At 9 a.m., railfans began to gather outside of Connaught carhouse. Old friends got reacquainted while streetcars passed on Queen Street.

Around 9:30, we heard the characteristic sounds and saw this streetcar trundle out of the carhouse. It was not to be our charter vehicle, a fact that made many railfans smile. This is PCC 4549, operating under its own power. Our vehicle was to be PCC 4500. The future of Toronto's PCCs looked just a little brighter to see both in operation.

After being washed, PCC 4500 slipped out of the carhouse and boarded passengers.

Our first stop was Neville Loop, where railfans had a number of good locations to take some excellent photos.

After Neville, 4500 returned to Connaught. The idea was to turn the car there and return to the Kingston Road/Queen Street intersection, where railfans were waiting to photograph the PCC on the new specialwork. Here, PCC 4500 turns on the special left-turn track, onto Kingston Road.

After Kingston Road and Queen, we headed into Bingham Loop for a few quick shots.

From Kingston Road, we headed to Charlotte Loop. I snapped this reflection shot against the glass buildings of downtown King Street. You can see me pointing the camera if you look at the window just in front of the rear door.

After stopping at Charlotte Loop, and passing the new specialwork at the foot of Spadina Avenue, we headed for Union Station for a couple of quick photos.

Returning to King Street, we had a brief photo shoot on Shaw Street and then ran along Queen and Dufferin to make a lunch stop at the King/Dufferin intersection. The streetcar laid over at Dufferin Loop while we munched away.

At around 1 p.m., PCC 4500 returned from Dufferin Loop and we boarded the vehicle for a jaunt through Parkdale to Sunnyside Loop.

Inside Sunnyside Loop, the PCC posed for a number of pictures, and even moved forward for some action shots on video. Here, TTS President Ray Neilsen has just finished filming.

From here, we ran up Roncesvalles Avenue, Howard Park, Dundas Street and College Street to Ossington Avenue, where more photos were taken. The fall colours and the clear skies were providing excellent backdrops for our photos.

From Ossington Avenue, PCC 4500 ran along Dundas and Bathurst, where it stopped on the through tracks of St. Clair West Station. While we waited for a service car to move in front of us (to allow us more time to shoot at St. Clair Station), we took a few time-exposed shots.

Here's another time-exposed shot at St. Clair West Station, this time inside the streetcar. Two charter attendees entertain themselves while the service car gets moving.

At St. Clair Station, a number of railfans disembarked to get their shots from a variety of angles. I settled upon the westbound safety island to catch PCC 4500 leaving the station.

Another nice, long run took us down Bathurst and along College Street to our next photo shoot location on Bay Street. By then, we decided to have a little fun with our rollsigns, and thus the rather 'royal' route and destination for the vehicle. We were amused.

From Dundas and Bay, we ran along Dundas and down Victoria for a photo shoot by St. Michael's Hospital.

Making good time on our way back to the carhouse, we took a detour up Broadview Avenue and stopped to take a number of good photos at Broadview Station. Some of the railfans took their leave at this point, but others stayed for the trip back.

A final, unscheduled stop was made at Woodbine Loop, where more photos were taken. While I have this shot of the driver and one of the passengers, I'd like to thank Dave for making the ride so enjoyable. He got his exercise on this trip what with the number of switches he had to throw.

Finally, the car pulled into Connaught Avenue for the end of the tour. The remaining passengers said their goodbyes as PCC 4500 headed for its stall after a good day's work.