Streetcars At The 2014 Beaches Lions Easter Parade

Photos of Toronto's rolling streetcar history (and future) taken along Queen Street East, between Silver Birch and Beech Avenues, Toronto, Ontario on April 20, 2014.

New Toronto Streetcar

Today I finally got to see Toronto's newest generation of streetcar in action as it entered a testing run from the Russell Carhouse at Queen and Connaught Streets in east-end Toronto. The sleek, quiet and LONG (30m) vehicles are meant to replace an aging fleet of Canadian (and Articulated) Light Rail Vehicles which have been plying Toronto streets since 1979 (1988 for the ALRVs). The first of these new quasi-"Flexity" cars will enter service on the Bathurst, Spadina and Harbourfront routes later in 2014.

Photos taken near Queen and Connaught Streets in Toronto, Ontario on April 2, 2014.



Some additional photos of the new (and old, older and REALLY old) cars are in in the posting TTC Hillcrest Shops Tour 2013 from November 2013.

Out The Window of the 501

A trip from Leslieville to Parkdale and back as seen (mostly) from the left side of the 501 Queen car.  Photos taken along Queen Street in Toronto on Sunday, February 10, 2013.

Arm-In-Arm

Taken from beneath the CN overpass on Queen Street East, Toronto, Ontario on May 6, 2011

Underpass

Photos taken at the Queen Street Subway and/or the Dufferin Street Jog-Killer in Toronto, Ontario on November 19, 2010

Leslieville Sundown

A clear sky. A bright setting sun. Overhead wires. Dozens of pigeons. Leslie and Queen Streets, Toronto, Ontario on November 10, 2010.

Barber Polar

Trendy meets traditional on Queen Street east of Broadview, Toronto, Ontario, on November 5, 2010. (Note also the "HOward" exchange phone number for the Broadview Beauty Parlour)

Alfie

Photo taken from the 501 streetcar on Queen Street, just east of Sherbourne Street on June 14, 2010.