{"id":2969,"date":"2008-04-12T12:14:15","date_gmt":"2008-04-12T17:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2008\/04\/12\/where-no-streetcar-has-gone-before\/"},"modified":"2008-04-12T12:14:15","modified_gmt":"2008-04-12T17:14:15","slug":"where-no-streetcar-has-gone-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/04\/12\/where-no-streetcar-has-gone-before\/","title":{"rendered":"Where no streetcar has gone before"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2120\/2395268974_73e13781df.jpg\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following the delivery of the current Canadian Light Rail Vehicles (CLRVs) and articulated ALRV streetcars in the 1980s, the TTC disposed of most of its remaining Presidents&#8217; Conference Committee (PCC) streetcars. Through the 1990s, it retained only a core rebuilt fleet that lasted until 1996, when all but two left the TTC. Many of these PCC cars were given new life, like the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=1569\">streetcars operating in Kenosha<\/a> or at the Halton County Radial Railway Museum. Even the PCC living out its life as a seating area for <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/29\/where-have-our-streetcars-gone-part-ii\/\">Super Burger near Shelburne<\/a> has a somewhat dignified end, even if its front was removed. But I recently discovered another long-lost PCC streetcar rusting away on <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=morriston,+on&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=43.442513,-80.107364&amp;spn=0.00282,0.006781&amp;t=h&amp;z=18&amp;iwloc=addr\">Highway 6 just south of Highway 401 in Morriston, Ontario<\/a>, far from any current or former streetcar route. Framing along the side of the streetcar suggests that it was used for displaying billboards at one time.<\/p>\n<p>Car 4427 was built in 1949 equipped for multiple-unit operation, and ran in coupled pairs on Bloor Street and Danforth Avenue, and later on Queen Street. Perhaps at the time, the intention of moving a streetcar here, 75 kilometres from downtown Toronto was good &#8211; by doing so, it added visual interest along a busy highway and saved a streetcar from the scrapper&#8217;s torch. Now, it looks beyond repair and destined to completely rust out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2352\/2395268062_09bcbc9112.jpg\" height=\"374\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the delivery of the current Canadian Light Rail Vehicles (CLRVs) and articulated ALRV streetcars in the 1980s, the TTC disposed of most of its remaining Presidents&#8217; Conference Committee (PCC) streetcars. 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