TTC's first Peter Witt Streetcar Leaves the Roundhouse!
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The Peter Witt's were the first electric streetcars used by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). Peter Witt #2300 was built by Canadian Car and Foundry in Montreal and was the first Peter Witt built for the TTC. It was introduced into service in 1921. Peter Witts were in daily service with the TTC until April of 1963.
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After it ended its service, #2300 was acquired by the Canadian Railway Historical Association (http://www.exporail.org/). It was regauged to railway standard gauge (4 foot 8 1/2 inch) from the TTC's 4 foot 10 7/8 inch gauge. It was to be restored by a dedicated volunteer in Toronto who unfortunately passed away at a young age. #2300 was stored in the John St. Roundhouse for many years.
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With the need to clear the roundhouse in order to renovate it, efforts to relocate #2300 to a new site and to establish a local restoration effort at the current time failed and the CRHA decided to bring this historic trolley back to their Canadian National Railway Museum in St. Constance, Quebec.
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On Wednesday, June 11th, #2300 finally left John St bound for its home at the Canadian Railway Museum near Montreal. A crew of volunteers from CRHA Delson, the Halton Radial Railway Museum and the TRHA built a track ramp up to truck height and rolled the car aboard using the CLC-W locomotive to push it up the hill. The entire job took two full days to accomplish. In the pictures above, The shrink wrapped #2300 is seen being loaded onto a flatbed tractor-trailer and moved by highway back to near its birthplace in Montreal.
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For pictures of the TTC's Peter Witt's in service, visit this webpage: http://transit.toronto.on.ca/streetcar/4709.shtml
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In our next post, we will see a Peter Witt in action!
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Text by Russ Milland; Photos by Tom Jankowski
The Peter Witt's were the first electric streetcars used by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). Peter Witt #2300 was built by Canadian Car and Foundry in Montreal and was the first Peter Witt built for the TTC. It was introduced into service in 1921. Peter Witts were in daily service with the TTC until April of 1963.
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After it ended its service, #2300 was acquired by the Canadian Railway Historical Association (http://www.exporail.org/). It was regauged to railway standard gauge (4 foot 8 1/2 inch) from the TTC's 4 foot 10 7/8 inch gauge. It was to be restored by a dedicated volunteer in Toronto who unfortunately passed away at a young age. #2300 was stored in the John St. Roundhouse for many years.
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With the need to clear the roundhouse in order to renovate it, efforts to relocate #2300 to a new site and to establish a local restoration effort at the current time failed and the CRHA decided to bring this historic trolley back to their Canadian National Railway Museum in St. Constance, Quebec.
.
On Wednesday, June 11th, #2300 finally left John St bound for its home at the Canadian Railway Museum near Montreal. A crew of volunteers from CRHA Delson, the Halton Radial Railway Museum and the TRHA built a track ramp up to truck height and rolled the car aboard using the CLC-W locomotive to push it up the hill. The entire job took two full days to accomplish. In the pictures above, The shrink wrapped #2300 is seen being loaded onto a flatbed tractor-trailer and moved by highway back to near its birthplace in Montreal.
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For pictures of the TTC's Peter Witt's in service, visit this webpage: http://transit.toronto.on.ca/streetcar/4709.shtml
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In our next post, we will see a Peter Witt in action!
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Text by Russ Milland; Photos by Tom Jankowski
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