These are still on the rails here in Toronto but are slowly being replaced. We never had MU operation so the couplers were removed in the 80's. Great video.
Yesterday, Dec 29 2019 was the last day of CLRV operations inToronto. They and the ALRV have all been replaced by 200 longer low floor accessible Bombardier Flexity. A couple will be retained by TTC for excursions. Others have gone to the Halton County Streetcar Museum and elsewhere. Most being scrapped. End of an era! Transitioning from trolley pole to pantograph operations in next few years.
Travelling at high speeds past people's backyards in suburban Metropolitan Toronto, with pantograph power pickup and MU operation, that is what the Canadian Light Rail Vehicles were meant to do. I get fascinated by Steve Munro's mentionings of a Metro wide suburb light rail plan from the late 1960s that was proposed, I am to look into the documents at the Reference Library another time.
The Kinki-Sharyo Type 7s might be beloved by MBTA users, but the retirement of the CLRV in Toronto after 40 years of service is why we watch this video. :)
Imagine seeing one on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain and at the Arborway T-stop in Forest Hills. The CLRV seemed perfect for the E Branch and restoring the A Branch to Watertown.
No they went with articulated streetcars/LRVs from Kinki-Sharyo instead, called Type 7s. They proved just as hardy as the CLRVs. The Boeing ones were crap! Both in Boston AND San Francisco.
These are work horses! Still going. If we had warm weather all year long this would still be good to go. They got hard to run later in their life in the harsh cold winters. But what can you expect 30+ years of wear and tear.
These are still on the rails here in Toronto but are slowly being replaced. We never had MU operation so the couplers were removed in the 80's. Great video.
They are now retired.
@@BurnedNoodle they still have till the end of Dec. 2019
NOW they’re retired.
The clrvs retiring was sad, and I'm in the US
In 25 seconds I learned Boeing doesn’t just do planes it does trains like Bombardier. Good job!
Yesterday, Dec 29 2019 was the last day of CLRV operations inToronto. They and the ALRV have all been replaced by 200 longer low floor accessible Bombardier Flexity. A couple will be retained by TTC for excursions. Others have gone to the Halton County Streetcar Museum and elsewhere. Most being scrapped. End of an era! Transitioning from trolley pole to pantograph operations in next few years.
Condorcounter true, too bad there was bad weather that day.
CLRVS are more similar to the single end 1981 Kawasakis at SEPTA than anything else.
SE Kawasakis and CLRVs are almost dimensionally identical.
Travelling at high speeds past people's backyards in suburban Metropolitan Toronto, with pantograph power pickup and MU operation, that is what the Canadian Light Rail Vehicles were meant to do. I get fascinated by Steve Munro's mentionings of a Metro wide suburb light rail plan from the late 1960s that was proposed, I am to look into the documents at the Reference Library another time.
They must have swapped the trucks out. The TTC uses its own unique gauge which is roughly 2" wider than standard gauge.
I don't believe the streetcars use the TTC gauge.
@@BurnedNoodle I KNOW they do in Toronto.
@@fabio40 oh yea you’re right they do.
The Kinki-Sharyo Type 7s might be beloved by MBTA users, but the retirement of the CLRV in Toronto after 40 years of service is why we watch this video. :)
Is that the TTA on the Boston trolley
What is the name of the tune played on this video, please?
Seeing a Toronto transit train roll down Allston feels so weird.
Brian Tse it’s actually a streetcar.
Old school
Imagine seeing one on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain and at the Arborway T-stop in Forest Hills. The CLRV seemed perfect for the E Branch and restoring the A Branch to Watertown.
Still looks like Toronto to me! Downtown
I think so too. Definitely Qeen East and The Queensway.
Did Boston end up using these CLRV's in their transit system? This is new information to me so very cool to find this. Show more if you have it!
No they went with articulated streetcars/LRVs from Kinki-Sharyo instead, called Type 7s. They proved just as hardy as the CLRVs.
The Boeing ones were crap! Both in Boston AND San Francisco.
1:54 poor guy
These are work horses! Still going. If we had warm weather all year long this would still be good to go. They got hard to run later in their life in the harsh cold winters. But what can you expect 30+ years of wear and tear.
All 3 streetcars have now been retired and scrapped sadly. 😞
The Speeding Mushroom the TTC Preserved 2 CLRV’s
Preserved CLRVs: 4
Preserved APRVs: 1 or 2
Burned Noodle I’m talking about the CLRVs that appeared in this video. 4027, 4029 and 4031. They were retired and scrapped.
The Speeding Mushroom i know, i’m telling you the saved fleet.
I been wanting to see a video of this for a year
I hope Seashore can get one of the CLRVs the operated in Boston.
Well good luck on that, 4027 and 4031 are now long scrapped, and 4029 is probably gonna be too. 4029 was and is the last one however,
GolfFanaticEst2005. R. Those are the ones in this vid?
@@torontotransitdude4924 I'm pretty sure if you replay the video and watch with sound you will understand. But yes, to your question.
I think they did purchase one and it was taken to Halton country radial society for safe keeping until it can be brought to them
cool video very informative
The ones we have now are hideously ugly..We need to go back to the old design.
Do you mean the Type 7s or 8s or both? I think the Type 7s are nice looking.
@@TheMBTADog Admittedly, the Type 7s now look okay after they finally got rid of the rust.
I think the Type 8s are hideous! And I heard the new Type 9s won't be much nicer looking.
Very interesting... had often wondered if the T tried these cars.
b branch
The T didn’t purchased them because they didn’t have doors on the left side and no Tomlinsion couplers.
Also everything is in metric... instead of PSI its Kilopascals for example.
@@witt2424 That could be easily converted.
In other words, a double-ended version would be needed.
@@witt2424 It would not be hard to request imperial gauges from the manufacturer if an order would be placed or operators learn metric.
This is also used in Toronto.
If its not obvious by the red colour.
Dude.