Toronto Transit Commission 5810-5935: Difference between revisions

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Interior layout of 5810-5935 before rebuild.

Toronto Transit Commission 5810-5935 are Can-Car Rail H6 class subway cars built and delivered between 1986 and 1989. All cars have been based out of Greenwood their entire lives, and therefore only provide service on the Bloor-Danforth line. The contract for these cars was awarded on December 30, 1983 at a unit price of $1,147,500. The first cars were completed in February 1986, and after tests and troubleshooting, entered service on May 26, 1987.

Changes from the H5 cars included door threshold and coupler heaters, overhead heating, more PA speakers (14 per car), Brush traction motors, CIR DC motor driven compressor, and interior colour scheme. The H6 cars had a paler interior colour scheme with beige flooring and light orange and off-white seat inserts that alternated throughout the car. The TTC eventually phased out the off-white inserts. One pair, 5840-5841, received brown fibreglass seat inserts in 1999 as a trial, however these have since been replaced during overhaul. The H6 cars would be the last to be delivered without door chimes. They were added to most of the subway fleet between 1993 and 1994.

The entire series was overhauled at Greenwood's shops from circa 2005 to 2008. They had their Motor Alternator sets replaced with Static Converter Units which the TTC found to be more reliable.^[1] The most noticeable changes from a passenger perspective are the omission of the black paint around the class lights (some cars have the incandescent lights replaced with LEDs) and the replacement of the padded vinyl inserts with unpadded synthetic inserts. A wheelchair area set up like that on the T1 was also added to the cars.

On May 6, 2010, city council approved the purchase of an additional 186 TR cars which would allow for the replacement of the H6 cars.^[2] In 2009, the TTC Staff was approached by a company interested in negotiating a potential purchase of the H5 and H6 cars.^[3] The parties involved remained undisclosed until May 2011 when media outlets reported on a visit of Nigerian officials to inspect the TTC's subway system and future surplus H5 and H6 cars. The intention was to use these cars on Lagos' light rail system which is under construction.^[4] Ultimately 75 H5 cars were acquired for the project and the remaining H5 cars and all the H6 cars are being scrapped.

It is worth noting that in the last year or two of H6 operation a renumbering or two took place, with one or two cars assuming a new identity and mated to what would be its "normal" mated pair car. An example would be the original 5847 retiring for whatever reason, and 5831 being renumbered 5847 (the second use of this number, or 5847(:2)) and mated to 5846 to run in service. This was possibly done to keep a set in service without making any repairs to a car that has undergone a major failure, thus the car that experienced a major failure would be retired, and a "good" car that was either previously retired or otherwise would be renumbered and mated with the existing married pair car. Known occurrences are noted separately in the Renumbered Units list below.

The final H6 train, composed of cars (from west to east) 5858-5859-5908-5909(:2)-5899-5898, made its farewell run on June 20, 2014 with one full trip along the Bloor-Danforth line in the late morning. The train entered service at approximately 10:00am at Greenwood Station. With that, all the original "H" series cars would be retired from revenue service (though some H1 and H4 cars may live on as work cars).

Fleet	Motor	Seating	Destination sign
5810-5935	Brush Traction TMC 2072A	76 Otaco Seating Innovator	Rollsign

