Toronto Transportation Commission

History

• Name was changed to Toronto Transit Commission on January 1, 1954.

Motor Buses

All-time Roster

Fleet Number Range	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model Number	Engine	Transmission	Destination Sign	Seating	Notes
1-4		1921	Fifth Avenue	L					Double-deckers 1 is preserved at the Canadian Museum of Science & Technology in Ottawa.
5 (1st)		1921	Leyland						Not accepted
5 (2nd)		1927	White	50A
6 (1st)		1922	Veteran	K
7 (1st)		1922	AEC	404					Double-decker Converted to single deck in 1925.
6-7 (2nd)		1927	White	50A					Ex Highway Queen Bus Lines; bought in 1929.
8 (1st)		1922	Tilling-Stevens	TS-4
8 (2nd)			Ruggles	20-AR					Ex Highway Queen Bus Lines; bought in 1929.
9-10		1922	Fifth Avenue	J
11		1922	Pierce-Arrow
12-15		1922	Fifth Avenue	J
16-18		1924	White	50A
19-20		1927	White	50A					Ex Gray Coach Lines 210 (3rd) & 211; transferred in 1929. Originally Roseland Bus Lines buses.
21-23			White	50B					Ex Gray Coach Lines 212 (2nd), 213-214; transferred in 1929. Originally Roseland Bus Lines buses.
24-26		1925	White/TTC	50A
27		1927	Studebaker						Ex Maple Leaf-Markham Coach Lines; bought in 1929.
29		1927	Studebaker
30-69	Gray Coach Lines coaches
70-79		1926	Yellow Coach	Z-AQ-273					Had Z-V-220 bodies.
80-99	Gray Coach Lines coaches
201-234	Gray Coach Lines coaches
211-214		1925	Mack	AB					Ex Red Bus Lines; bought in 1929.
235-249		1927	Mack	AL
250-259		1928	Mack	AL
260-265		1928	Yellow Coach	W-23					262 to Brantford Transit 16 in July 1940. 263-265 transferred to Grey Coach Lines in 1929.
266-299	Gray Coach Lines coaches
500-522	Gray Coach Lines coaches
523-524		1929	Gotfredson	41					Ex Maple Leaf-Markham Coach Lines; bought in 1929.
525		1928	Gotfredson	50B					Ex Maple Leaf-Markham Coach Lines; bought in 1929.
526		1928	Gotfredson	41					Ex Maple Leaf-Markham Coach Lines; bought in 1929.
527-528		?	Gotfredson	?					Ex Maple Leaf-Markham Coach Lines; bought in 1929.
530-533	Gray Coach Lines coaches
535-549		1933	Yellow Coach/TTC	Z-BK-614
550-564		1930	Leyland/TTC	Lioness
565		1933	Reo	1D
566-568		1935	Ford/OCC	BB-18					566 to Hollinger Bus Lines 10 in 1937.
570-599		1936-37	Twin	23R
700-707		1937	Twin	23R
708-731		1939	Twin	23R
732-751		1940	Twin	23R
755-759		1942	Twin	30-GS
760-765		1941	Mack	L-3G
770-791		1941	Ford	19B
900-909		1942	Mack	RB-3G
910-915		1947	Twin	41-S
920-929		1942	Mack	LC-3G
930-939		1944	GMC	TG-3608
940-947		1944	GMC	TG-3608					Former Grey Coach Lines 1012-1019; transferred in 1946.
950-964		1945	GMC	TG-3609
970-984		1946	Twin	34-S
985-996		1946	GMC	TDH-3610
1100-1119		1946	CC&F	C-36
1120-1169		1947	CC&F	C-36
1170-1189		1948	GMC	TDH-4507
1190-1199		1951	Mack	C-50-DT
1300-1319		1948	Twin	44-S
1320-1329		1950	Twin	44-S
1330-1361		1948	Twin	41-S					Former Grey Coach Lines 1413-1444; transferred in 1952.
1362-1374		1948	Twin	41-S					Former Grey Coach Lines 1400-1412; transferred in 1953.

Electric trolleybuses

Electric trolleybus service began on June 18, 1922 and ended on August 31, 1925. It resumed on June 19, 1947 and continued under the Toronto Transit Commission.

Fleet number range	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Motors	Destination sign	Seating	Notes
20-23		1922	Packard/Kuhlman	ED	Westinghouse			23 is preserved at Halton County Railway Museum.
9000-9049		1947	CC&F	T-44	Canadian General Electric CGE-1213 123 hp continuous	Rollsign	44	To Toronto Transit Commission on January 1, 1954.
9050-9074		1947	CC&F	T-44	Canadian General Electric CGE-1213 123 hp continuous	Rollsign	44	To Toronto Transit Commission on January 1, 1954.
9075-9084		1948	CC&F	T-44	Canadian General Electric CGE-1213 123 hp continuous	Rollsign	44	To Toronto Transit Commission on January 1, 1954.
9085-9124		1953	CC&F	T-48A	Canadian General Electric CGE-1213 123 hp continuous	Rollsign	48	To Toronto Transit Commission on January 1, 1954.
9125-9139		Built 1948, acquired 1953	M-H	TC48	Unknown	Rollsign	48	Purchased from Cincinnati Street Railway. To Toronto Transit Commission on January 1, 1954.

