Grapejuice Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Come one come all, share with us your memories and photos of your experience with TTCs iconic GM bus fleet that in one form (model) or another serviced the streets of Toronto for 50 years! Tell us of great or not so great moments you've had. Even better show some photos of it if you have them. Post old photos you've dug up from old shoe boxes, slides, even library microfiche. Just don't claim that they are your own if they are not. All posts from the line below to post 64 in this thread have been moved from the TTC GM Retirements Watch thread. I've decided to put together a collection of sample photos that will be part of several photo sets I'll get posted someday.This photo set I put together shows how the idea for the replica rollsign came about that many of you saw in the last few months of service provided by GMs. Some of you who have spoken to me in person may already know, but have a look anyway, there are some descriptions in the photos from the first to the last that make up the complete story. ENJOY The 52 Lawrence Rollsign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cimon8000 Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 very nice photos!!! Thanks for sharing Grapejuice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapejuice Posted June 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 I have countless dates to go through in my back log of photos. I make no promises, but I'm going to try to post a set or two ever few days. Here is 2252 a few weeks (maybe days) before it was sent off to the Island. I always liked having a bus number that had some relation to the route number I was driving. 2258 on 58 Malton for example. So here you can see I took a photo of the 52 in the Lawrence destination sign to compare it to the 52 of the bus number. 2252 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyerD901 Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 I like the top view, I remember watching them as a kid in a building, but higher up looking down at those buses. Nice pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapejuice Posted June 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 I like the top view, I remember watching them as a kid in a building, but higher up looking down at those buses. Nice pictures! Thanks. I surely do miss driving them. Here is the well known 2281. I had an opportunity for some pre-shift photos as a 191 Rocket. 2281 was one of the GMs that lived up to the name rocket. 2281 - 06/03/2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapejuice Posted June 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 Another installment, here is 2459 from May 26 2011. I did some pre-shift photos as an 89 Weston, then I stopped by the cemetery on The Westway near Royal York. I put up a FUNERAL sign with plans of posting the photos prior to retierment as a sort of "soon it really will be a funeral for these buses" kinda thing. However my back log of photos occurred and several plans did not come to fruition. Never the less it's still a fitting photo. 2459 05/26/2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapejuice Posted June 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 More photos... 2470 05/27/2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downsview 108 Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 Great shots! Where on the bus were those numbers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapejuice Posted June 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 Great shots! Where on the bus were those numbers? Over the drivers area where the VIN sticker and fare information was. Most if not all GMs had that plastic thing with the original bus number and stickers that had bar codes on them. This is from an older 2470 set I posted a while ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 Thanks for sharing these great photos with us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsbuspage Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 8970 at Lawrence West Station after a long trip in from Malton on 22 November 2002: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapejuice Posted June 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 Thanks for sharing these great photos with us! You're very welcome. 8970 at Lawrence West Station after a long trip in from Malton on 22 November 2002: Great photo, it's always good to see a shot with the original number. Here is a small (only 5 pics) update. I originally had 2472 on 52 Lawrence on May 31st 2011, but it sprung a coolant leak EB at Duval Dr. I was fearful I would receive a hybrid as a replacement but thankfully I was given 2345. A had a few moments to snap some shots around the corner on Benton Rd. before departing for my schedule, so I signed up as a 59 Maple Leaf and as I took the photos baking in the heat, a thought occurred to me about people complaining that TTC's GMs didn't have air conditioning. so I decided to demonstrate that it's not true. 2345 05/31/2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsevil Posted June 25, 2012 Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 as I took the photos baking in the heat, a thought occurred to me about people complaining that TTC's GMs didn't have air conditioning. so I decided to demonstrate that it's not true. Heh. Subtle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapejuice Posted June 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Heh. Subtle.Indeed.So I ended up getting the photos of the aforementioned 2472 put together as well. Coolant leak and all. 2472 05/31/2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyerD901 Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 2472 was the first bus I worked on at TTC! I'm pretty sure we were the last to work on it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapejuice Posted August 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 I've finally got another set prepared from my back log. Here is 2340 after receiving a special clean like no other it has received in it's career I'm sure. This was done to prepare it for display at the June 2011 Bus Rodeo. The wheels were Armor-Alled Lemon Pledged (thanks busmedic) and even the dash was void of dust! 2340 06/10/2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus_Medic Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Actually it's lemon pledge they use.-No joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapejuice Posted August 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Here is another set of 2340. These are from July 8th 2011. I was in to work early enough to make a mock run of the 352 Lawrence BLUE NIGHT before starting my 52 Lawrence shift. 2340 07/08/2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
* Mr. Black * Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Actually it's lemon pledge they use.-No joke. O/T... Lemon Pledge is also used to clean the roof of the Rogers Centre..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBC 9197 Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Actually it's lemon pledge they use.-No joke. No...no, need more lemon pledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapejuice Posted August 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Next up in clearing my back log is 2286 from September 22nd of last year. 71 Runnemede was accessible at this point, but since I was operating a garage to garage run I was able to obtain a GM. I was also finally able to get the photos I wanted in the Warren Park area. 2286 09/22/2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapejuice Posted August 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 Going through the directories I seem to have overlooked a set I went through a while ago and didn't post. So here it is. Bus 2345, such a neat bus number. 2345 06/012011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapejuice Posted August 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 A small 6 photo upload of 2286 posed on 307 Blue Night before a shift on 52 Lawrence from October 13th of last year. 2286 10/13/2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyerD901 Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 Nice Pictures. I love the GMs at night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsbuspage Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 I finally posted some Fishbowl pics that I took on 24 January 2011 on my website: 2265 and 2280 near Lawrence West Station 2302, 2341 and 2418 near Runnymede Station 2482 at Lawrence Station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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