Streetcars

Toronto Railway Company 1326

Fleet Number: 1326
Built: 1910
System: Toronto Railway Company
Retired: 1951
Builder: Toronto Railway Company
Acquired: 1954
Type: SE-DT Streetcar
Status: Restored

The last wood streetcar retired by the TTC and first artifact in our collection.

Toronto Civic Railway 55

Fleet Number: 55
Built: 1915
System: Toronto Civic Railway
Retired: 1954
Builder: Preston Car & Coach
Acquired: 1954
Type: DE-ST Streetcar
Status: Awaiting restoration

TCR #55 was the second car acquired in 1954, and was restored from TTC scraper car #2210 back to it’s original passenger service design.

London Street Railway 23

Fleet Number: 23
Built: 1901
System: London Street Railway
Retired: 1935
Builder: Montreal Park & Island Railway
Acquired: 1983
Type: SE-DT Streetcar
Status: Restored & operational

Acquired as a body from Wonderland Park in London. Restored to running condition. Uses Curtis D-2 Trucks from Toronto.

Toronto Railway Company 327

Fleet Number: 327
Built: 1893/1934
System: Toronto Railway Company
Retired: 1915/1968
Builder: TRCo/TTC
Acquired: 1968
Type: SE-ST Streetcar
Status: Restored & operational

The original streetcar #327 was built by the Toronto Railway Company in 1893 and retired in 1915, and left to decay in dead storage until it was scrapped by the TTC in 1921. A replica of #327 was built by the TTC using the streetcar’s original truck and some components in 1934 for Toronto’s Centennial.

Toronto Transit Commission 2424

Fleet Number: 2424
Built: 1921
System: Toronto Transit Commission
Retired: 1962
Builder: Canadian Car & Foundry
Acquired: 1962
Type: SE-DT Streetcar
Status: Restored & operational

From the TTC’s first order for new Large Peter Witt cars in 1921 (2300-2498).

Rebuilt for one man operation.

Toronto Transit Commission 2786

Fleet Number: 2786
Built: 1923
System: Toronto Transit Commission
Retired: 1963
Builder: Canadian Car & Foundry
Acquired: 1973
Type: SE-DT Streetcar
Status: Unrestored – Operational

Operated occasionally for special events. Small Peter Witt type.

Toronto Transit Commission 2894

Fleet Number: 2894
Built: 1923
System: Toronto Transit Commission
Retired: 1963
Builder: Ottawa Car Company
Acquired: 1986
Type: SE-DT Streetcar
Status: Restored & operational

Used as a tour tram from 1973 until 1986. Last car to operate on Dupont route in 1963.

Hamilton Street Railway 521

Fleet Number: 521
Built: 1927
System: Hamilton Street Railway
Retired: 1951
Builder: National Steel Car
Acquired: 1973
Type: SE-DT Streetcar
Status: Under restoration

Body Only. Used as a cottage in Beamsville, Ontario.

Oshawa Railway 82

Fleet Number: 82
Built: 1923
System: Oshawa Railway
Retired: 1941?
Builder: Ottawa Car Company.
Acquired: 1985
Type: DE-DT Streetcar
Status: Awaiting restoration

Body Only. Used as a cottage. Sent to NS&T but never operated there.

Toronto Transit Commission 4000

Fleet Number: 4000
Built: 1938
System: Toronto Transit Commission
Retired: 1968
Builder: Canadian Car & Foundry
Acquired: 1968
Type: SE-DT Streetcar S
tatus: Restored & operational

Toronto’s first Air-Electric PCC Car.

Used as a training car from 1963 until 1966.

Toronto Transit Commission 4386

Fleet Number: 4386
Built: 1947
System: Toronto Transit Commission
Retired: 1990
Builder: Canadian Car & Foundry
Acquired: 1992
Type: SE-DT Streetcar
Status: Awaiting restoration

Class A-6 type All Electric PCC Car.

Rebuilt as part of HRB program in 1972-75.

Toronto Transit Commission 4426

Fleet Number: 4426
Built: 1949
System: Toronto Transit Commission
Retired: 1982
Builder: Canadian Car & Foundry
Acquired: 1982
Type: SE-DT Streetcar
Status: Awaiting restoration

Class A-7 type All Electric PCC Car.

Never rebuilt.

Equipped with couplers for MU operation.

Toronto Transit Commission 4600

Fleet Number: 4600
Built: 1951
System: Toronto Transit Commission
Retired: 1995
Builder: Canadian Car & Foundry
Acquired: 1996
Type: SE-DT Streetcar
Status: Unrestored – Operational

Prototype class A-15 Rebuild car. Rebuilt in 1986 from Class A-8 car 4505.

Toronto Transit Commission 4611

Fleet Number: 4611
Built: 1951
System: Toronto Transit Commission
Retired: 1995
Builder: Canadian Car & Foundry
Acquired: 1996
Type: SE-DT Streetcar
Status: Unrestored – Operational

Class A-15 Rebuilt All-Electric PCC.

Formerly Class A-8 car 4540.

Toronto Transit Commission 4684

Fleet Number: 4684
Built: 1946
System: Toronto Transit Commission
Retired: 1982
Builder: St. Louis Car Co.
Acquired: 1982
Type: SE-DT Streetcar
Status: Awaiting Restoration

Class A-12 MU All Electric PCC.

Formerly Cleveland 4259, originally Louisville 509.

Equipped with couplers for MU Operation.

Toronto Transit Commission 4618

Fleet Number: 4618
Built: 1951
System: Toronto Transit Commission
Retired: 1995
Builder: Canadian Car & Foundry
Acquired: 1996
Type: SE-DT Streetcar
Status: Awaiting restoration

Class A-15 Rebuilt All-Electric PCC.

Formerly Class A-8 car 4501.

Toronto Transit Commission 4003

Fleet Number: 4003
Built: 1978
System: Toronto Transit Commission
Retired: 2019
Builder: SIG (Switzerland)
Acquired: 2019
Type: SE-DT Streetcar
Status: Operational

One of 6 CLRVs built for the TTC by “Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft” (SIG) in Switzerland. These were designed by the Ontario Transit Development Corporation (OTDC) which was later renamed Urban Transit Development Corporation (UTDC.)

Toronto Transit Commission 4010

Fleet Number: 4010
Built: 1978
System: Toronto Transit Commission
Retired: 2019
Builder: Hawker Siddeley
Acquired: 2019
Type: SE-DT Streetcar
Status: Operational

First Canadian-built Canadian Light Rail Vehicle.

Toronto Transit Commission 4039

Fleet Number: 4039
Built: 1979
System: Toronto Transit Commission
Retired: 2019
Builder: Hawker-Siddeley
Acquired: 2019
Type: SE-DT Streetcar
Status: Operational

The first Canadian Light Rail Vehicle to be featured in one of our annual Christmas Shows.

Toronto Transit Commission 4178

Fleet Number: 4178
Built: 1981
System: Toronto Transit Commission
Retired: 2019
Builder: Hawker Siddeley
Acquired: 2020
Type: SE-DT Streetcar
Status: Operational

“A Streetcar Named Toronto,” the artsy streetcar painted to celebrate the CLRV’s legacy in Toronto.

Toronto Transit Commission 4204

Fleet Number: 4204
Built: 1987
System: Toronto Transit Commission
Retired: 2019
Builder: Can-Car Rail
Acquired: 2019
Type: SE-TT Streetcar
Status: Operational

This “bendy” streetcar was designed as an articulated version of the TTC’s Canadian Light Rail Vehicles. The ALRV has 3 trucks and seats 61.