courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A10-class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC sits in the scrap line at St. Clair Carhouse, ahead of an A14-class ex-Kansas City PCC. This shot was taken by Richard Glaze, circa May 1975. |
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TTC A10-class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4579 heads eastbound on Queen Street, crossing Bay in QUEEN service near the end of May 1953. This photo is courtesy Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A10-class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4580 rests northbound on Victoria Street, just south of Queen, in this September 1966 shot. This photograph is by L. Swanson and is courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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PCC A10-class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4581 heads eastbound on Queen, having departed Connaught in QUEEN service, May 31, 1953. Photo by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A10-class ex-Cincinnati PCC #4582 pulls onto the ladder track of Russell Carhouse on August 4, 1954. This photo is courtesy the collection of George Paterson. |
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TTC A10 class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4583 turns from southbound Church onto westbound Wellington while construction on a new TD bank building on the corner takes place. Almost 50 years later, the building is now a Pizzay Pizza, and the corner has been built up significantly. Photo by John F. Bromley. |
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TTC A10-class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4584 pulls out of Dundas West station heading southbound in KING service in this May 1968 shot by J. Bryce Lee. |
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TTC A10-class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4586 pulls up behind TTC air-electric PCC #4094 while another air-electric prepares to pull into Dufferin Loop, all in CNE service in this September 1960 shot. The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy the Bill Nixon collection. |
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An interior view of the front of A10-class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4586, taken circa June 1971 by Richard Glaze. |
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A closer-up view of the inside front of TTC A10-class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4586. This photo was taken by Richard Glaze circa June 1971. |
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TTC A10-class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4588 operates eastbound on Carlton Street, passing Maple Leaf Gardens and about to cross Church Street on June 30, 1966. Photo by Robert McMann, courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A-10 ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4589 lays over at the end of Hillside Wye on a fantrip. This photograph, by R. McMann, was taken on July 12, 1970. The photo is from the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A10-class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4589 heads westbound on Kingston Road, approaching Scarborough Road in KINGSTON ROAD service circa December 1970. Photo by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A10-class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4589 has been loaded up for delivery to Tampico, Mexico circa June 1971. Photo by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A10-class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4592 heads eastbound on Queen, pausing at Bay Street in QUEEN service. This photo, taken on May 31, 1953, is courtesy Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A10-class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4593 heads southbound on Bingham Avenue, approaching Kingston Road in KINGSTON ROAD service. Richard Glaze captured this image circa June 1970. |
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TTC A-10 class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4594 turns from Adelaide onto southbound Church in service on the KING-EXHIBITION route on August 27, 1966. Photo courtesy the Howard Wayt collection. |
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TTC A10-class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4596 lays over at Russell carhouse alongside all-electric compatriots 4210 and 4290 on June 11, 1966. Photo by John F. Bromley. |
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TTC A10-class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC 4597 is seen here, parked at Russell Carhouse on December 17, 1966. The photograph is by John F. Bromley. |
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Ex-Cincinnati PCC 4599 turns from Church Street onto Wellington. Note the larger than usual windows indicating that this is an air-electric car, rather than the all-electrics the TTC was buying at the time. Note also the stub tracks beneath the wheels of the streetcar. These are the remains of the switches that connected Wellington's streetcar tracks with Front. Photo donated by Curt Frey. |
