Anyone Else Fascinated By Old Locomotives?

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Lord Howe in the process of loading his Mercedes 38/250 SS onto ‘Southern Railways’ cross-channel steamer ‘Autocarrier’ cross channel ferry on 30 March 1931…

 

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The old man worked for TTR for 35 years ... one of his artifacts

 

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The old man worked for TTR for 35 years ... one of his artifacts



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Very nice.

 

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Very nice.

Thanks very much .... we hold on to memories

 

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Back when travelling was fun. Like this pic.

 

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Canadian Pacific Kansas City Southern to tour North American with CP's Steam Locomotive.

CPKC steam train to set off from Calgary on first-of-its-kind transcontinental trek

The first steam-powered passenger train to traverse Canada, the U.S. and Mexico in a single trip will depart from Calgary next week.

torontosun.com

 

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Canadian Pacific Kansas City Southern to tour North American with CP's Steam Locomotive.

CPKC steam train to set off from Calgary on first-of-its-kind transcontinental trek

The first steam-powered passenger train to traverse Canada, the U.S. and Mexico in a single trip will depart from Calgary next week.

torontosun.com

Very cool. Nice to see history being preserved not only on paper.

 

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TTC G train .... Built Gloucester England 1953 - 1959

And I believe these are the newest trains they are currently operating Bombardier ... started coming in 2009

And they are currently trying to get these ones

 

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TTC G train .... Built Gloucester England 1953 - 1959

And I believe these are the newest trains they are currently operating Bombardier ... started coming in 2009

And they are currently trying to get these ones

Progress I guess but I think I prefer the top ones. More character.

 

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Progress I guess but I think I prefer the top ones. More character.

Oh yes for sure .... and the G trains were really cool in that when they passed a third rail gap ... the lights would go out then come back on again ... that issue was fixed with the next generation of trians .... of course the " H " train .... H1,H2,H3,H4 built by Hawker Siddeley

 

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Oh yes for sure .... and the G trains were really cool in that when they passed a third rail gap ... the lights would go out then come back on again ... that issue was fixed with the next generation of trians .... of course the " H " train .... H1,H2,H3,H4 built by Hawker Siddeley

The Trenton Car Works in Nova Scotia operated by Hawker Siddeley had the largest industrial press in North America. You could hear it operating for miles stamping out axles and wheels.

Shortline and Industrial Operations in Nova Scotia – David Othen – Traingeek – Trains and Photography

www.traingeek.ca

 

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Not technically a locomotive but from 1923 to 1965 when they were retired .... they of course had to follow the rules of the Highway traffic act but they were also under the jurisdiction of the railway act .... like all streetcars ... even today. They have 2 of them ... that were restored ... at TTC's Hillcrest complex ( Harvey Shop ) and they are used for photo shoots .. weddings ... graduations etc... the almighty Peter Witt ...

This pic although I swiped it from the net .... was taken at the Hillcrest complex at Bathurst and Dupont

 

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And this brings us to our next point The PCC = Presidents Conference Committee

If memory serves I think the TTC bought them used from another transit agency ... not sure which ... these were in service even beyond the TTC's acceptance of 200 CLRVs in the mid late 70s ... then came the ALRV in 1985 or there abouts ( which was an extended articulating version of the CLRV ) And these vehicles stayed in service until the last CLRV and ALRV were retired at the end of 2019 And full time service was ( and still is ) handled by the new 7.5 million dollar per unit ... 5 section articulating Low Floor LRT ... the first one originally aquired by the TTC in 2014.... By the way ... if you were to walk into the New Leslie Barnes Maintenance facility at Leslie and Commissioners st ...you will be greeted by a Low Floor LRT model that measures about 5 feet long encased in glass that TTC paid 45 grand for yup no joke.

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ALRV

LRT # 4400 was the first one to enter service