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 skootles
  
Location: Toronto, ON
Gender: Male
Is the poop deck really what I think it is?
 |  | TTC retires its oldest operating subway train
< on 1/27/2012 5:22 PM >
|  | | | http://news.nation...-air-conditioning/
After 35 years in service and “a lot” of stops across Toronto, the oldest subway train in the TTC’s fleet, the last with bench seating and without air conditioning, was retired Friday morning.
At 7:27 a.m., the H4 train left eastbound for Greenwood Station. From there it crossed the city twice on the Bloor-Danforth line. The train’s arrival at Kennedy Station after 9:00 a.m. was its last stop.
“I don’t think anybody will miss the lack of air conditioning, but they were a good stable hard-working subway train, very reliable in its day,” said TTC spokesperson Brad Ross. “It’s progress, but it’s also some nostalgia on a day like today.” |
I didn't get a chance to ride it one last time, but it did remind me of my last time I got up close and personal with an H4; it had gotten a little dirty over the previous 11 years and the blistering heat inside was much worse than when it was actually in service.
IMG_3386 by Jeff Murchison, on Flickr
[last edit 1/27/2012 5:26 PM by skootles - edited 2 times]
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s.l.o.t.h
   
Location: Hamilton, ON
Gender: Male
http://www.flick r.com/photos/slo thtree/
| |  | Re: TTC retires its oldest operating subway train
<Reply # 2 on 1/27/2012 10:55 PM >
| | | | Goodnight, sweet prince...
If you're having a stressed out day remember the sloth: They don't do shit and they haven't gone extinct; I'm sure you can afford to take a nap... |
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inventor77
 
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
| | | Re: TTC retires its oldest operating subway train
<Reply # 3 on 1/28/2012 1:51 AM >
| | | | no more comfy vinyl foam chairs and the extra big single-seaters
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Hi/Po
 
Location: Earth
Gender: Male
| | Re: TTC retires its oldest operating subway train
<Reply # 4 on 1/28/2012 3:01 AM >
| | | | The old subway car interiors were much less bland than the new ones, having more colour with the panels of red, orange, and yellow, the wood veneer, and the faux-stone floors. The new ones have more gadgets like the electronic maps but are awash in a sea of white and grey. That's one aspect of these trains that I'm going to miss.
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unlighted-zero
Location: Hamilton, ON
Gender: Male
havin a time
| | Re: TTC retires its oldest operating subway train
<Reply # 5 on 1/29/2012 12:46 AM >
| | | | Although they hold a certain amount of nostalgia, I won't miss them any more than I do the G or M cars. They were still horrible in the summer and rattled a ton. I hold the same dislike for Montreal's fleet of Metro cars, although to a lesser extent as they have made several attempts over the years to keep them fresh.
I think I will probably miss the H5 cars most as their distinctive chopper control hum was a regular part of my childhood subway memories.
[last edit 1/29/2012 12:47 AM by unlighted-zero - edited 1 times]
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twinpowered
Location: BC, Canada
Gender: Male
Every photo tells a story.
| | | Re: TTC retires its oldest operating subway train
<Reply # 6 on 2/1/2012 4:56 AM >
| | | | Has this train been retired to the same field as the others?
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skootles
Location: Toronto, ON
Gender: Male
Is the poop deck really what I think it is?
| | Re: TTC retires its oldest operating subway train
<Reply # 7 on 2/1/2012 3:01 PM >
| | | | Posted by Floyd-Art
Has this train been retired to the same field as the others?
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I don't think so. On one visit last year there was another newly-retired H4 sitting off the tracks but it was gone within a few days. Probably being shipped off right away for scrap.
Edit: Unless you're talking about a different field... ?
[last edit 2/1/2012 3:48 PM by skootles - edited 1 times]
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unlighted-zero
Location: Hamilton, ON
Gender: Male
havin a time
| | Re: TTC retires its oldest operating subway train
<Reply # 8 on 2/1/2012 6:29 PM >
| | | | Pretty sure all of them are being moved to a scrapper in Hamilton now. I don't think you'll find any sitting around "that field" unless they have a future use, possibly as a work car.
/flail it til ya nail it |
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Ricecracker
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
| | Re: TTC retires its oldest operating subway train
<Reply # 9 on 2/2/2012 2:11 AM >
| | | | I also read somewhere that it was taken to Greenwood, which would mean it wouldn't go to "that field".
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M. Fuzzy
Location: GTA
Gender: Male
Machine Gun Bunnies!
| | Re: TTC retires its oldest operating subway train
<Reply # 10 on 2/2/2012 11:30 PM >
| | | | Posted by unlighted-zero
Pretty sure all of them are being moved to a scrapper in Hamilton now. I don't think you'll find any sitting around "that field" unless they have a future use, possibly as a work car.
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Future Enterprises off Strathearne Ave in Hamilton. They won the tender for disposing of the "H4" fleet. You can easily see them in their yard from the street.
It's common knowledge.
Keep it fuzzy. |
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SwitchSwag
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
| | Re: TTC retires its oldest operating subway train
<Reply # 11 on 2/6/2012 1:45 AM >
| | | | I remember those. I liked the seats on the old ones more than on the T series trains.
[last edit 2/6/2012 1:46 AM by SwitchSwag - edited 1 times]
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