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I rode the Nortown East and West trolley buses back in the 80s/ early 90s. I can't say those days were any happier than today, but when I look at old videos like this, I can't help but think of all the family I used to be able to see on that route. Thanks

It looks like Hamilton took the wrong turn in an alternate reality in one of the Back to the Future movies!!! Nothing but bums Crack and meth addicts downtown now, where's Doc and Marty McFly when ya need em ?

I came to Hamilton. On the Go in that old bus Depot.

8602 GM Classic sounds so nice on the slow take off

Well this is a small blast from the past. 🚌 I still have HSR trolley memories from the 60's. 🚎🚎🚎🚎 Wow some parts of the city have changed, while others still look the same. 😉😄 Ps: Really miss that beautiful Birks clock in the downtown.🥰 Glad the city at least got it working even if its only visible at the farmers market.

Growing up in Hamilton without a car, Me and my family heavily relied on the HSR. And even now, though the high floor stairbuses are gone and the great department stores such as Zellers and K mart are gone. The memories still live on.

Something I've always wondered about those trolley. Buses that run via the electrical cables. What would happen if the bus were to go off the track of those electric cables and the cables disconnected from the wires above? Would the bus still be able to drive?

The Canada Nova Scotia New Glasgow Bus 1988 🇨🇦 Playmobil

Location of filming: 0:05 Barton at Centennial (then Highway 20) 1:41 Barton at Nash 1:45 Portion of Melvin Ave that was removed to build the Red Hill Valley Parkway 2:30 Barton at the current interchange with the Red Hill Valley Parkway (yes, that was what it used to look like before the RHVP) 2:47 Another shot of the former stretch of Melvin 3:40 Another shot of pre-RHVP Barton 4:10 Barton at Strathearne.

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I was a driver at HSR for 5 months when this video was taken and was driving 1 King at this time. I remember driving the 96, 98, 02 and 03 New Flyers. They were slow as molasses, made it even harder for a newbie to keep the schedule lol

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Thanks for posting this, Michael. Brings back awesome childhood memories of riding these leased Edmonton trolley buses on 6A Bay with my mom when I was little circa 1992/93. Hard to believe that was three decades ago now! Do you have any TTC subway videos, preferably of the early Hawker-Siddeley, Montrealer or Gloucester trains? Or perhaps any Burlington, Oakville or Markham Transit bus videos from the 1990s?

those box type cars from the 80's ❤

From a drivers standpoint, where they harder to drive than a regular bus considering how you always need to be under the over head lines. How about when turning or at a junction?

One of the things I liked about Hamilton was the trolleybuses. Now that they're gone there's no reason for me to go to Hamilton anymore.😢

an electric fishbowl bus???

I was wondering if I would see myself as a 24 year old in that video. In ‘91, was living at Eglinton and Oriole Parkway and always went past that corner.

I've lived in Hamilton in the 60s and one of the things I liked the most was the trolley buses. So sad they are gone now. 🚎🚎

The PCC cars are the best-looking street cars ever made. I wish they would make new street cars with a retro look. Wouldn't that be something?

Thank you for posting this!! I used to live on Dee Avenue which you showed. The Mr. Sub, the Coffee shop & Knob Hill Farms!! All bring back memories of my childhood in the 90s!

i work at the garage at wentworth street, 330 wentworth north Aka 234 birch avenue, nice to see some of the older footage you have on your channel. theres a brand new bus garage going up very very soon at this location, not sure what will become of the old garage but i imagine theyll keep it here. rumour at work is the hsr will split their fleet between the 2200 upper james garage and the new one. theyve bought up all the properties nearby and have been constructing a dome for the salt to store in winter so they can tear the old one down, then construction of the main garage will begin.

SOBRIETE de formes ANF .

Great footage! :)

ty for posting... I enjoy Koln... And I never knew it had such a large gay community...

I was eight, these were the days.

1:45 where the Redhill highway is now, I remember that big dip going past the creek.

1991 is when my ex-GF lived around Keele and Humberside. I’d jump on the trolley bus or walk it. Fun, to look back at Toronto when houses and rent was cheap. I bought a house in ‘95 in the Beach for under $220k.

I remember the original BRILL trolley buses that ran in this area. They included the Weston 89, Annette 4 and Junction 40 that crossed each other in some of these scenes. The buses seen here are the re-built models with the GM forward look bodies. TThe TTC needs to bring them back.

J'ai connu cet arrêt dans les années 80 lorsque la ligne était désaffectée, on allait se promener dans les tunnels avec les louveteaux le dimanche après-midi!

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Great video and thank you kindly.

КРАСИВЫЙ И СОВРЕМЕННЫЙ ДИЗАЙН ПУТИ МОНОРЕЛЬСА ДЛЯ СИСТЕМЫ ПОДВЕСНОГО ВАГОНА. МОЖНО В СССР ЕЩЁ КРАСИВЕЕ И ОПОРЫ СДЕЛАТЬ И САМ МОНОРЕЛЬС СДЕЛАТЬ КРАСИВЕЕ И СОВРЕМЕННЕЙ - БЕЗ ПОЛОС СТАЛЬНЫХ ВЕРТИКАЛЬНЫХ - СКРЫТЬ ЭТИ СТАЛЬНЫЕ ВЕРТИКАЛЬНЫЕ ПОЛОСЫ, НАПРИМЕР КРАСИВЫМ ПЛАСТИКОМ КАК СТЕНЫ ДОМОВ ПОКРЫВАЮТ ПЛАСТИКОМ .

We used to hop the trollies when i was a kid to get around town ,we would wait for them to stop then jump on the back bumper and hang on were the cables were housed ,when you wanted off you just pulled the cable and the over head connector would come off the buds would stop and off you go :)

👍😊 thanks

So is the bus gas powered or electric because of the overhead wires?

Look great in Summer! Very hard for it to move around in Winter, which is why they removed them.

I see 4613 in the video, which is still sitting outside of the Dart yard. at least it's sister 4614(named Margaret) got restored for the MATA(McKinney avenue transit authority) in Dallas,along with other PCCs

Yes, I can drive a trolleybus - and I did it some years ago ...

Just curious. Why were the GM New Looks painted white rather than the usual TTC livery? Were they purchased from another system and not repainted yet?

Interesting video

Wow this is 31 years ago

One word comes to mind wow! Because I've been living here at 24 Tisdale street south across from the no frills plaza and a stroke and cardiac arrest and colon cancer survivor and find this history interesting