Before the streetcar left the barn, Brad managed to take this closeup of the banner which is on the side. It is to help the public become aware of the TTC's 'Red Rocket' charter service. You can charter out a PCC by calling 416-393-4636. 

Streetcar rentals are great for weddings, sightseeing tours, pub crawls, birthdays or for a afternoon ride through town. You can also rent out an ALRV (the longer streetcar types that run on 501 and 511) or a CLRV (the shorter streetcars) if you wish.

Here is a shot of Brad (in the orange) and  friend Andrew sitting on the steps on the streetcar before it departed Connaught to pick up the rest of the group. 4549 had been beautifully refurbished by TTC forces, inside and out.

After the pick up at Queen and York, we headed to the Wolesley loop. Wolesley is a great place to get a shot of the streetcar with the CN Tower in the background. Best of all, it doesn't see regular use so you can lay over in there as long as you need to.

Here are some people who attended this tour, some of them members of our transit toronto mailing list. Left to Right: Andrew, Gary, Allen, Kerry and Eric.

Here PCC number 4549 sits in the Fleet loop. Note the interesting rollsign 'Exhibtion Union Station'

Here our beautiful streetcar poses on the brand new Harbourfront Rail line which just opened this past summer.

Here is a front interior shot of the streetcar with the many people who attended enjoying the ride.

Here is a rear view of the streetcar. You can see some on the Transit Toronto regulars here. Left, Front to Back: Rob Hutchinson, Roger Dupuis, Jon E. and Mark Pompeo.

Right, Front to Back: Matt Clarke and father, Daniel Garcia, Sherman Wong and Tom Jankowski.

Here our red rocket poses in the Charlotte Loop signed up Downtowner Spadina.

A New Flyer Diesel Bus races past our 1951 vintage streetcar on Bay street.

We also visited Main Street station. You can see some of the people who attended taking their pictures and video.

The charter also visited the Bingham loop. Here 4549 is going south on Bingham avenue as a few railfans and area residents watched.

We looped the loop at Bingham, something which is pretty rare, even on streetcar charters.

It was now towards the end of the charter and unfortunatly we couldn't visit Neville as time was running out and 4549 had to be back at the carhouse in time for another event. This shot was at Woodbine loop.

Another view shows more people who attended while we were at the Woodbine loop.

It was 5:00 by now and our streetcar was on it's way back to the Russell Carhouse to conclude the tour. Here is another interior view of the streetcar.

Another front few of the streetcar as we prepare to turn onto Connaught Avenue.

The charter arrived back at Russell at about 5:04 pm. As soon as we arrived, the yard crew prepared the PCC for yet another charter.