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TTC A12-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4599 is seen here set up for departure to a scrapyard. This photo, taken circa June 1971, was taken by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC Ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC 4600 heads south on Kipling Avenue, about to turn onto Lakeshore Boulevard in this 1968 scene. The rollsigns show this to be a fan charter. Photo is from the Joe Saitta collection. |
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TTC ex-Cincinnati air-electric A-10 PCC 4601 loops through Park loop at the north end of High Park, on a route diversion for DUNDAS on December 18, 1965. Photo by R. McMann, from the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4625 trundles eastbound on Gerrard over trackwork being done atop the Don Valley bridge in CARLTON service. This photo was taken circa August 1971 by Richard Glaze. |
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Ex Cleveland A-11 All Electric PCCs 4625 and 4672 rest at sunset at Russell carhouse on November 11, 1979. This photograph is by Harvey Naylor and is from the John Knight Collection. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4627 heads southbound on Broadview, about to cross Danforth Avenue in 504 KING service. This shot was taken by Richard Glaze circa December 1981. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4630 heads eastbound on King Street, near Trinity in KING service. This photo was taken on June 4, 1976, by Harvey R. Naylor. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland ex-Cleveland PCC #4632 turns from Kingston Road onto Victoria Park Avenue in KINGSTON ROAD service. This shot was taken by Richard Glaze circa June 1970. |
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TTC A-11 class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4633 waits with compatriots for service at Danforth Carhouse. Photo donated by Curt Frey. |
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TTC A-11 class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4633 rests at the east end of the Halton County Radiaul Railway museum near Rockwood, Ontario in this October 1982 shot by J.D. Morgan. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland PCC #4636 heads eastbound on Gerrard along trackwork over the bridge over the Don Valley in CARLTON service. Richard Glaze snapped this photograph circa August 1971. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4637 sits at Hillcrest, newly arrived from Cleveland (and still in its original colours as Cleveland #4212) circa June 1953. Photo courtesy Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4638 pauses westbound on Dundas at Sherbourne in DUNDAS service circa August 1970. Photo by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland PCC #4639 leads an MU train westbound on Queen Street East, passing McGee in QUEEN service. This shot was taken circa July 1970 by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4640 heads southbound on Broadview, having passed Danforth Avenue in 504 KING service. This shot was taken by Richard Glaze on June 1, 1981. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4642 sits at Russell Carhouse next to TTC plow car W-1 and other snow sweepers in this Richard Glaze shot taken circa May 1973. |
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TTC ex-Cleveland A-11 PCC 4644 heads eastbound on King at Church Street on March 12, 1976. Photo by J.D. Morgan, from the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4645 approaches Roncesvalles Avenue on King Street in 504 KING streetcar service. This shot was taken by Richard Glaze circa December 1981. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4646 heads westbound on Kingston Road in KINGSTON ROAD service, passing Kingswood. In the distance, another all-electric PCC turns north onto Victoria Park. This photo was taken by Richard Glaze circa July 1970. |
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TTC A11 class ex-Cleveland all electric PCC #4647 pauses eastbound on the Yonge subway Bloor Street transferway while a passenger rushes for the stairs on the opposite platform. The day is April 3, 1965. The photo is by John F. Bromley (5.6 1 50 35mm) and is courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4647 is tended to after its runaway run down Bathurst from Davenport Road to King Street before derailing and crashing on the night of November 20, 1981. The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy the Rob Pineault Collection. |
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TTC ex-Cleveland A-11 all-electric PCCs 4648 and 4634 head westbound on Bloor Street, approaching Parliament and passing the site of Castle Frank station, then under construction in this November 1965 shot. The photographer is unknown and the photo is courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4649 pulls through St. Clair station loop on a fantrip (the car's destination sign appears to read "Runnymede"). The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy the Richard Glaze collection. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4650 comes down from the Main Street Bridge, approaching Gerrard Street in CARLTON service. This shot was taken by Harvey R. Naylor on August 19, 1971. |
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TTC A-11 class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4651 crosses Main Street, eastbound, in service on the DANFORTH shuttle on May 22, 1967. Photograph by John F. Bromley. |
