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You are correct regarding the controls - the cars are essentially double-ended in that respect.
I might have this info in my archives, but it's in hard copy. I can't find an electronic version. I will look and get back to you.
All streetcars can run in reverse. Any limitations are in operating policies or built into the control systems, not an inherent technical limitation. It's easier with pans because you don't need someone to guide the pole through special work, let alone to run interference with traffic.
One thing I am seeing with the new cars that they are sent back from Russell after SWIS work and spend days in the service bays for a fair number while other roll out into service. A few car that have enter service last only a few hours or part of the day and back to Leslie service bays where they spend a few days before going back into service. All of the old fleet took about an average of 10 days to enter service after being off loaded while the new ones are taking 18-24 days.
I believe that 4617 was the car that tried to go to George Brown's cooking school at King & Frederick.
I am glad you enjoyed this one, it was a pain in the ass to put together. Trying to take 30 separate scripts, compiling them into a single timeline, and then making a 1 hour long animation for it was a long process. It's ultimately something I have wanted to do though since I started the streetcar video series back in 2020. You see a lot of videos showing the growth of subway lines on YouTube, but never one for Toronto's streetcars; and for good reason, its not a simple topic. While I know a couple of books have been written about Toronto's streetcar network, I wanted to present its entire history as a whole and at an individual line level in a visual medium. You can read a bunch of words on a page or website about the routes and how they got around, but it doesn't really paint a good picture (and sometimes it can be a bit obtuse what is being said). Trust me I know because it's what I had to do to put together all of those videos. The worst part is if there is missing information or unclear information because than you either have to hunt it down, or fill in the blank with your best guess which I admit I have had to do.
Without going into too much detail.. One of the newer vehicles encountered some damage. In order to mitigate further damage, a fleet wide inspection was conducted on all of the newly delivered vehicles. During the inspections a few more vehicles were found to have sustained similar damage. Some of these vehicles listed are the affected ones and were just waiting for parts to be replaced. 4608 and 4617 should be back on the road in the upcoming weeks if not days, with the others following shortly. As this is now a known issue, the later cars had this specific issue inspected before leaving the factory and thus later cars are not affected.
