Today's Sightings

[wil9402]

12 hours ago, Ed T. said:

Also, a short piece of streetcar track is completely exposed on Danforth Ave.  just west of Woodbine in the left turn lane. The track seems to curve northward, but it seemed too far from the actual intersection to be part of the connection to Woodbine loop.

I believe the curve off Danforth to get to Woodbine Station Loop was one block east of Woodbine at Cedervale Ave.

Some RAD sightings from this week:

Monday
1370 (Wilson) on 985 (AM)
3103 on 85 (PM)

Tuesday
unknown 8100 on 985 (Midday)

Thursday
8917 on 86* (AM)
8308 on 954 (AM)

Today
8802 on 86* (AM)
3264 on 85 (PM)
8613 on 95 (PM)
3190 on 86 (Early Evening)

* - same run, different day

Edited May 8, 2021 by wil9402
Added 3190

[7749]

TTC 7924 did 1 trip, in-service training today on the 60B at around 1 pm. I'm not sure why the instructors decided to send it on a branch that doesn't even run at that time (maybe that's specifically why, lol). When it reached Steeles Loop it then went out of service to Queensway.

[Shemar]

TTC 9019 was on the 107 York University Heights earlier this morning but is now on the 7 Bathurst

Edited May 11, 2021 by Shemar

[TTC4120fan]

TTC Visual sightings

7: 8131 8349

11: 8711

14: 1114

26: 8097

88: 8732

90: 8306

126: 8344 8367

127: 8093 8094

 

[MRD10]

TTC Visual Sighting

9221 - 116 Morningside

3334 - 133 Neilson
8549 - 131 Nugget

8409 - 902 Markham
 

[Shemar]

3 hours ago, MRD10 said:

8409 - 902 Markham

FYI that is a scheduled run (69_54_40). It starts off on the 69 in the morning and it goes on the 902 during afternoon rush hour.

[38 Highland Creek]

TTC:

1230 Broke down facing south on Port Union Rd. @ Conference Blvd.
3418 Along with service truck 314 approached 1230 with only 2 mechanics at 5PM today to discuss the nature of 1230's breakdown.

[bus_7246]

Visual sighting:

TTC 3338 took a trip down memory lane on when I saw the bus on the 60 Steeles West route, heading eastbound at Pioneer Village Stn

[7749]

TTC:

1374 was put outside of a vaccination clinic at Wilson division displaying "Thank you health care workers" (i forgot what the sign exactly said but thats the general idea).

9009, 1065 training at Wilson division

[Wayside Observer]

I saw a CLRV car eastbound on Lakeshore Rd. at 7th.

Badum-tish!  Hawhawhaw.  I’ll be here all week, folks!

I so couldn’t resist that, not after seeing it rolling down the road on top of the streetcar tracks like that.

[bus_7246]

Visual sighting:

TTC 8055 has just departed Eglinton West Stn to on the 63 Ossington just after 4pm

[bus_7246]

TTC 7954 (i think it was) was drafted to help out on the 89 Weston route this morning. I saw it southeast of Jane

[bus_7246]

Visual sightings:

TTC

1367 & 1387 were both helping out on the 35 Jane during the day. 1387 was later out on the 59 Maple Leaf. 
 

There’s a 10xx-11xx series bus doing the 63 Ossington as well this evening

[7749]

2 hours ago, bus_7246 said:

Visual sightings:

TTC

1367 & 1387 were both helping out on the 35 Jane during the day. 1387 was later out on the 59 Maple Leaf. 
 

There’s a 10xx-11xx series bus doing the 63 Ossington as well this evening

It was 1034.

[bus_7246]

Visuals sighting:

TTC 8013 was helping out on the 89 Weston route earlier during midday service. The bus laying over at Keele Stn just before rush hour

[Ed T.]

I saw a bus, signed 59 Maple Leaf, turning from Strathnairn Ave. to northbound Keele. I don't think there is any short turn there. Simplest explanation is an operator got lost and went down Kincourt to Castlefield, instead of west along Ingram, and was getting back to route.

[bus_7246]

56 minutes ago, Ed T. said:

I saw a bus, signed 59 Maple Leaf, turning from Strathnairn Ave. to northbound Keele. I don't think there is any short turn there. Simplest explanation is an operator got lost and went down Kincourt to Castlefield, instead of west along Ingram, and was getting back to route.

I saw the same thing too! I didn’t think to pay attention to the bus number, but it definitely was a Wilson bus on the 59B. Might be an unplanned detour

[Ed T.]

2 hours ago, bus_7246 said:

I saw the same thing too! I didn’t think to pay attention to the bus number, but it definitely was a Wilson bus on the 59B. Might be an unplanned detour

It's interesting to see Wilson buses, in particular NG Orion diesels, on routes like Maple Leaf and Lansdowne. I wonder how operators are liking the branch up Caledonia, dealing with all the impatient pickup-driving contractors.

I remember when Maple Leaf was all 7900s with the odd RTS.

Speaking of 7900s, 7933 heading Kiplingwards on an evening 123B Shorncliffeerway run.

[bus_7246]

14 hours ago, Ed T. said:

It's interesting to see Wilson buses, in particular NG Orion diesels, on routes like Maple Leaf and Lansdowne. I wonder how operators are liking the branch up Caledonia, dealing with all the impatient pickup-driving contractors.

I remember when Maple Leaf was all 7900s with the odd RTS.

Speaking of 7900s, 7933 heading Kiplingwards on an evening 123B Shorncliffeerway run.

Keep in mind that Wilson used to have Lansdowne before Mt Dennis opened. I remember the V CNGs & VI CNGs passing by Earlscourt loop, and remembering them at the bus bay outside of Yorkdale Mall

[bus_7246]

Visual sighting:

TTC 1104 was drafted to help out on the 89 Weston yesterday evening. It had crossed Annette heading to Keele Stn at around 9:15p 

[bus_7246]

I guess this isn’t a special sighting in particular, but worth noting. 
 

Visual sighting:

TTC 1305 (Mt Dennis bus) on the 61 Avenue Rd North

[Wayside Observer]

 

Another streetcar island on Lakeshore got schmucked.  This time it was the eastbound stop at Legion Road. Part of the fence and the safety light got taken out.

Somehow after a rough day at work there was something comical about the safety light sitting there face down on the ground flashing at the pavement that I had to shoot a couple seconds of video of it.

[Ed T.]

7910 up early this morning, running NIS northbound on 427. Pretty fast for an old bus. I don't think I've seen this one in a while. Doesn't mean it was not going out, just not going out where I could see it.

[38 Highland Creek]

On 6/1/2021 at 12:57 AM, Wayside Observer said:

 

 

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Another streetcar island on Lakeshore got schmucked.  This time it was the eastbound stop at Legion Road. Part of the fence and the safety light got taken out.

Somehow after a rough day at work there was something comical about the safety light sitting there face down on the ground flashing at the pavement that I had to shoot a couple seconds of video of it.

Yeah but there's no video, only audio and a blank screen.

[nagaBus]

TTC 9077 was on the 85J early morning before switching over to the 985 for the afternoon