TTC Subway at Rosedale Station- 1954

The Southbound TTC subway train of Gloucester cars approaches and departs from Rosedale Station in 1954. The subway was travelling from Eglinton Stn to terminate at Union Station on the newly built Yonge Line.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Gloucester
• TTC
• Subway
• Rosedale
• Station
• 1954

[Balasidine957]

That is rosedale station... not davisville

[trevorjones90]

Thank you for the correction. For some reason I was thinking Davisville when I posted this.

[Tom8201]

I miss the Gloucesters. The last train was retired when I was 7.

[trevorjones90]

A month after I was born, the TTC was begining to retire the Gloucesters from their rolling stock.

[mariusbleek]

the REAL red rocket

[thewizkid15]

i cried when they got rid of these. :"(

SO Sad

[HurricaneNWG]

from G1 to TR, the subway has come a really long way

[cheeriosinabowl]

Wow, nice ride down memory lane.

What amazed me .... NO CROWDS! That must've been nice.

[pplk23]

I wish I got to ride one of these. The last one in revenue service retired before I was born :(

[beenie3]

Yup, those were always my favorite. I loved the squeeling brakes and flickering lights. They just looked more impressive than the H's and those that replaced them. I just posted my own video of one taken about 25 years ago...about 3 years before they scrapped `em!!

[nicholasperry56]

Haha. It has hardly changed



[ANDREWWALLFORD123]

Looks like a london underground history.

[GTAfan8850]

Did those trains made weird farting noises when they accelerate and when they stopped?

[phillydisco]

@kissarmyrules The calling out of stations was a recent change (around the late 90s, I think). The TTC was forced to do that for the visually impaired. I was on a few trains where the person saying the station messed it up. Also, sometimes they'd goof around with silly voices and stuff. I've got a good sense of humor, but after a long day, that joking around is just annoying. I just want them to get the next train arriving time right. 3min doesn't change for 2 min isn't 3min, it's closer to 5

[kissarmyrules]

@phillydisco Oh I know those, I'm 20 ffs XD

as a lad, I used to pretend I was one of the whistle guys lmao

Seriously, they should re-instate the whistle guys, it gave the TTC a more human feel...and the train drivers never had amnesia...unlike the automated system (and I quote lmao) "the next stop is Don Mills, Don Mills station, the next stop is Don Mills, Don Mills station" and the same thing would happen right before u enter or arrive at the station XD

[phillydisco]

@kissarmyrules I think those were the H5s. They'd make a buzzing sound when they slowed down to a stop or started moving. I think they still run them on the Yonge Spadina Line, but they've changed the seats from the orange and browns to the reds, if I'm not mistaken. And they smell like a moldy basement.

You missed out on the good old days of the whistle. First whistle was a warning the doors would be closing, then about 3 to 5 seconds later the second whistle would signal the closing door.