Johnny Au
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Meanwhile, an escalator ate a toddler's jacket at St. Clair West station: http://www.cp24.com/news/toddler-sh...ecoming-trapped-at-subway-escalator-1.2313897
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TheTigerMaster
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It was initially reported that the toddler's finger got stuck in the escalator. My heart lept when I read that.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
I can see shoelaces getting caught in escalators. Must have been a string from the coat that got caught.
DarnDirtyApe
Active Member
See, escalators are a safety hazard! GO is on to something.
AlbertHWagstaff
Senior Member
If anyone happens to be the in Sherbourne & Front area, construction crews are pulling up what appear to be nearly century-old rails on Sherbourne between Front and the Esplanade. Interestingly the road appears to have been paved with red brick type pavers, most of which look to be in good condition after being buried in asphalt since about 1962.
The track on Sherbourne used to lead out of the old TRC shops/Lake Simcoe Express terminal building that was located on the north-west corner of Sherbourne and The Esplanade. The Sherbourne track used to go up to King and connected with tracks on Front, Frederick and George. The George St. yard was south of Front and was the site where most ex-TRC wooden-bodied streetcars met their end, and where the Peter Witt cars were loaded onto trailers to be hauled away by scrappers after the Yonge Subway opened. It was closed by the TTC in about 1962 when all the track on Front east of Church was abandoned. The recently demolished Gray Coach (later Greyhound) parcel express terminal was the last vestige of TTC operations in the area. The Young People's Theatre building is the only survivor of the many TRC car building and repair shops that filled the blocks between Sherbourne and George St.
The track on Sherbourne used to lead out of the old TRC shops/Lake Simcoe Express terminal building that was located on the north-west corner of Sherbourne and The Esplanade. The Sherbourne track used to go up to King and connected with tracks on Front, Frederick and George. The George St. yard was south of Front and was the site where most ex-TRC wooden-bodied streetcars met their end, and where the Peter Witt cars were loaded onto trailers to be hauled away by scrappers after the Yonge Subway opened. It was closed by the TTC in about 1962 when all the track on Front east of Church was abandoned. The recently demolished Gray Coach (later Greyhound) parcel express terminal was the last vestige of TTC operations in the area. The Young People's Theatre building is the only survivor of the many TRC car building and repair shops that filled the blocks between Sherbourne and George St.
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Duck
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Escalators are horrifyingly gruesome machines. I work for an automation company and we go above and beyond to make our machines safe - guarding every potential pinch point, for machines operated by trained personnel. And then you have escalators with massive inrunning nips and huge motors and sharp edges, which the General public stand on and have to actively work to make sure they don't get sucked in. It's insane.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
What did GO do?
AlvinofDiaspar
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kotsy
Senior Member
Parents should really condition their children to fear and respect that escalator!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOMZ-Buj2n0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOMZ-Buj2n0
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M II A II R II K
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picard102
Senior Member
I'm guessing this is from postal code to postal code?
44 North
Senior Member
Oh man, I love maps like this.
ehlow
Senior Member
TTC test results highlight service improvements
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...vice-improvements/article23829561/?cmpid=rss1
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...vice-improvements/article23829561/?cmpid=rss1
nfitz
Superstar
The presentation at the last TTC board meeting that this article is based on, is well worth look at. And gives one hope for some of the long-suffering poorly-served routes, such as 501 and 506 - http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Com...TTC_Modernization_Report_and_Presentation.pdf
TheTigerMaster
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Is there a source for this map, with data? It looks cool, but is ultimately useless as a tool.