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TTC A11-class all-electric ex-Cleveland PCC #4652 heads westbound on Bloor, crossing Parliament on the last day of BLOOR service, February 25, 1966. Photo by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4653 heads eastbound on Kingston Road, passing Kingswood, in this 1967 shot by Robert McMann. Image courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4655 heads eastbound on Queen Street, crossing the Don Bridge in KINGSTON ROAD TRIPPER service. This shot was taken by Harvey Naylor on June 22, 1978. Photo by Harvey Naylor. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4656 heads eastbound on Kingston Road, passing Kingswood approaching Victoria Park in KINGSTON ROAD service. This photo was taken by Richard Glaze circa July 1969. |
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TTC A-11 class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4658 leads an MU train westbound on Queen, passing Nathan Phillips Square and the future site of the Sheridan Centre. The shot is in the late 1960s or the early 1970s when multiple-unit operation was done on QUEEN. The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy the Dave Shaw collection. |
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Ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4234 is seen here being delivered to the TTC's Hillcrest shops by flatcars on February 18, 1953. This was the 20th Cleveland PCC to be delivered to the TTC, and it would be renumbered A11-class #4659. The other PCCs behind it are A13-class ex-Birminghams. Image courtesy the Toronto Archives. |
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TTC ex-Cleveland A-11 all-electric PCC 4659 heads southbound on Dovercourt at Shanley, in service on HARBORD on May 2, 1965. Photo by R. McMann, from the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4660 loads up passengers at Luttrell Loop during the last night of service on the DANFORTH streetcar (May 11, 1968). Ted Wickson took this photograph and it comes to us from the collection of John F. Bromley. |
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TTC A-11 class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4661 pauses eastbound on King Street at Yonge. Photo by Gary Morris, borrowed from Dave's Railpix site. |
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TTC ex-Cleveland A11-class all-electric PCC #4662 poses alongside A6-class all-electric PCC #4379 at Woodbine loop in this July 1978 shot. 4662 is in service on QUEEN while 4379 has a KING-EXHIBITION exposure. The photographer is unknown. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4663 heads eastbound on Queen in KING service on April 26, 1978. This photo was taken by Harvey R. Naylor. |
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TTC ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC 4664 pulls out of Luttrell loop on its way back to Woodbine station as part of the DANFORTH shuttle on May 1, 1966. Photograph by R. McMann, from the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4664 heads westbound on Danforth Avenue, approaching Dawes in DANFORTH shuttle service in this 1967 shot by Robert McMann. Image courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4665 turns from eastbound Queen onto northbound Broadview in KING service. This photo was taken by Harvey R. Naylor on July 22, 1977. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4666 passes A6-class 4382 as it heads westbound on King approaching Bathurst on July 5, 1974. The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy the Charles Ebling collection. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4667 leads a multiple-unit train into Hillingdon Loop at Danforth Carhouse on May 30, 1965. This photograph was taken by Robert McMann and is courtesy the John Knight Collection. |
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All-electric PCC 4668 leads a multiple-unit PCC train on a Danforth Tripper run into the Bloor Station transferway just east of Yonge Street. Photo by P. Lambert, donated by Curt Frey. |
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TTC A12-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4670 crosses Victoria Street eastbound on Queen in QUEEN service. This shot was taken by Richard Glaze circa July 1970. |
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TTC A12-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4671 pulls out of Bingham Loop in KINGSTON ROAD service, while Canadian Car & Foundary CD-44A bus #1925 picks up passengers in 12 KINGSTON ROAD service. Richard Glaze caught this shot circa February 1970. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4673 pauses at Bingham Loop in 503 KINGSTON ROAD TRIPPER service in the early evening of December 1981. This photo was taken by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A11-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4673 prepares to enter 504 KING service from Russell Carhouse, turning from Connaught onto westbound Queen in this December 1981 shot by Richard Glaze. |
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An ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC (A-11 class) #4674 heads westbound on Gerrard at Greenwood in service on the CARLTON streetcar line. The date is March 26, 1966 and the photographer is R. McMann. The photo is from the John Knight Collection. |
