TTC Last H-6 Train Run-in to Greenwood
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- On June 20, 2014, the TTC organized a farewell run for the H-6 class of subway cars. In this video, the H-6 train has ended its service run, and is now deadheading back to Greenwood yard. A number of railfans were on hand at Greenwood station to catch the train's arrival and departure.
t1 & h6 honked at each other
No Bye Bye to the H5???
We didn't have the cameras available at the time. We're at the mercy of what's available and what time we can gather.
No need to scrap working million dollar each Canadian built Subway cars that are working that are still good for another 30 years with newer traction motors and modified windows that slide open on top side to side
It's mainly cost and accessibility factors
It's mainly cost and accessibility factors
Why the hell would they send this out of service. It was perfectly fine. And same with the H5.
While they were still in decent condition, they were still approaching 30 years old, and would have to be rebuilt to add to their lifespan. At the same time, the TTC landed a volume discount for their Toronto Rocket trains. From a maintenance perspective, it benefits the TTC to have less diversity in its fleet, as that means fewer different spare parts for repair. As the Rocket trains were substantially different, and made for eventual conversion to automatic train control, they wanted the Rockets to take over at least one line in its entirely -- this would be the Yonge-University-Spadina route. This shifted the T-1 trains over to the Bloor Danforth and made the H5 and H6 class cars surplus to requirements. There were some moves to try to sell these cars to another system to get some more life out of them (Nigeria was mooted as one destination), but that deal fell through. So, to answer your question, it came down to timing, and the availability of inexpensive replacements.
transittoronto damn I just wish that they would’ve kept at least one train set for the H5 and H6 to run them on special days or even put them at a museum like the g series. I did not get to go on the last run for both.
@@m4steredits I doubt that would have been very good idea for the TTC either, even if you sold special tickets for such trains just the general logistics of fitting those aging oddballs into such a system would be a large and expensive headache. One that the TTC just cannot afford. In the mind of the TTC they got alot more (sadly) for just scrapping the cars then they ever would have even keeping a few of them for display nevermind heritage trains.
@@m4stereditswait which museum has that train??