I was wondering if I would see myself as a 24 year old in that video. In ‘91, was living at Eglinton and Oriole Parkway and always went past that corner.
The question is, now that today’s trolleys are battery electric and zero emission, does the TTC have a renewed appetite for buses in 2020 and beyond? Indeed, the dismantling of the trolley network was disappointing.
Yes! If I recall, the two (2) routes that had trolley buses that went into Eglinton Station was the one that went east on Eglinton Av. and up Mount Pleasant and the other route was the one that went west on Eglinton Av. and then north on Avenue Road. I still miss the trolley buses. Toronto is VERY FORTUNATE to still have its streetcars!
johnwoa yep. #61 (Avenue Road North) and #103 (Nortown East) were the routes you were referring to. Trolleys also ran on #6 Bay, #4 Annette, #89 Weston Road and #63 Ossington. I think they also ran on #47 Lansdowne, too.
Nortown West and Nortown East trolleys. Not sure if it's still there, but the CFL headquarters used to be at this intersection, same corner where you are filming from.
As I write April 4, 2021, has the politicians and their mismanagement of the pandemic killed the venerable CFL league? In fact all of the Canadian hockey teams cannot operate without fans, much longer?? Hockey survived worse pandemics than this one in the past. Hope all will come back but the politicians keep getting paid no matter what! That is ridiculous and unfair. I miss old Toronto.
I wonder what the interior OF ONE OF THESE LOOKED LIKE! Oh well, at LEAST we are getting the LRT now, BEST THING SINCE they still had the trolley coaches!
I was wondering if I would see myself as a 24 year old in that video. In ‘91, was living at Eglinton and Oriole Parkway and always went past that corner.
why couldnt toronto have kept its trolleybuses?
Politics at the end of the day!
Wow, D40-90's on the 32. That route had a lot of variety back then.
The TTC should've never got rid of the Trolley Buses. They worked better than the the buses they have now.
The question is, now that today’s trolleys are battery electric and zero emission, does the TTC have a renewed appetite for buses in 2020 and beyond?
Indeed, the dismantling of the trolley network was disappointing.
Nice VID! I had no Ideal that trolley buses ran out of the old Eg stn!
Yes! If I recall, the two (2) routes that had trolley buses that went into Eglinton Station was the one that went east on Eglinton Av. and up Mount Pleasant and the other route was the one that went west on Eglinton Av. and then north on Avenue Road. I still miss the trolley buses. Toronto is VERY FORTUNATE to still have its streetcars!
johnwoa yep. #61 (Avenue Road North) and #103 (Nortown East) were the routes you were referring to. Trolleys also ran on #6 Bay, #4 Annette, #89 Weston Road and #63 Ossington. I think they also ran on #47 Lansdowne, too.
@@bb3ca201 I can confirm that trolleys operated on Lansdowne Avenue until 1992. I remember hopping aboard the Lansdowne trolley as a young boy. (-:
@@bb3ca201 61 NORTOWN WEST actually?
Nortown West and Nortown East trolleys. Not sure if it's still there, but the CFL headquarters used to be at this intersection, same corner where you are filming from.
As I write April 4, 2021, has the politicians and their mismanagement of the pandemic killed the venerable CFL league? In fact all of the Canadian hockey teams cannot operate without fans, much longer?? Hockey survived worse pandemics than this one in the past. Hope all will come back but the politicians keep getting paid no matter what! That is ridiculous and unfair. I miss old Toronto.
Nice video. Thank you kindly.
3:37
I forgot how busy that place was.
I wonder what the interior OF ONE OF THESE LOOKED LIKE! Oh well, at LEAST we are getting the LRT now, BEST THING SINCE they still had the trolley coaches!
I think that 9345 is some bus. It has the windshield of a AM General but the windows of a Flxible.
It is a Flyer E700A, body built by Flyer Industries on the 1948-1953 Canadian Car & Foundry chassis.
WE HAD TROLLEYBUSES?