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TTC A-12 class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4675 pauses on James Street, about to turn onto Albert in July 1974, on the last days of City Hall loop. This scene was a fan charter. The photographer is unknown. |
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TTC A12-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4676 heads eastbound on Queen Street East, crossing over the Don River in QUEEN service. This shot was taken by Harvey R. Naylor on April 27, 1978. |
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TTC A12-class ex-Cleveland St. Louis-built all-electric PCC #4677 sits between A6-class PCC #4304 and A10-class ex-Cincinnati air-electric PCC #4589 at Russell Carhouse, circa September 1970. This photo was taken by Richard Glaze. |
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Ex-Louisville/Ex-Cleveland PCC 4680 leads a train westbound along Bloor Street in this 1953 shot. The photographer is unknown. The photograph was donated from the collection of Curt Frey and Pat Lavallee. |
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TTC ex-Cleveland A12-class all-electric PCC 4681 brings up the rear of a two-car DANFORTH train turning from westbound Bloor into Bedford loop on July 25, 1963. A sign for Varsity Stadium in the background is advertising an upcoming soccer match. The image is from the Howard Wayt collection. |
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TTC A12-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4682 heads southbound on Church Street, approaching King, on September 6, 1976. The photographer is J. Bryce Lee and the image is courtesy the Bob Eisthen collection. |
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TTC A12-class ex-Cleveland all-electric #4684 operating in 521 KING EXHIBITION service leads a 511 BATHURST CLRV into the Exhibition, crossing Strachan Avenue. This photo was taken by Richard Glaze circa June 1980. |
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TTC A12-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4685 heads westbound on Queen Street East, crossing Carlaw Avenue in this May 1972 shot by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A12-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4686 heads westbound on Queen Street East, approaching Church Street in this May 1972 shot by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A12-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4687 passes A9-class ex-Cincinnati all-electric PCC #4573, having turned from westbound King to southbound Bathurst on May 2, 1980. Robert McMann took this photograph and the image is courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A12-class all-electric ex-Cleveland PCC #4688 heads westbound on Howard Park Avenue, passing Indian Grove in CARLTON service. Richard Glaze caught this shot circa July 1970. |
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TTC A12-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4689 heads westbound on Queen Street in QUEEN service, stopping at Logan. Richard Glaze caught this image circa June 1970. |
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TTC A12-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4690 pulls out from Bingham Loop in KINGSTON ROAD service, while another car pulls in behind. This shot was taken by Richard Glaze circa July 1970. |
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TTC A12-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4691 comes off of the Main Street bridge over the railway tracks and is approaching Danforth Avenue in CARLTON service. Richard Glaze caught this photo circa 1970. |
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TTC A12-class ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4692 runs eastbound on Queen Street East, crossing King Street East in QUEEN service. This shot was taken June 18, 1980 by Harvey R. Naylor. |
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Ex-Louisville/Ex-Cleveland PCC 4693 pauses on Weston Road in this November 1952 shot. This car was just one of a number of nearly-new PCCs the TTC bought at bargain prices making its post-war fleet the largest collection of PCCs in the world. Photo by J. Bernard, donated by Curt Frey. |
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A shot of PCC 4693 from another angle. Note the presence of blinker doors. The TTC quickly replaced these with standard PCC doors as the Louisville door style was very drafty in winter. Also note that this car has not yet been modified with a coupler for MU operation. Photo by J. Bernard, donated by Curt Frey. |
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TTC A12-class all-electric ex-Cleveland PCC #4694 rests at Russell Carhouse on June 1, 1969. Photo by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A12-class ex-Louisville, ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4695 heads westbound on Queen Street West, in front of City Hall, with old City Hall behind. Richard Glaze took this shot circa April 1972. |
