TTC Exhibit at the Ex – 1984 – Halton County Railway Museum

1984 was a year of celebration for the City of Toronto as it turned 150 years old! To contribute to the special anniversary, the TTC’s held an exhibit indoors at the Exhibition grounds during the Canadian National Exhibition. This included 2 TTC artifacts from the Canada Science and Technology Museum, the Ford Transit bus from our museum, a Thomas-Mighty Might Wheeltrans bus, a new Scarborough RT car, and the Info bus!

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This photo was taken by Ted Wickson on August 8th.

TTC double-deck bus #1 being unloaded into the display building at the CNE grounds. This was the TTC’s first bus when it was purchased from the 5th Avenue Coach Co. in 1921. The bus was retired only a couple years later and kept by the TTC as a historic vehicle until it was donated to the Science & Tech Museum in 1968.

Ted Wickson photo from August 8th, 1984.

Ex-Kitchener Ford Transit bus #792 from our museum’s collection was sent to Toronto for the temporary exhibit. This bus was built in 1945, retired in 1968 and donated to our museum that same year. The bus was painted blue for Kitchener Transit but eventually got a TTC-tribute paint job for a movie shoot, and the bus has stayed that way ever since.

Bus #792 on Prince Edward Island Crescent on the Exhibition grounds. This photo was taken by Ted Wickson on August 9th, 1984.

Photo of the CNE exhibit taken by Ted Wickson on August 16th, 1984.

Also borrowed from the Science and Tech Museum was Toronto Railway Company (TRCo) streetcar #306, which was built in 1892 and retired in 1921. It was kept as a part of the TTC’s historic fleet until it was sent to Ottawa in 1968.

Photo taken on August 16th, 1984 by Ted Wickson.

Photo taken by Rob McMann on August 17th, 1984.

TRCo streetcar #306 has a “people-catcher” on the front, also known as a pedestrian-guard or safety fender. 2 of the old streetcars (#327 and #23) in our museum’s collection have people-catchers just like this!

This photo was taken by Ted Wickson.

The Scarborough Rapid Transit (SRT) line opened for service on March 24th, 1984 between Kennedy and McCowan. One of the new ICTS cars from the SRT line was displayed at the CNE outside of the display building.