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Toronto, Ontario
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Dundas St. and Keele St. in @TorontoJunction, 1968 and 2020.
Campbell Block was built 1888 and painted white during the 1960s. Original orange brick was refurbished around 2014. Dundas streetcar was replaced by the 40 Junction bus north of Bloor in 1968. 2020 photo taken by me.
.@TTChelps hey there, are the CLRVs going to come out on Queen St. today? – at Toronto, Ontario
TO Transit Museum retweeted
Winter came early at the Halton County Radial Railway! The snow really makes the colors pop on the latest additions to our museum's collection. The museum is closed for the winter, but will reopen for 3 Christmas shows in December.
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We can’t wait for tomorrow’s Transit Show at the MTCC. Exhibitors are hard at work setting up. Doors open tomorrow at 9am! #CUTAyyz #transitshow @MTCC_Events
.@torontohistory – at Toronto, Ontario
3 generations of Toronto's transit:
(L-R) 1934 replica of TRCo streetcar #327, 1953 Brill trolley coach #9086, and 1951 PCC streetcar #4525.
Old Toronto streetcar #327 now operates at the Halton County Radial Railway. Come out and take a ride! Www.hcry.org
TO Transit Museum retweeted
The CP West Toronto Railway Station facing south towards The Crossways Towers in the distance, 1978.
The popular station was built in 1911 at the northeast side of Dundas St. W. and (Old) Weston Rd. It was demolished illegally in 1982 after preservation attempts. – at Toronto, Ontario
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1st two streetcars acquired by our museum's founders were #1326 and #55. #1326 was built in 1910 and was the TTC's last wood streetcar when it was retired in 1951. #55 was built in 1915 for the Toronto Civic Railway.
Both of these historic cars are on display at our museum!
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A meticulous replica of Fort York – built using over 10,000 pieces of Lego – will be on display this weekend. Audra Brown with the painstaking steps the creator took to create the model of the Toronto historical site. ow.ly/3A6t30oOZaE
Queen St. facing east to Old City Hall, 1974 & 2019.
Old City Hall opened in 1899 and replaced the previous City Hall at Front & Jarvis (now @StLawrenceMkt )
2019 photo was taken by Transit Historian Trevor, creator of #transitbricks.
TO Transit Museum retweeted
Dundas St. W. facing north to Bloor St. W., 1927 & 2019.
From 1915 to 1966 the Bloor West streetcars met the Dundas & King cars at this intersection.
Huge developments will be coming to this area soon.
2019 photo taken by Transit Historian Trevor, creator of #transitbricks.
.@StAndrewsTO Church at King & Simcoe, 1876 and 2019. The @TOstreetrailway ran horse-drawn streetcars (horsecars) in Toronto from 1861 to 1891.
1876 photo was taken by acclaimed photographer James Esson. 2019 photo taken by Transit Historian Trevor, creator of #transitbricks.
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The Halton County Radial Railway re-opens for the season this Saturday May 4th.
The museum's hours are:
MAY & JUNE
Weekends & Holidays Only: 10am–5pm
JULY & AUGUST
Weekdays: 10am–4:30pm
Weekends & Holidays: 10am–5pm
SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER
Weekends & Holidays Only: 10am-5pm.
Last Sunday April 21st the TTC rolled out its 2 heritage streetcars for the annual Beaches Easter Parade. Pictured here is PCC streetcar #4549 from 1951. It was parked in Russell Yard on Queen Street East before heading out for the parade.
TO Transit Museum retweeted
Yesterday the TTC rolled out its 2 vintage streetcars for the @BeachesEaster Parade. The Witt is from 1923 and the PCC is from 1951.
We have several Witts and PCCs in our collection. Come out and take a ride at our museum during open season!
TO Transit Museum retweeted
#ThrowbackThursday to our museum in 1973. Ted Wickson took this great photo of ex-TRCo streetcar #1326, TCR #55, and LP&S interurban #8 out and about.
