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Brand new TTC subway car 5685, an H5-class car built by Hawker Siddeley Canada in Thunder Bay, sits on specially-equipped flatcar NIFX 1002 on CP's Parkdale Yard near downtown Toronto, soon to be interchanged to CN for final delivery to Greenwood Yard. This car features the as-delivered ends painted black ("blackface"), that were later repainted silver due to visibilty issues in tunnels.

Old CP wooden cabooses for local use sit on the adjacent track, with CP 437229 first in line (in the short-lived red and yellow "action script" scheme, but with a plywood panel missing revealing the original boxcar red paint and tongue-and-groove wooden siding).

J. Bryce Lee photo, Dan Dell'Unto collection slide.

More new subway cars:
TTC H5 5741 side-view at Parkdale: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=30886
TTC H1 5337 newly delivered to Davisville Yard: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=32616
TTC H1 5350 on delivery to Greenwood Yard: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=45827
New TTC H1's on CP enroute from Thunder Bay: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=36671
Copyright Notice: This image ©J. Bryce Lee photo, Dan Dell'Unto coll. all rights reserved.



Caption: Brand new TTC subway car 5685, an H5-class car built by Hawker Siddeley Canada in Thunder Bay, sits on specially-equipped flatcar NIFX 1002 in CP's Parkdale Yard in the Liberty Village area of downtown Toronto. The car is soon to be interchanged to CN, who will do the final delivery to TTC's Greenwood Yard. This car features the as-delivered ends painted black ("blackface"), that were later repainted silver due to visibilty issues in tunnels.

Old CP wooden cabooses for local use sit on the adjacent track, with CP 437229 first in line (in the short-lived red and yellow "action script" scheme, but with a plywood panel missing revealing the original boxcar red paint and tongue-and-groove wooden siding).

After almost four decades of service, 5685 would be retired in May 2012 and sold for scrap.

J. Bryce Lee photo, Dan Dell'Unto collection slide.

More new subway cars:
TTC H5 5741 side-view at Parkdale: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=30886
TTC H1 5337 newly delivered to Davisville Yard: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=32616
TTC H1 5350 on delivery to Greenwood Yard: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=45827
New TTC H1's on CP enroute from Thunder Bay: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=36671

Photographer:
J. Bryce Lee photo, Dan Dell'Unto coll. [991] (more) (contact)
Date: 07/09/1977 (search)
Railway: Toronto Transit Commission (search)
Reporting Marks: TTC 5685 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: Parkdale Yard - CP Galt Sub (search)
City/Town: Toronto (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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