Streetcars

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Motor	Division(s)	Notes
151-155		1914	Preston	R-2			Double-ended, double-truck cars. Ex-Guelph Radial Railway, transferred to T.&Y.RR Scarboro in 1925, originally class P-5. Scrapped 1939.
211-213		1909	Preston	R-3			Double-ended, double-truck cars. Ex-Edmonton, bought 1918, converted to PAYE 1928, originally class P-6. Scrapped 1936.
409-416		1924-1925	Ottawa	R-1			Double-ended, double-truck cars. Originally classes P-3 & P-4, converted to suburban by 1930. Stored 1948, scrapped 1949-1950.
1170-1242		1907	TRC	TRC A-1			2 motor cars, operated in train with TRC A class cars. Converted from standard cars in 1923-1926. 33 cars made it into TTC usage. Scrapped in 1933.
1244-1308		1907-1908	TRC	TRC A			4 motor cars, operated in train with TRC A-1 class cars. Converted from standard cars in 1926. 33 cars made it into TTC usage. Scrapped in 1936.
1310-1510		1908-1911	TRC	B			Originally PAYE class B cars, converted to PAYL class C-1 cars in 1925-1926, converted to PAYE treadle class BB cars in 1927-1932. 92 cars made it into TTC usage. Scrapped in 1948-1951.
1512-1926		1911-1913	TRC	BB			Originally PAYE class B cars, converted to PAYE treadle class BB cars in 1924-1925. 100 cars made it into TTC usage. Scrapped 1948-1951.
1564-1710		1913	TRC	E			8 cars of series burnt in King St. carhouse fire in 1916, all others went to TTC usage. Scrapped 1929.
1928-2112		1913-1917	TRC	C			Originally PAYE class B cars, converted to PAYL class C-2 cars in 1923, equipped to haul trailers in 1926. 89 cars made it into TTC usage. Scrapped 1940.
2120-2126		1912	McGuire-Cummings	I			Ex-TCR 120-123. Double-ended, double-truck cars. Stored 1933, scrapped 1936.
2128-2158		1913	Niles	H			Ex-TCR 100-115. Double-ended, double-truck cars. Scrapped 1948.
2160-2166		1913	Niles	H-1			Ex-TCR 116-119. Double-ended, double-truck cars. Scrapped 1936.
2168-2192		1918	Preston	J			Ex-TCR 200-212. Double-ended, double-truck cars. Scrapped 1948-1949.
2200-2214		1915-1917	Preston	F			Ex-TCR 50-57. Double-ended, single-truck cars. Converted to snow scrapers in 1932.
2216-2264 (even)		1920	Brill	G			Ex-TCR 60-84. Double-ended, single-truck cars. 3 sold to Cornwall Street Railway and 8 sold to Nova Scotia L&P in 1927, remainder to Nova Scotia L&P in 1940-41.
2300-2498 (even)		1921	CC&F	Large Witt K
2301-2419 (odd)		1921	CC&F	Witt Trailer N			2 door trailers. Scrapped in 2 groups of 30 in 1936 and 1938.
2500-2578 (even)		1921-1922	CC&F	Large Witt L
2580-2678 (even)		1923	Brill	Brill Witt M			Scrapped 1953-1954.
2700-2898 (even)		1922-1923	CC&F/ Ottawa	Small Witt P			Did not pull trailers.
2701-3029 (odd)		1923	CC&F	Witt Trailer Q			3 door trailers. 60 cars scrapped 1939-1940, rest scrapped 1953-1954.
2900-3018 (even)		1923	CC&F	Large Witt L1			Scrapped 1954
4000-4139		1938	CC&F	PCC A1
4150-4199		1940	CC&F	PCC A2
4200-4259		1942	CC&F	PCC A3
4260-4274		1944	CC&F	PCC A4
4275-4299		1945	CC&F	PCC A5
4300-4399		1947-1948	CC&F	PCC A6	Westinghouse 1432
4400-4499		1949	CC&F	PCC A7	Westinghouse 1432
4500-4549		1951	CC&F	PCC A8	Westinghouse 1432
4550-4574		1947	St. Louis	PCC A9			Ex-Cincinnati Street Railway 1150-1174, purchased 1950.
4575-4601		1940	St. Louis	PCC A10			Ex-Cincinnati Street Railway 1101-1126, purchased 1950.
4625-4674		1946	Pullman	PCC A11			Ex-Cleveland Transit Company 4200-4249, purchased 1952.
4675-4699		1946	St. Louis	PCC A12			Ex-Cleveland Transit Company 4256-4274, purchased 1952.
4700-4747		1947	Pullman	PCC A13			Ex-Birmingham Electric Co. 800-847, purchased 1952.