If anyone happens to be the in Sherbourne & Front area, construction crews are pulling up what appear to be nearly century-old rails on Sherbourne between Front and the Esplanade. Interestingly the road appears to have been paved with red brick type pavers, most of which look to be in good condition after being buried in asphalt since about 1962.
The track on Sherbourne used to lead out of the old TRC shops/Lake Simcoe Express terminal building that was located on the north-west corner of Sherbourne and The Esplanade. The Sherbourne track used to go up to King and connected with tracks on Front, Frederick and George. The George St. yard was south of Front and was the site where most ex-TRC wooden-bodied streetcars met their end, and where the Peter Witt cars were loaded onto trailers to be hauled away by scrappers after the Yonge Subway opened. It was closed by the TTC in about 1962 when all the track on Front east of Church was abandoned. The recently demolished Gray Coach (later Greyhound) parcel express terminal was the last vestige of TTC operations in the area. The Young People's Theatre building is the only survivor of the many TRC car building and repair shops that filled the blocks between Sherbourne and George St.