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!
Used to take the Weston Rd trolley bus to/from Keele Station every day for years. Lived at 2240 Weston Rd (s/o 401). It was horrible around St Clair because of the slaughterhouse. And those trolley cars went sooooooo slow.
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.
I almost wish I could step into your video, go back in time and ride those trolley buses once again! It wasn't all that long ago, but those were simpler times where you could chat unobstructed with the driver and there were no plexiglas barriers that separated the bus drivers from the passengers. When I saw, near the end of your video, the price of regular gas being 46.9 cents per litre------ now I know I want to go back there!
I used to love those buses! As a kid, I lived on Humber Blvd. near Weston Road and Black Creek Drive for many years and used to watch from my bedroom window as the bus passed the loop at the top of the hill at Rogers Road. All the bright flashes as the poles passed under the criss-cross section of wires and sometimes, depending on whether the driver drove under them too fast, the poles would dislodge. I used to work at Knob Hill Farms as a kid and nearing the end of your video, you'd have probably been standing in front of it in order to record the bus coming from the 401 south to Oak Street. Brings back many memories.
R W Many good memories. I often took the Ossington 63F from Bicknell Loop (Bicknell Loop was on Rogers Road just metres east of Weston Road, across the Go Train bridge). Sadly, in 2019, Bicknell Loop became a townhouse complex.
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.
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?
There are 8 North American systems, and (at least) one heritage line. Canada: -Vancouver/Burnaby USA: -Seattle -Dayton -San Francisco -Boston -Philadelphia -Seashore Trolley Museum (heritage line) Mexico: -Mexico City -Guadalajara
I never knew they had those buses. Same as Vancouver. 91, when people could still afford to live in Toronto.
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!
Used to take the Weston Rd trolley bus to/from Keele Station every day for years. Lived at 2240 Weston Rd (s/o 401). It was horrible around St Clair because of the slaughterhouse. And those trolley cars went sooooooo slow.
this video is just a reminder how fast time flies.it was just yesterday when i use to take those buses .
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.
Thanks for posting. Never got to see anything except Bay Street on my visits.
Remember these old school trolley buses when I was a kid in 1991. About 13 years of age into my teens. Used to draw them as well.
Great video Mr Taylor. Thank you kindly. For 10 years I cleaned those buses. They were fun to drive.
I almost wish I could step into your video, go back in time and ride those trolley buses once again! It wasn't all that long ago, but those were simpler times where you could chat unobstructed with the driver and there were no plexiglas barriers that separated the bus drivers from the passengers. When I saw, near the end of your video, the price of regular gas being 46.9 cents per litre------ now I know I want to go back there!
I used to love those buses! As a kid, I lived on Humber Blvd. near Weston Road and Black Creek Drive for many years and used to watch from my bedroom window as the bus passed the loop at the top of the hill at Rogers Road. All the bright flashes as the poles passed under the criss-cross section of wires and sometimes, depending on whether the driver drove under them too fast, the poles would dislodge. I used to work at Knob Hill Farms as a kid and nearing the end of your video, you'd have probably been standing in front of it in order to record the bus coming from the 401 south to Oak Street. Brings back many memories.
+72defender Well maybe you could do a trip to europe and see trolley buses there
I'm from Toronto too. Loved seeing these buses on Ossington Avenue
R W Many good memories. I often took the Ossington 63F from Bicknell Loop (Bicknell Loop was on Rogers Road just metres east of Weston Road, across the Go Train bridge). Sadly, in 2019, Bicknell Loop became a townhouse complex.
Wow, my parents have a few baskets from Knob Hill Farms that we still use for laundry and storage. That's pretty cool!
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.
On Dec. 21-1991 I was working on Bloor-Yonge subway.
...wow they did exist!!!!
This video is 1 of 13 all uploaded at about the same time.
Man if I had a camera rolling back in 1991 I would have been focusing on that beautiful highway rather than the buses.
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?
Wow is right at 5:00
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?
Those were leased from Edmonton and returned at the end of the lease.
There still used in Europe and former Soviet union contries and USA and south america
Detroit Diesel Series 50 Vancouver still uses them too
There are 8 North American systems, and (at least) one heritage line.
Canada:
-Vancouver/Burnaby
USA:
-Seattle
-Dayton
-San Francisco
-Boston
-Philadelphia
-Seashore Trolley Museum (heritage line)
Mexico:
-Mexico City
-Guadalajara