Selwyn Gentle gives us this look at the maintenance of the TTC Gloucester G subway cars at the Davisville Carhouse. 🚇 Davisville Yard & Carhouse – Where Toronto’s Subway Began Opened in 1954 with the launch of the Yonge Subway, Davisville Yard was the TTC’s first subway yard and the heart of early rapid transit operations. Built to store and maintain the original G-series Gloucester cars, every subway train in Toronto once passed through here. From early maintenance and crew training to support

A look back at when the TTC said goodbye to some of its PCC streetcars. Credit: Empire Pictures and Colin Strayer It’s a cold, overcast day inside a TTC yard in the 1980s. Rows of once-proud PCC streetcars sit silent on weed-lined tracks, their maroon-and-cream paint dulled by years of service and neglect. The smell of oil, rust, and burnt metal hangs in the air. A blowtorch flares to life with a sharp hiss. Sparks cascade across the concrete as a worker slices into the side of a car that once c