nfitz
Superstar
HCRR is good at learning on the job. And it would cut down on transportation. And what's the rush?
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Richard White
Senior Member
God I hope not. I want this done right.
HCRR has too much on the go and not enough space or time to do it. They are also self-taught volunteers.
smallspy
Senior Member
While you were right on most of your post, you are absolutely wrong here.
Quite a few volunteers are ex-TTC, both as operators and as maintenance.
On top of that, several of the volunteers operate outside of the HCRY as a for-profit corporation providing maintenance, management and planning services to other museums and historical railways.
Dan
evandyk
Senior Member
One of our posters here is one of the volunteers. He gave my family a train ride last year! I have no idea if he has any other experience, but certainly has passion.
evandyk
Senior Member
We have a babysitter who picks up my son at school some days. Today they decided that instead of going to the playground, they’d just ride the subway instead.
generalcanada
Senior Member
So they can put useful info on those screens....cool.
kvvoyage
New Member
Have there been any plans for a new specification of the side display to be included on future buses? I find the current screen a bit small such that the route number and the destinations of the route cannot be displayed at the same time sometimes (8 Broadview does quite a few scrolls before actually showing "8 Broadview"!)
I'm aware the screen size is also limited as it is surrounded by a window panel the same size as the hopper window, forgive me for not knowing the proper terminology for things. But the screen doesn't seem to utilise the full size of the "hopper window piece" anyway.
It would be nice for the screens to be enlarged in both width and height such that the route number and the via destinations can be displayed on two separate rows. For example, 102C Markham Road would stay static on the upper row, whilst the bottom row would alternate between To Steeles/Via Dynamic Drive.
I'm aware the screen size is also limited as it is surrounded by a window panel the same size as the hopper window, forgive me for not knowing the proper terminology for things. But the screen doesn't seem to utilise the full size of the "hopper window piece" anyway.
It would be nice for the screens to be enlarged in both width and height such that the route number and the via destinations can be displayed on two separate rows. For example, 102C Markham Road would stay static on the upper row, whilst the bottom row would alternate between To Steeles/Via Dynamic Drive.
Johnny Au
Superstar
On September 18, 2025, Bay station is temporarily transformed into a subway station of the fictional Philadelphia Transit System (SEPTA is the real-life version of that system). My photos are taken at the mezzanine level.
It is for either a film or television shoot. I have taken the photos shortly before 5 pm and the shoots begin around 7 pm.
evandyk
Senior Member
Another 504 closure coming up. As someone who relies on the 504 to get to work every day, it hasn't been very reliable for the last little while!
(I can take the subway as an alternative, so it's not really that bad for me, I just hate having to change trains at Yonge at rush hour to head downtown.)
(I can take the subway as an alternative, so it's not really that bad for me, I just hate having to change trains at Yonge at rush hour to head downtown.)
nfitz
Superstar
Broadview and Queen? It doesn't feel that long since they completely rebuilt it.
JasonParis
Moderator
I was living in Leslieville when they did, so somtime around 2012 would be my guess. 13 years! Although, this is to move sewers too (as per King/Church earlier this year).
Jonny5
Senior Member
There's been something filming regularly for weeks down by the TD Centre too. They have had the right lane of Wellington blocked off from Yonge to York almost all days for a few weeks now for star trailers and equipment support and catering. They've also blocked off Toronto Street on weekends several times. It must be a movie, as a TV show wouldn't spend that much time to film location shoots, or have the budget for such an elaborate setup.
evandyk
Senior Member
I saw Toronto St converted to a 1960sish NYC scene today. A facebook group speculates that it's this.
en.wikipedia.org
The Greatest (upcoming TV series) - Wikipedia
zang
Senior Member
Unless it’s reshoots, The Greatest was supposed to have wrapped in late July.I saw Toronto St converted to a 1960sish NYC scene today. A facebook group speculates that it's this.
The Greatest (upcoming TV series) - Wikipedia
My money’s on “The Westies”, a series set in 1980’s Hell’s Kitchen about Irish gangs. It’s currently in production and doesn’t wrap until then end of October.
81-717
Active Member
Wonder if 5707 will be used for this one. I was thinking it might be used during Lady Gaga's Toronto tour earlier this month (just like it was used during the Taylor Swift tour in November 2024), but evidently it wasn't this time as it remained in its home spot the whole time during those days (though it was moved somewhere about a month or so prior and was gone for a couple weeks before returning).