This is scan from a slide (remember them?) that I took in 1973 or 1974. Peter Witt car #2766 remained on active duty until July 18, 1965. The vehicle remained on Toronto Transit Commission's property in storage until it was brought back in 1973 as part of a special "Belt Line Tour Tram" service. It was discontinued in 1975 due to lack of ridership. Later it was used for various sightseeing tour operations, such as a King Edward Hotel “brunch and streetcar ride”, and then for tours operated by “Toronto by Trolley” as well as occasional fan trip charters throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, including being the last streetcar to operate on Mt. Pleasant Rd. on a fan trip in July 1976 when the track was abandoned. As of July 2013, it remains on TTC property and sees occasional use in charter service.
A nice tram car. In the big cities here we have the same fan trips with old tram cars.
ReplyDeleteI always llike it to see a streetcar is preserved and used for rides so now and than. They change so quickly and look complete different from the older ones.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice blast from the past. I'm glad it's still used every now and then. Slides?? Yes, I remember those. In fact, you've reminded me that I still have a few that need to be scanned.
ReplyDeleteWe just lived in Toronto for a few years, but this. Must have been the sort of street car we rode at the time.
ReplyDeleteI do remember slides, and none of mine looked this good!
ReplyDeleteI never got into slides, I always went for prints. I have a roll of Ilford loaded in the old Yashica as we speak.
ReplyDeleteI think transportation history is excellent and that is a cool trolley. Thanks for sharing.
It certainly feels very much drawn out of the past.
ReplyDeleteI've seen it a few times heading up or down Bathurst St when it has been out for a special occasion.
ReplyDeletei wish we had them, such a cool way to get around!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis tram was an antique when you took the picture. I remember similar trams running down Clark St. in Chicago in the 1940s, and I think they were old back then, but were in daily use. The removal of trams and trolleys from American cities is a terrible story of corporate skullduggery. Today cities across the U.S. are spending billions of dollars to recreate some of these lost lines.
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