About two years ago, I heard that someone was finally going to finish the Michigan Central building. By any chance did you see any sign of construction. ...
The owner (same entity that owns the Ambassador Bridge) wanted to make it into a hotel/casino a few years ago. It was not selected to become a casino. The...
On Tuesday, Sepetember 7, the 506 car will return on College between Ossington and Spadina - but only in the Eastbound direction. Westbound 506 cars will...
I understand that H4's are numbered from 5576 to 5663 but the only numbers that I've seen are 5600 to 5663 and 5580-5581. Are the other cars retired? And if...
Hi; Perhaps this has been discussed before, but Yahoo Groups seems to have dropped me for a while. The latest issue of Tramways and Urban Transit states that...
Ed Treijs
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Sep 3, 2004 2:36 pm
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... recent ... directions ... the ... record? Grand unions are not very common in general. For example, the streetcar network in St. Petersburg (Russia) which...
Dear Members: YRTP is having open houses next week on the Hwy. 7 & Yonge St. Rapid Transit Lines.This is the last chance to have input into the final plans. ...
... Rapid Transit Lines.This is the last chance to have input into the final plans. On a related note, I see that the YRT website has a section on the 2005...
... There aren't that many grand unions around today and there weren't that many in the golden age of traction. I doubt this has ever been done before. Do you...
... Good point. The five-way Queen/King/Roncesvalles/Lake Shore grand union was one of only a few grand unions in Toronto. I can't seem to find good ...
Ed Treijs
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Sep 3, 2004 11:20 pm
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About time! (no pun intended) -Brent http://www2.ttc.ca/docs/Advertisments%20P&S/P25CZ04207.html...
I went to check them out today. I saw 5576 and 5577, as well as an assortment of other units. (5580's and a few 5600's). They are all H4's (as far as I can...
... union was ... Let's remember the definition of a grand union. Any car entering the intersection can go straight, to the right or to the left. This ...
The H4's there are being held in storage until they may be needed for service, sometime between now and whenever the next generation of cars arrives. I'm sure...
I remember hearing that they might have been keeping them incase Toronto was going to be hosting the Olympics... but the ones remaining at Wilson are without...
unfortunately I wasn't able to see the exact car numbers but I CAN tell you that I saw an eastbound H4 train pulling into Lansdowne at about 10:20pm Friday ...
... I find that highly dubious. The idea there was never fully fleshed out nor explained. ... I don't think single track anything would be capable of handling...
I don't think you can call Roncesvalles and Queen a "Grand Union" as there were no curve from west King to east Queen, or it's corresponding mate. Patrick ... ...
Queen/Queensway has the longest streetcar route in the city, but unlike Yonge, it was never converted to a subway...and according to the Transit Toronto...
Re the intersection at Queen/King/Roncesvalles/Lakeshore No south to west switch at Roncesvalles and Queen Dundas and King cars running into the carhouse via...
... elevated ... the ... Why should we duplicate services that provide service to the Exhibition and Ontario Place? The Harbourfront cars are in a Private...
Dear Members: The Sept. Open Houses will include Bus Rapid Transit & Quick Start programmes.It is the final round of public consultation. Quick Start (at grade...
1.) September Rocket Riders meeting Tuesday, September 7th from 6:30pm to 9pm METRO HALL room 303 (southeast corner of John & King W) Agenda: Guest speaker...
... just that? ... MT is to have their system in place in 2005/6. Will be able to obtain info either by the web, land line phone or cell phone for your stop as...
On: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:43:58 -0400, "James Koole" <railfanmail@...> posted: Subject: Re: Re: Stop-specific schedules by phone In the case of the TTC,...
... type of ... really ... and catch ... better know ... I agree with you about the 5-10 minutes, but MT does not have any service that low. Very few have 30...
there is a stop here in downtown London that has a real-time schedule display of when the next bus is for a given route (there is room for 5 routes to be...