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TTC A-12 class ex-Louisville, ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4696 is seen here outside CNE Dufferin Loop on Springhurst, likely on a fan trip - Oct 17, 1981, photographer Harvey R. Naylor, photo from the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A-12 class ex-Louisville, ex-Cleveland PCC #4698 crosses York Street, westbound on QUEEN on May 18, 1975. The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy the Dave Shaw collection. |
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TTC PCC A-12 class ex-Louisville, ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4698 heads westbound on Queen approaching York, passing A7-class PCC #4454 heading westbound, easing past construction work. This photo was taken circa August 1976 by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A12-class ex-Louisville, ex-Cleveland all-electric PCC #4699 poses at Lansdowne Carhouse alongside Canadian Car & Foundry trolley coach #9082 on July 16, 1962. The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC ex-Birmingham all-electric A-13 PCC 4700 operates eastbound on St. Clair at Prescott in service on ST. CLAIR in this February 1968 shot. The photographer is unknown. |
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A13-class PCCs from Birmingham, Alabama, arrive at Hillcrest Shops and prepare for retrofits and repainting on June 1, 1953. Photo courtesy the Richard Glaze collection. |
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TTC A-13 class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC 4701 enters Oakwood loop on June 20, 1968. The photographer is John F. Bromley. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4702 faces southbound on Oakwood Avenue at St. Clair, about to enter into Oakwood loop on July 27, 1968. Photo by John F. Bromley. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham air-electric PCC #4703 makes a rare turn from southbound Bay onto westbound Richmond on DUNDAS service. The streetcar has been pushed off of City Hall loop due to the Santa Claus parade. This photograph is by Robert McMann and is courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4704 heads eastbound on King, about to cross Spadina Avenue, on August 8, 1969. Photo by Robert McMann, courtesy the Rob Hutchinson collection. |
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TTC ex-Birmingham all-electric A-13 class PCC #4705 sits in the dark at Park Loop off Bloor Street bearing a DUNDAS roll sign exposure on October 18, 1963. Photo by Robert McMann, from the John Knight Collection. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4707 turns from southbound Bay onto Louisa, pulling into City Hall Loop in DUNDAS service. This shot was taken on April 8, 1971 by Harvey R. Naylor. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4709, seen here having arrived at Hillcrest in its Birmingham colours (#809) sits with others of its class on June 1, 1953. Photo courtesy Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC 4710 prepares to pull out of Dufferin loop, while in service on DUNDAS-EXHIBITION in this August 1972 shot by Eric Binns. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4711 is seen here northbound on Bay, about to cross Queen Street on the night of August 15, 1965. This is the true last day of streetcar service on Bay Street south of City Hall loop, as this would be the last day that the summer DUNDAS-DOCKS streetcar service would operate. Photo by John F. Bromley. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4713 heads eastbound on King Street, past Parliament in KING service on November 5, 1975. Photo by Harvey R. Naylor. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4715 pauses westbound on Carlton, approaching Yonge in CARLTON service circa June 1973. Photo by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC 4716 proceeds westbound in LONG BRANCH service through a temporary gauntlet track past the construction of a new underpass under the under-construction Gardiner Expressway. This shot was taken by Harvey R. Naylor on July 7, 1957. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4716 rests decommissioned in its new life as a fashion boutique on the site of today's Atrium on Bay. Its still active sibling, #4719, passes westbound on Dundas having crossed Yonge. This shot was taken by Richard Glaze on April 11, 1976. |
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TTC ex-Birmingham all-electric A-13 PCC 4717 poses at Humber loop, in service on LONG BRANCH in January 1963. The photographer is unknown. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4718 takes on passengers on James Street, facing south towards Albert in the middle of City Hall Loop in DUNDAS service. This shot was taken by Harvey Naylor on June 10, 1971. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4719 pauses at Ferry Loop on May 30, 1965, in service on the seasonal DUNDAS-DOCKS run. The photograph is by Barber Dunmere and the image is courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A13-class all-electric ex-Birmingham PCC #4720 picks up passengers at the LONG BRANCH stop of Humber Loop, readying for a westbound trip. Richard Glaze took this photograph on July 5, 1954. |
