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2064 passes by along Eglinton Avenue East enroute to Eglinton Stn, 2064 was running along route
54 Lawrence East at the time of the photo.
One of the remaining 2000 series fishbowls left, 2072 crosses the intersection of Lawrence and Morningside
enroute to Eglinton Stn while operating on the rte 54A Lawrence Branch. One of the if not the longest surface routes
in the system.
2606 a rare visitor to Finch Stn is seen here on standby, it was possibly assigned at the time to either rte 36 or 60, which
are the only Arrow Rd routes to operate out of Finch Stn.
2243 on Queens Quay on the 509/510 shuttle bus service during track reconstruction.
When this photo was taken shuttle bus service was operating along the 510 streetcar line, 2251 is seen here
crossing the intersection of Spadina and College.
2309 on layover at Eglinton Station, the platform 2309 is servicing is a temporary platform while the original
platform is demolished and rebuilt.
The last bus of the series is seen here at the temporary bus terminal at Eglinton Stn, 2485
was in service on rte 61 Avenue Rd North at the time.
6065 prepares to make a left onto Rd Bingham Ave from Kingston Rd, 6065 was operating on the rte 13 Neville
Park.
After ad wraps are taken off somethings go missing and are eventually replaced,
take for example 6140's rear numbers which were placed on the engine hood rather
than the rear window.
6169 on layover at Finch Stn during the afternoon rush, 6169 was allocated to rte 53B Steeles East at the time of this
photo.
Yonge/Bloor is a lively transfer point both during the day/night, this is a view of 6195 unloading and picking up
passengers while running on the rte 300 Bloor-Danforth Bluenight service.
Birchmount division was one of the divisions providing 501 shuttle service in the beaches area while streetcar track
reconstruction takes place, 6269 of Birchmount division was photographed while on layover at Neville Park loop.
6280 operating in downtown Toronto on Elm St operating on the rte 506 Carlton
shuttlebus service.
6432 waits to make a left at the intersection of Dundas and Bloor, at the time of the photograph 6432 was operating
on rte 168 Symington.
6499 on layover on Front St, shuttle bus services are being provided along the 509 line due to track reconstruction in the
Bay Street tunnels.
6521 was chartered along with some its bretheren from Queensway garage during the first and last
weekend of the Toronto International Autoshow, photo was taken on Front St.
6694 sports a new advertisement wrap for State Farm Insurance, photo taken from the Scarborough RT platform
@ Kennedy Stn.
6718 is on layover on Wineva Ave just north of Queen St, as you maybe able to see
this picture was taken on a fall day with the leaves on the trees being orange/yellow.
Prior to this photo being taken this bus completed a eastbound inservice training run
along route 131 Nugget, Malvern division which 131 is based out of has not seen at 91 Orion V
since the mid-late 90's. This photo of 6727 was taken at Neilson/Tapscott.
9380 on layover after completing a westbound trip on rte 58 Malton, photo taken at Pearson
International Airport Terminal 2 Arrivals level.
9390 was the first of this batch of CNG buses to be retired, the rest of the fleet should be retired sometime in
2005, this would be to structural failures that make them unsafe to operate. 9390 sits in the former Wilson North
bus terminal along with other retired buses.
9392 prepares to exit Finch Stn and run along to its western terminus along rte 125 Drewry.
An unrebuilt 7005 poses for a photo along Finch Ave east of Markham Rd along the 39D
Finch East route.
This photo was taken on a snowy evening prior to the relocation of this bus to a new division, 7071
was then running under the Eglinton garage and was photographed at Kennedy Station.
7129 leads a convoy of five (fifth bus is out of sight) buses eastbound on Finch Avenue, this photo was taken at the
intersection of Don Mills and Finch Avenues.
7131 enters Finch Stn off of Bishop Ave, the detour on route was necessary to allow police to investigate
a crime scene along Finch Avenue.
Now all the 1996 CNG buses are equipped with bike racks as seen with 9434 in the photograph, the photo
was taken at MacDonnel and Queen at the southern terminus of the 47 Lansdowne route.
(i)A bit of a rare visitor to the downtown core, 9237 crosses the intersection of Yonge/Richmond enroute to
North York where route 142 terminates. (ii) The second photograph of 9237 was taken at the intersection of
Lansdowne and Dundas, also note that this time around 9237 is equipped with a bike rack.
9246 is on layover in a much closer location to the Yorkdale Bus Terminal as construction
deemed it necessary to moved the stop, the bus was operating along rte 47B Landowne.
7200 and 7250 pose for this picture at Finch Station, 7200 has just pulled into the station and offloaded its
passengers and 7250 was on layover.
RTS's are now a more common fixture on route 60 in the rush hours, 7241 exits Finch Stn onto Bishop Ave
enroute to Islington Loop.
7248 sports a Air Canada Private Shuttle destination sign, the bus was on layover at
Downsview Stn at the time.
A more recent look at where the D40LF's have been located after the arrival of the second batch
of Orion VII buses, a front and rear photo of 7315 was taken at Kipling Stn out in the west side
of Toronto. D40LF's were common in the west on the rte 192 and 300, but now they can be found
on other routes in the west.
