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TTC "Large Witt" 2300 (a Peter Witt streetcar built by Canadian Car & Foundry of Montreal in 1921) is seen here posed on Spadina Avenue just south of Bloor Street on January 26th 1963, during an Upper Canada Railway Society charter.

By this time, the remaining Peter Witts were on borrowed time. The University subway line would open in a few months, eliminating the need for the remaining old Witt cars, which made a few appearances on fantrips and extra runs before being stored in April of 1963 and officially retired in early 1965. 2300 was donated to the CRHA and put on display at their Harbourfront museum for a number of years (it had been regauged from TTC to regular North American rail gauge). In more recent years, it was stored inside the former CPR John St. roundhouse in rough shape until being sent to Exporail in St. Constant QC in June of 2008.
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Caption: TTC "Large Witt" 2300 (a Peter Witt streetcar built by Canadian Car & Foundry of Montreal in 1921) is seen here posed on Spadina Avenue just south of Bloor Street on January 26th 1963, during an Upper Canada Railway Society charter.

By this time, the remaining Peter Witts were on borrowed time. The University subway line would open in a few months, eliminating the need for the remaining old Witt cars, which made a few appearances on fantrips and extra runs before being stored in April of 1963 and officially retired in early 1965. 2300 was donated to the CRHA and put on display at their Harbourfront museum for a number of years (it had been regauged from TTC to regular North American rail gauge). In more recent years, it was stored inside the former CPR John St. roundhouse in rough shape until being sent to Exporail in St. Constant QC in June of 2008.

Photographer:
Bill Thomson [715] (more) (contact)
Date: 01/26/1963 (search)
Railway: Toronto Transit Commission (search)
Reporting Marks: TTC 2300 (search)
Train Symbol: UCRS charter (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Spadina and Bloor (search)
City/Town: Toronto (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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