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Mitchell Libby snapped this view of TTC A-13 class Ex-Birmingham All-Electric PCC #4721 on King near the Royal Alexandra Theatre, just west of Simcoe Street in the early 1970s. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4721 prepares to turn from northbound York onto westbound King in KING service in this December 1976 shot by J.D. Morgan. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4722 prepares to turn from Edna Avenue onto southbound Dundas, just north of Dundas West station in DUNDAS service. This shot was taken by Harvey Naylor on August 5, 1971. |
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Mitchell Libby shot this view of TTC A-13 class Ex-Birmingham All-Electric PCC 4723 heading along the KING route westbound on King at Bay in the early 1970s. |
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Two TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all electric PCCs (#4724 and #4740) pass each other on Bay Street, just north of Queen, while work progresses on Toronto's new City Hall (left). The date is June 7, 1964 and the cars are in service on the summer DUNDAS-DOCKS run. Note that the track switches from Bay Street to westbound Queen have already been abandoned and partially taken up. This photograph is from the Howard Wayt collection. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4725 enters Long Branch loop at the west end of the LONG BRANCH streetcar. This photo was taken by Richard Glaze on July 5, 1954. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4726 heads westbound on Lake Shore, approaching Park Lawn, seen from the front of another PCC. This photo was taken by Richard Glaze on July 5, 1954. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4727 pulls into New Toronto loop at Kipling Avenue, past TTC GM New Look bus #3374 on May 28, 1965. The photographer is Barber Dunmere, and the image is courtesy the John Bromley collection. |
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TTC A-13 ex-Birmingham PCC #4728 prepares to depart Ferry Docks loop for Runnymede in DUNDAS service on July 1, 1965. The summer-only DUNDAS-DOCKS service continued to use Bay Street's tracks from City Hall loop to the Docks for three seasons after the DUPONT cars vanished. This photo was snapped by R. McMann and is from the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4729 heads southbound on Bay Street, pausing at King in DUNDAS-DOCKS service on Dominion Day, 1965. This photo was taken by Robert McMann and is courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4730 pauses eastbound on King at Church Street in KING service. This photo was taken circa September 1969 by Richard Glaze. |
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A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4731 prepares to back from eastbound Dundas to northbound McCaul in this shot taken on November 13, 1965. This photograph was taken by Robert McMann and is courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4732 heads eastbound on Dundas, approaching College Street in this April 1963 shot by John F. Bromley. |
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TTC A-13 ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4732 in 506 CARLTON service zips westbound along Dundas Street West at Sterling Road in this June 1972 shot by Mitchell Libby. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4734 pulls up to its stop at Yonge Street, eastbound in DUNDAS service. This shot was taken by Harvey R. Naylor on May 13, 1975. |
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Here's TTC A-13 class Ex-Birmingham All-Electric PCC #4735 heading southbound on Roncesvalles Avenue near Hewitt Avenue in KING service. This shot from the early 1970s is by Mitchell Libby. |
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TTC A13-class all-electric ex-Birmingham PCC #4736 pulls through the westbound loop at the Humber Loop complex in LONG BRANCH service. This shot was taken by Richard Glaze on July 5, 1954. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4737 pauses westbound on Springhurst, before entering Dufferin loop in DUNDAS-EXHIBITION service in early September 1969. Photo by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4738 heads westbound on Gerrard, crossing Bellhaven, approaching Coxwell in CARLTON service. This shot was taken circa May 1975 by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCCs #4739 and 4712 sit in their final resting places beside A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4755 at a scrap yard in Oshawa. This shot was taken by Richard Glaze circa May 1969. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4740 heads southbound on Roncesvalles, approaching Howard Park, in KING service on July 8, 1974. The photographer is unknown. |
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TTC A-13 ex-Birmingham PCC #4741 rests up at Roncesvalles carhouse in this late 1950s shot. The photographer is W.H. Coo and the photo is from the Dave Shaw collection. |
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TTC ex-Birmingham all-electric A-13 PCC #4742 turns out of City Hall loop onto northbound Bay in service on DUNDAS in this September 1963 shot. Note the abandoned tracks turning from southbound Bay onto westbound Albert. The Elizabeth Street portion of this loop had been abandoned earlier due to the construction of Toronto City Hall. Photo by L. Swanson, from the John Knight Collection. |
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TTC A-13 class ex-Birmingham all electric PCC 4743 heads east down Bloor Street, approaching Keele, in service on the DUNDAS-EXHIBITION car on October 31, 1964, serving some special event, likely a Toronto Argonauts football game. The photograph is by John F. Bromley. |
