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The oldest streetcar in service in Toronto is 31-year-old Car 4199, with 1,160,000 miles logged, and David McIver, who has operated TTC streetcars for(...)
The oldest streetcar in service in Toronto is 31-year-old Car 4199, with 1,160,000 miles logged, and David McIver, who has operated TTC streetcars for(...)

The oldest streetcar in service in Toronto is 31-year-old Car 4199, with 1,160,000 miles logged, and David McIver, who has operated TTC streetcars for(...)

Date7/29/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: The oldest streetcar in service in Toronto is 31-year-old Car 4199; with 1;160;000 miles logged; and David McIver; who has operated TTC streetcars for 41 years; remembers when the type was introduced as revolutionary and steamlined. Streetcars were to have been phased out of the TTC by 1980; but a pollution-conscious public has changed the TTC's mind. Besides; they're economical to operate.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0115609F
Eglinton Avenue East, looking e. from Yonge Street, showing removal of streetcar tracks, Toront ...
Eglinton Avenue East, looking e. from Yonge Street, showing removal of streetcar tracks, Toronto, Ontario
3/7/1954
Keep 'em rolling: When streetcars need a checkup, a good scrubbing or a boost on the huge new hoist, they are wheeled into the Russell Carhouse, one of the TTC's four streetcar barns
Keep 'em rolling: When streetcars need a checkup, a good scrubbing or a boost on the huge new hoist, they are wheeled into the Russell Carhouse, one of the TTC's four streetcar barns
6/8/1988
Keep 'Em rolling: When streetcars need a checkup, a good scrubbing or a boost on the huge new hoist, they are wheeled into the Russell carhouse, oneof the TTC's four streetcar barns
Keep 'Em rolling: When streetcars need a checkup, a good scrubbing or a boost on the huge new hoist, they are wheeled into the Russell carhouse, oneof the TTC's four streetcar barns
6/2/1988
Keep 'em rolling: When streetcars need a checkup, a good scrubbing or a boost on the huge new hoist, they are wheeled into the Russsell Carhouse, one of the TTC's four streetcar barns
Keep 'em rolling: When streetcars need a checkup, a good scrubbing or a boost on the huge new hoist, they are wheeled into the Russsell Carhouse, one of the TTC's four streetcar barns
6/2/1988
Toronto's History: These Red Rocket streetcars are a symbol of Toronto, says TTC vice-chairman Mike Colle, who opposes a proposal that they be scrapped
Toronto's History: These Red Rocket streetcars are a symbol of Toronto, says TTC vice-chairman Mike Colle, who opposes a proposal that they be scrapped
8/1/1989
Of the Line for more than 100 streetcars made obsolete by the subway is this TTC yard at coxwell and danforth aves
Of the Line for more than 100 streetcars made obsolete by the subway is this TTC yard at coxwell and danforth aves
2/26/1966
Streetcar holiday. Two new Toronto Transit streetcars have the yards at Bathurst St. and Davenport Rd. to be tested in Boston. The flat bed trucks carrying the cars were specially made for the job
Streetcar holiday. Two new Toronto Transit streetcars have the yards at Bathurst St. and Davenport Rd. to be tested in Boston. The flat bed trucks carrying the cars were specially made for the job
2/29/1980
Car barn, Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Kingston Road, north side, between Walter Street and Malvern Avenue (then called Charles Street), Toronto, Ont.
Car barn, Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Kingston Road, north side, between Walter Street and Malvern Avenue (then called Charles Street), Toronto, Ont.
1894-01-13
Toronto Suburban Railway, #152 (in centre), 150, 151 & 153 at Lambton carhouse, shown as Canadian National Electric Railway cars
Toronto Suburban Railway, #152 (in centre), 150, 151 & 153 at Lambton carhouse, shown as Canadian National Electric Railway cars
1935
Toronto Suburban Railway, #150, INTERIOR, at Lambton carhouse, shown as Canadian National Electric Railway car
Toronto Suburban Railway, #150, INTERIOR, at Lambton carhouse, shown as Canadian National Electric Railway car
1935
Thirty-two people were hurt when two TTC streetcars collided during the rushhour last evening at the intersection of Queen St. E. and Broadview Ave. a(...)
Thirty-two people were hurt when two TTC streetcars collided during the rushhour last evening at the intersection of Queen St. E. and Broadview Ave. a(...)
11/29/1974
T.T.C., #2731, in use as house on Steeles Avenue West, north side, 1/2 mile west of Yonge Street
T.T.C., #2731, in use as house on Steeles Avenue West, north side, 1/2 mile west of Yonge Street
1951