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Kennedy is probably a better option for this type of thing since unlike the other stations, Kennedy isn't going anywhere anytime soon. As well it has the bonus of still having the old streetcar platforms and loop from before the ICTS trains were forced upon us, as well I think that's where the...

I think preserving a car or two for a static display would be great considering these trains aren't just a piece of Toronto's history but also the provinces since it was the provinces UTDC that designed the trains and a lot of the tech surrounding them. They are a piece from a bygone era when...

I can see Detroit being intrested in atleast acquiring some spare parts off of us for there Mk.I'.s Vancouver as well maybe? (I know they are planning to replace there Mk.I's with the Mk.V's though).

Sure but at the same time we shouldn't just ignore the user experience or else it just convinces people to not use if its to inconvenient. We should learn from the past and that includes not building another Spadina style interchange. We are already kinda doing this with the interchange at...

My problem with the RH corridor alignment is the stop at Lawrence being in the middle of nowhere at the bottom of the valley. Leslie isn't any better since there really isn't anything at all around Leslie and Lawrence except low-density suburb as far as the eye can see. As well the areas around...

The stops at Lawrence and York Mills can be above ground. The interchange at Sheppard could be underground to help simplify the transfer since Don Mills Station is quite deep underground.

New video up and my final Streetcar history video; this one looking at the history of streetcar service to the Exhibition. As I said in a community post on my channel I will be remaking my old streetcar videos to correct/add information but that will happen periodically among other videos.

I've also been intrigued by the route since the TTC makes no reference to the route in that it is never listed on the website or even mentioned. I believe the Island Shuttle was also were you could find the last Orion V after all the others were scrapped. It's gone now and judging by this...

I litterally had to do this when I worked at the Loblaws at Glen Echo a couple of years ago. I hated every second of that leg of the commute because it was either do a long walk from Lawrence (no way in hell am I climbing that hill at York Mills) or wait 30 minutes for the 97. I did manage to...

Are there any plans being looked at? Maybe but nothing is set in stone atm since we are fully focused on the projects being built right now. What I think the next phase of expansion will be: Ontario Line North Extension to Don Mills as this has been on Metrolinx's wish list since 2015 as the...

To be fair the reason Warden - Kennedy is underground is because the GN GECO subdivision is in the way and a mixture of CN being uncooperative and local resident opposition forced the TTC to build that extension underground for something like $75 Million (for perspective the entirety of Line 2...

New video up, this one on the St.Clair Streetcar.

For the stop at McCowan it says it will have a "convenient" underground connection to the rest of the station so I can only assume this means the idea is for it to be similar to the streetcar platforms at Bloor Station back in the day.

To me it comes down to 2 issues. First is the City and TTC's obvious aprenesion to expanding the streetcar network in general. Yes it has grown over the past 30 years but very slowly. The other is the right-of-way since the TTC it seems is done with building mixed traffic lines. Kingston Road...

New video up, this one looking at the Bathurst Streetcar.

Currently finishing up my video on the 511 Bathurst, but I had to make an image of all the former North-South steetcar routes that no longer exist since the Bathurst streetcar for a time was the only north-south line in the network. Thought you guys might like to see it.

Just to add some context for why the plans of the 1910's fell though; it was partially politics but also ironically the creation of the TTC itself. These plans came about because the City of Toronto had become angered by the deteriorating service and stubbornness of the Toronto Railway Company...

New video up, this one on the history of the 510 Spadina Streetcar.

Well thankfully there are only 3 that need names, Science Centre, Spadina/Queen, and King/Bathurst; the rest are accounted for.

I kind of figured they were new since the individual tiles are much larger than the original vitorlites. It does make me hope that maybe one day they can replace the tiles on the rest of the original part of the Yonge line to restore it to its original look. At the very least the stations south...