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TTC A-13 class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4744 enters Long Branch loop, passing a GM "Old Look" bus in this September 1960 shot by Lewis Swanson. This photo is courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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Harvey R. Naylor took this photograph of A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4745 having crossed Danforth Avenue, operating southbound on Main Street in CARLTON service. This shot was taken on August 19, 1971. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4746 pauses westbound on King Street at Dufferin in KING service in this August 1970 shot by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A13-class ex-Birmingham all-electric PCC #4747 lays over at Long Branch loop in LONG BRANCH service on July 5, 1954. Photo by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4750 pulls out of Eglinton loop southbound onto Mount Pleasant Road, bearing a Pittsburgh rollsign for a fantrip. Western Flyer rebuilt trolley coach #9332 waits before heading north. This shot was taken on July 7, 1974. The photographer is unknown. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4751 operates on a fan charter eastbound on Fleet Street on October 15, 1972. This photo was taken by Harvey R. Naylor. |
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Ex-Kansas City PCC 4752 (TTC Class A-14) poses with a KC linen at Hillside Wye. Photo donated by Curt Frey. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4752 prepares to turn from westbound St. Clair to northbound Keele in ST. CLAIR service. Note the modern Futura numbering at the front of the streetcar, and the older style font used near the rear. This photo was taken circa July 1973 by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A-14 ex-Kansas City PCC #4753 rests at St. Clair carhouse in this mid-1950s shot. The photographer is unknown and the photo is from the Dave Shaw collection. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4754 meets up with a GM New Look bus at Kipling Loop in New Toronto on January 31, 1965. This photograph is courtesy the Howard Wayt collection. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4754 heads westbound on St. Clair approaching Oakwood in ST. CLAIR service. This photograph was taken circa June 1973 by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A-14 class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC 4755 heads west along St. Clair Avenue at Wells Hill on December 7, 1963. Photo by R. McMann, from the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4756 heads northbound on Mount Pleasant, about to cross Manor on July 28, 1972. Photo by Harvey R. Naylor. |
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TTC A-14 class all-electric ex-Kansas City PCC #4757 lays over at St. Clair carhouse, bearing a blank rollsign, on August 5, 1958. The photographer is unknown and the image is from the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4758 departs St. Clair Station onto westbound St. Clair Avenue in ST. CLAIR service on August 18, 1971. This photo was taken by Harvey R. Naylor. |
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TTC A-14 class ex-Kansas City PCC 4759 (note that it has no dash lights) sits in St. Clair (Wychwood) carhouse next to air-electric PCC 4168 on February 28, 1963. The photographer is unknown, and the photo is from the Dave Shaw collection. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4759 rests at Hillcrest Shops alongside crane car C-2 and spare parts. This photo was taken by Richard Glaze circa November 1971. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City PCC #4759 pauses at High Park on a charter bearing a Philadelphia rollsign, in front of A6-class PCC #4353. This photo was taken by Richard Glaze circa February 1976. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4759, bearing a Philadelphia rollsign, poses for pictures at Woodbine Loop in this February 1976 shot by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4761 passes Canadian Car & Foundry trolley coach #9113 as the streetcar heads southbound on Mount Pleasant, having departed Eglinton loop at the northeast end of the ST. CLAIR streetcar. This photo was taken by Richard Glaze circa May 1971 |
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TTC A14-class all-electric ex-Kansas City PCC #4762 pauses at Mount Pleasant Loop just north of Eglinton at the northeastern end of the ST. CLAIR streetcar. This shot was taken circa November 1971 by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City streetcar #4763 sits in the carwash at St. Clair carhouse on July 30, 1973. The photographer is unknown. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4764 poses at St. Clair Carhouse with a fresh coat of paint on February 24, 1973. Photo by Harvey Naylor. |