Snow was accumulating on 7325 as it ran during a winter storm, 7325 is on layover
at Davisville Station.
v7339 photographed early on a Sunday morning at the intersection of Wellesley and Yonge
while operating on the rte 320 Yonge Bluenight service.
Paused at the traffic lights at Yonge/Gerard, 7347 is headed westbound to University to complete
the westbound portion of the route.
7419 posed at the old Eglinton Bay terminal prior to beginning a southbound run on rte 100
Flemingdon Park.
A photo of 7449 on layover at Scarborough Town Centre, operating on rte 190
Rocket.
This shot was taken on a early Sunday evening, 7463 was running on rte 113 Danforth. Photo taken at Kennedy
Subway Stn.
Eastbound on Bloor St 7476 is about to cross Balmuto St while running on the
rte 300 Bloor-Danforth Bluenight.
7479 was photographed running northbound on Bay St, this bus was headed
northbound to York Mills Stn.
7500 runs up University Avenue along rte 5 Avenue Rd, this photo was taken
outside the Toronto General Hospital's Peter Monk Cardiac Centre.
TTC is now taking delivery of the second batch of buses in it's recent order of Orion VII's,
7503 and 7504 are seen parked outside and awaiting licensing and farebox installation.
Once dominated by Nova RTS buses along rte 36, the new Orion VII buses are taking their place.
This photo captures 7561 crossing Yonge St.
York University has become an interesting place to spot different types of buses of make and model, the
arrival of the Orion VII's has added even more variety to the types of vehicles that pass through the
York University Keele Campus, at the time this photo was taken 7584 was operating on the 106 York
University route.
7666 crosses Yonge St on Bishop Ave, rte 36 and 39 were diverted on the day of this photo due to a
crime scene investigation.
4021 makes a stop at Victoria St to pick up passengers, this streetcar was headed westbound to Dundas West subway station
at the time this photo was taken.
(i) 4029 enroute to go into service on the 509 streetcar line, photographed at King and Spadina.
(ii) 4029 again but this time the photo was taken on Church and Gerrard Streets passing by Ryerson University's
Kerr Hall East building.
4041 the pilot prototype air conditioned streetcar poses with 4094 and 4048 on Charlotte St, it is expected that more
streetcars will be retrofitted with rooftop air conditioning units like the one on 4041.
For one year 506 streetcars were a common sight along Dundas St as track construction took place
along the 506 line. 4052 was photographed at the intersection of Dundas and Victoria.
4054 in the eastern Chinatown of downtownToronto (Gerrard & Broadview) is heading west
to High Park loop via Dundas to pass through the western Chinatown of downtown.
This photo was taken at Spadina & Dundas in the western Chinatown of downtown Toronto, 506 doesn't
usually run through this location. Construction along the 506 route has caused 506 streetcars to detour
via Dundas.
4117 held back streetcar service along the 505/506 when this photo was taken, 4117 was involved
in an accident with a beer store delivery truck.
Picking up passengers during rush hours, 504 King car are usually full with commuter leaving
the downtown core. 4176 photographed at the intersection of King/Bay.
4215 on layover at the eastern terminus of the 501 Queen streetcar line which would
be Neville Park look.
ALRV's along Kingston Rd became a common fixture when a portion of the eastern end of the Queen St line was
closed off for track reconstruction, the result was the 501 streetcars running up Kingston Rd to Bingham Loop, this
photo of 4223 was taken at Kingston Rd and Bingham Avenue.
4238 turns north onto Broadview Ave due to Queen St being closed due to filming, a block from where this
photo was taken filming was taking place for the film "Cinderella Man".
This photo was taken early in the morning at the Long Branch loop, 4240 was on layover after completing a trip on the 501 and
was to return eastbound as a 301 Queen night car.
4245 speeds through the intersection of Queen and Gladstone after passing through the underpass, 4245 was
signed up 501 Victoria Park due to track reconstruction along the eastern portion of the line.
4249 on layover at Bingham Loop, rte 501 Queen service has temporarily been routed up Kingston Rd due
to track construction on the eastern portion of the 501 line.
5650 finished a eastbound run to Kennedy Station and waits to head back west, this photo was taken
during the cold snap in which more older subway cars were out on the line during non peak periods.
5752 is marshalled into the Davisville Yard after completing its trips along the Yonge University Spadina line
in the morning rush hour.
Ex-5754 now renumbered to 5755 is seen here awaiting a signal to enter the Davisville yard, the original 5755 was
damaged in an accident un June 1984, it's married partner survived the accident and was kept by the TTC.
This Scarborough RT trainset (3011,3010,3023,3022) had a malfunction and had to be parked in the loop
at Kennedy Stn, this loop was formerly used as a loop for the Scarborough RT.
A closer view of the pair (3023 and 3022).
7623 passes by 7134 as it rounds the corner to pick up some passengers, 7623 is part of the new
batch of Orion VII's. This batch lacks the black rub strip at the bottom of the bus.
A look at the difference between a 1991 Orion V CNG and a 1996 Orion V CNG, both buses were
operating on rte 29 Dufferin and were photographed at Wilson Stn on the upper bus bay.
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