Details

Fleet number	Date	Serial	Division	Notes
5810	1986		Greenwood	RETIRED by January 2014
5811	1986		Greenwood	RETIRED by January 2014
5812	1986		Greenwood	RETIRED by end of 2013
5813	1986		Greenwood	RETIRED by end of 2013
5814	1986		Greenwood	RETIRED by January 2014
5815	1986		Greenwood	RETIRED by January 2014
5816	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED by end of 2013
5817	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED by end of 2013
5818	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED by January 2014
5819	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED by January 2014
5820	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED by January 2014
5821	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED by January 2014
5822	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED by January 2014
5823	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED by January 2014
5824	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED in 2014 Sold to Juxta Productions for scrap value Cut in half in Hamilton, And sent back to Toronto to promote the movie Godzilla. Used in Godzilla street advertisement at Yonge and Elm, in May 2014.
5825	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED in 2014
5826	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED by in 2013
5827	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED by in 2013
5828	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED December 2013
5829	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED December 2013
5830	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED by May 2013
5831	1986-1989	84-75-1463	Greenwood	Renumbered Became 5847(:2) by May 2013, mated to 5846 (see renumbered units)
5832	1986-1989		Greenwood
5833	1986-1989		Greenwood
5834	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED December 2013
5835	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED December 2013
5836	1986-1989		Greenwood
5837	1986-1989		Greenwood
5838	1986-1989		Greenwood
5839	1986-1989		Greenwood
5840	1986-1989		Greenwood
5841	1986-1989		Greenwood	Black paint not removed on class lights
5842	1986-1989		Greenwood
5843	1986-1989		Greenwood
5844	1986-1989		Greenwood
5845	1986-1989		Greenwood
5846	1986-1989		Greenwood
5847(:1)	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED by May 2013 Replaced by 5847(:2) (see renumbered units)
5848	1986-1989		Greenwood
5849	1986-1989		Greenwood
5850	1986-1989		Greenwood
5851	1986-1989		Greenwood
5852	1986-1989		Greenwood
5853	1986-1989		Greenwood
5854	1986-1989		Greenwood
5855	1986-1989		Greenwood
5856	1986-1989		Greenwood
5857	1986-1989		Greenwood	Derailed at Kennedy Station on February 4, 2008.
5858	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED June 20,2014
5859	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED June 20,2014
5860	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED
5861	1986-1989		Greenwood
5862	1986-1989		Greenwood
5863	1986-1989		Greenwood
5864	1986-1989		Greenwood
5865	1986-1989		Greenwood
5866	1986-1989		Greenwood
5867	1986-1989		Greenwood
5868	1986-1989		Greenwood
5869	1986-1989		Greenwood
5870	1986-1989		Greenwood
5871	1986-1989		Greenwood
5872	1986-1989		Greenwood
5873	1986-1989		Greenwood
5874	1986-1989		Greenwood
5875	1986-1989		Greenwood
5876	1986-1989		Greenwood
5877	1986-1989		Greenwood
5878	1986-1989		Greenwood
5879	1986-1989		Greenwood
5880	1986-1989		Greenwood
5881	1986-1989		Greenwood
5882	1986-1989		Greenwood
5883	1986-1989		Greenwood
5884	1986-1989		Greenwood
5885	1986-1989		Greenwood
5886	1986-1989		Greenwood
5887	1986-1989		Greenwood
5888	1986-1989		Greenwood
5889	1986-1989		Greenwood
5890	1986-1989		Greenwood
5891	1986-1989	84-75-1523	Greenwood
5892	1986-1989		Greenwood
5893	1986-1989		Greenwood
5894	1986-1989		Greenwood
5895	1986-1989		Greenwood
5896	1986-1989		Greenwood
5897	1986-1989		Greenwood
5898	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED June 20,2014
5899	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED June 20,2014
5900	1986-1989		Greenwood
5901	1986-1989		Greenwood
5902	1986-1989		Greenwood
5903	1986-1989		Greenwood
5904	1986-1989		Greenwood
5905	1986-1989		Greenwood
5906	1986-1989		Greenwood
5907	1986-1989		Greenwood
5908	1986-1989		Greenwood	RETIRED June 20,2014
5909	1986-1989		Greenwood	*Replaced by 5909(:2) sometime 2014 or possibly 2013 (see renumbered units)
5910	1986-1989		Greenwood
5911	1986-1989		Greenwood
5912	1986-1989		Greenwood
5913	1986-1989		Greenwood
5914	1986-1989		Greenwood
5915	1986-1989		Greenwood
5916	1986-1989		Greenwood
5917	1986-1989		Greenwood
5918	1986-1989		Greenwood
5919	1986-1989		Greenwood
5920	1986-1989		Greenwood
5921	1986-1989		Greenwood
5922	1986-1989		Greenwood
5923	1986-1989		Greenwood
5924	1986-1989		Greenwood
5925	1986-1989		Greenwood
5926	1986-1989		Greenwood
5927	1986-1989		Greenwood
5928	1986-1989		Greenwood
5929	1986-1989		Greenwood
5930	1986-1989		Greenwood
5931	1986-1989		Greenwood
5932	1986-1989		Greenwood	Featured in 2004 Dentyne Ice commercial
5933	1986-1989		Greenwood
5934	1986-1989		Greenwood
5935	1986-1989		Greenwood

Renumbered Units

Fleet number	Thumbnail	Date	Serial	Division	Rebuild Date	Notes
5847(:2)		1986-1989	84-75-1463	Greenwood		Renumbered from 5831 to 5847(:2) to replace the original 5847(:1). Mated to 5846. 5847 noted in May 2013 as featuring several markings of another subway car^[5]. Later confirmed 5847 was a "new" car renumbered from 5831, by serial number and other spotting features^[6].
5909(:2)		1986-1989		Greenwood		RETIRED June 20,2014 Renumbered from 5893 to 5909(:2) to replace the original 5909(:1). Mated to 5908. 5909 was noted by a CPTDB board member during the retirement run (06-20-2014) with its top bar-code reading 5893 (likely of this car's previous number) instead of 5909 as it would normally read ^[7]. This renumbering likely took place sometime in 2014 or possibly 2013.

References

↑ Procurement Authorization: Supply Of Static Converter Units (Scu) For H-6 Subway Cars (report). 12 January 2005. Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved on 28 April 2011.
↑ Report on purchases, May 6, 2010 (report). 06 May 2010. Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved on 28 April 2011.
↑ Report on sales of surplus assets (report). 28 May 2009. Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved on 28 April 2011.
↑ Lagos settles for refurbished subway cars for its light rail project, nigeriansabroadlive.com, retreived on 2011-06-25
↑ TTC H5/H6 Retirement Thread (CPTDB post). 15 May 2013. CPTDB Forum. Retrieved on 13 June 2013.
↑ TTC H5/H6 Retirement Thread (CPTDB post). 12 June 2013. CPTDB Forum. Retrieved on 13 June 2013.
↑ TTC H5/H6 Retirement Thread (CPTDB post). 20 June 2014. CPTDB Forum. Retrieved on 23 June 2014.