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Two A14-class ex-Kansas City PCC streetcars pass each other on Mount Pleasant in ST. CLAIR service in this May 1972 shot. PCC #4765 heads southbound, crossing Merton, passing the northbound 4757. Photo by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4765 prepares to cross Moore Avenue, southbound on Mount Pleasant in ST. CLAIR service in this May 1972 shot by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City PCC #4765 heads westbound on St. Clair at Robina, circa June 1973. Note the Futura font of its number on the front. Photo by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A-14 class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4766 leaves St. Clair station and heads east on St. Clair, actually signed up for the "Moore Park" short turn, in this September 1971 shot. The photograph is by L. Swanson, and is from the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City PCC #4766 heads westbound on St. Clair at Oakwood circa June 1973. Photo by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4767 drops off a passenger facing westbound on St. Clair Avenue at Oakwood, in EARLSCOURT service. This shot was taken by Richard Glaze circa April 1971. |
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TTC A-14 ex-Kansas City PCC #4768 heads westbound on St. Clair after leaving St. Clair subway station in this September 1970 shot. The photo is from the John Knight Collection. |
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In June 1973, PCC A-14 ex-Kansas City PCC #4768 was stored in St. Clair carhouse, waiting the scrappers torch. The photograph was taken by D. Cowley and is from the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4769 heads southbound on Mount Pleasant having departed southbound from Eglinton Loop in ST. CLAIR service. This photo was taken by Richard Glaze circa May 1971. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4770 heads eastbound on St. Clair, approaching Vaughan Road in this August 1971 shot by D. Cowley. Image courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4770 is loaded onto a railcar for delivery from the TTC's Hillcrest shops on December 11, 1973. Photo by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4771 pulls into Moore Park loop late on a winter night on January 4, 1967. The photographer is John F. Bromley and the image is courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4772 pauses westbound on St. Clair Avenue, preparing to cross Oakwood on August 8, 1971. Photo by Harvey Naylor. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4773 waits at St. Clair carhouse on July 30, 1973. The EARLSCOURT rollsign is a bit of an oddity, as Northland loop was well to the west of the loop the route was originally named for. The photographer is unknown. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4774 prepares to pull out of St. Clair station on February 27, 1965. Photo by Robert McMann; courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4774 heads southbound on Mount Pleasant past the entrance to Mount Pleasant Cemetery in this June 1972 shot by Richard Glaze. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4775 approaches Eglinton loop at the east end of the ST. CLAIR line in this August 1972 shot. Trolley coach #9349 turns onto Eglinton Avenue in the background. The photographer is unknown. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4776 rests at St. Clair carhouse in this mid-1960s shot. The photographer is unknown, and the photo is courtesy the John Knight collection. |
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TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC 4777 rests at Wychwood in this October 1971 photograph. This image is from the collection of Gerald H. Landau. |
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TTC A-14 ex-Kansas City PCC 4778 had just been acquired by the TTC when the Upper Canada Railway Society chartered it for a run around the system on January 26, 1958. This shot was taken at Exhibition loop. The photographer is unknown. The photo comes to us from Mike Filey. |
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A worker removes usable parts from A14-class ex-Kansas City PCC 4778 at Wychwood Carhouse on June 17, 1973. This photo was taken by Todd Lange. |
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TTC A-14 class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC 4779 (the highest numbered PCC car in the TTC fleet) heads west along St. Clair Avenue at Tweedsmuir, bearing Kansas City roll sign while on excursion on June 25, 1976. The photo is by R. McMann and is from the John Knight collection. |
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Showdown! Gary Morris caught aging PCC facing off with CLRV at the Bathurst Street bridge over the railway tracks. This photograph was borrowed from Dave's Railpix Site. |
References
- Bromley, John F., and Jack May Fifty Years of Progressive Transit, Electric Railroaders' Association, New York (New York), 1978.
- Bromley, John F., 'Toronto Streetcar & Radial Loop History', Transfer Points, March 1999, p4-10, Toronto Transportation Society, Toronto (Ontario).
- Carlson, Steven B., and Fred W. Schneider III PCC: The Car that Fought Back, Glendale: Interurban Press, 1980.
- Corley, Raymond F., Vehicle Handbook, Toronto: Toronto Transit Commission, 1988.
- Kashin, Seymour and Harre Demero. An American Original: The PCC Car, Glendale: Interurban Press, 1980.
- Partridge, Larry, Mind the Doors, Please, The Boston Mills Press, Erin (Ontario), 1983.
- Schneider, Fred W. III, and Stephen P. Carlson PCC From Coast to Coast, Glendale: Interurban Press, 1986.
