{"id":2526,"date":"2007-12-03T20:00:57","date_gmt":"2007-12-04T00:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=2526"},"modified":"2007-12-03T20:00:57","modified_gmt":"2007-12-04T00:00:57","slug":"funeral-for-a-subway-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/12\/03\/funeral-for-a-subway-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Funeral for a Subway Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2389\/2070678966_e56315ec70.jpg\" height=\"381\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Waiting for a bus last week, I managed to capture a funeral procession for an old TTC subway car.  Car #5605, a <a href=\"http:\/\/transit.toronto.on.ca\/subway\/5503.shtml\">H-4 subway car<\/a>, was built by Hawker-Siddley and accquired by the TTC in 1974 or 1975. In 2001, car 5605 was placed into storage at Wilson Yard when the final T-1 subway cars were delivered. Car #5605, along with 35 other H-4s, were put aside in anticipation of the 2008 Olympics, to be used for additional service in the chance that Toronto won its bid. Eight other H-4 cars were converted to work units. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2329\/2069886599_d9a243f896.jpg\" height=\"373\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>TTC #5605 was given a full police escort as the car was taken away from TTC property. #5605 is survived by 50 H-4 cars, which remain in service on the Bloor-Danforth line during rush hours only (you can recognize them by the shape of the roofline and the comfy orange benches). These few survivors will be replaced (along with the H-5 cars on the Yonge-University-Spadina Line) when the new &#8220;Toronto Rocket&#8221; trains arrive starting in 2009. I noted that Future Enterprise is an interesting name for a scrap dealer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2292\/2070678542_778511e550.jpg\" height=\"414\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In lieu of flowers, senior levels of government are requested to send funds for capital and operating expenses to the Toronto Transit Commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waiting for a bus last week, I managed to capture a funeral procession for an old TTC subway car. Car #5605, a H-4 subway car, was built by Hawker-Siddley and accquired by the TTC in 1974 or 1975. 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