BOOKS

• Canadian Car Builders Series
  
  - John M. Mills - Upper Canada Railway Society / Ontario Electric Railway Historical Assoc., Toronto ON
  
  ==This series consists of three seperate volumes:
  
  ====- No. 1: Ottawa Car Company
  
  ====- No. 2: Preston Car & Coach Co.
  
  ====- No. 3: Miscellaneous Builders
  

  Fifty Years of Progressive Transit - A History of the Toronto Transit Commission
  

  - John F. Bromley and Jack May - Electric Railroaders' Assocation, New York NY, 1973, LCCCN 73-84892
  

  I Remember Sunnyside - The Rise & Fall of a Magical Era
  

  - Mike Filey - Dundurn Press, Toronto ON, 1996, ISBN 1-55002-274-1
  

  Lines of Country: An Atlas of Railway and Waterway History in Canada
  

  - Christopher Andreae - The Boston Mills Press, Erin ON, 1997, ISBN 1-55046-133-8
  

  Mind The Doors, Please! - A Story of Toronto and Its Streetcars
  

  - Larry Partidge - The Boston Mills Press, Erin ON, 1983, ISBN 0-919822-62-2
  

  Not A One Horse Town - 125 Years of Toronto and Its Streetcars
  

  - Mike Filey - Privately published, Toronto ON, 1986, ISBN 0-9691501-1-3
  

  Picture Story - Public Transportation In Toronto - Toronto Transportation Commission, Toronto ON
  

  "Passengers Must Not Ride On Fenders" - Filey / Howard / Weyerstrahs - Green Tree, Toronto ON, 1974
  

  PCC Cars of North America - Dr. Harold E. Cox - Community Press, 1963
  

  PCC From Coast to Coast - Fred W. Schneider III and Stephen P. Carlson - Interurban Press (Special 86),
  

  Glendale CA, 1983, ISBN 0-916374-57-2 / LCCCN 83-10661
  

  PCC The Car That Fought Back - Stephen P. Carlson and Fred W. Schneider III - Interurban Press (Special 64),
  

  Glendale CA, 1980, ISBN 0-916374-41-6 / LCCCN 80-81312
  

  Rails From The Junction - The Story of the Toronto Suburban Railway
  

  - James V. Salmon - Lyon Productions, Toronto ON, 1970
  

  Riding the Radials - Toronto's Suburban Electric Streetcar Lines
  

  - Robert M. Stamp - The Boston Mills Press, Erin ON, 1989, ISBN 1-55046-008-0
  

  Street Railways of Toronto 1861-1921 (Interurbans Special 25)
  

  - Louis H. Pursley - Interurbans / Ira L. Swett, Los Angeles CA, 1958
  

  Street Railways Toronto: 1861 to 1930
  

  - J. William Hood - co-published by Maps Project & the Eastern Canada Traction Club,
  

     Toronto ON, 1999, ISBN 1-894371-06-2
  

  Streetcar Builders of Canada - Volume One
  

  - William Bailey and Douglas Parker, CRHA, Montreal QC, 2002, ISBN: 0-9730219-0-X
  

          - The Ontario Car and Foundry Company
  

          - The Preston Car & Coach Company
  

          - The Tillsonburg Electric Car Company
  

  The Birney Car - Harold E. Cox
  

  View a full copy of The Birney Car on-line,
  or the page listing the Toronto cars.
  Please note that each page is its own GIF file which may take a while to download
  depending on your computer's speed and the type of internet connection.

  The Intercity Electric Railway Industry in Canada
  

  - John F. Due - University of Toronto Press, Toronto ON, 1966
  

  The TTC Story - The First Seventy-five Years
  

  - Mike Filey - Dundurn Press, Toronto ON, 1996, ISBN 1-55002-244-X
  

  The Toronto Civic Railways - An Illustrated History
  

  - J. William Hood - Upper Canada Railway Society, Toronto ON, 1986, ISBN 0-921429-06-1
  

  The Toronto Trolley Car Story 1921-1961 (Interurbans Special 29)
  

  - Louis H. Pursley - Interurbans / Ira L. Swett, Los Angeles CA, 1961
  

  The Trolley Coach In North America (Interurbans Special 59)
  

  - Mac Sebree and Paul Ward - Interurbans / Ira L. Swett, Los Angeles CA, 1974, LCCCN 74-20367
  

  The Witts - An Affectionate Look At Toronto's Original Red Rockets
  

  - Larry Partidge - The Boston Mills Press, Erin ON, 1982, ISBN 0-919822-74-6
  

  Toronto Trolleys In Color
  

  - Kenneth C. Springirth - Morning Sun Books, Inc., Scotch Plains SC, 2010, ISBN 1-58248-281-0
  

  Transit in Toronto
  

  - Toronto Transit Commission, Toronto ON, 1967, no ISBN
  

  Transit in Toronto
  

  - Toronto Transit Commission, Toronto ON, 1969, ISBN unknown (hc), unknown (sc)
  

  Transit in Toronto
  

  - Toronto Transit Commission, Toronto ON, 1971, ISBN unknown (hc), unknown (sc)
  

  Transit in Toronto
  

  - Toronto Transit Commission, Toronto ON, 1976, ISBN unknown (hc), unknown (sc)
  

  Transit in Toronto
  

  - Toronto Transit Commission, Toronto ON, 1982, ISBN 0-9691148-0-X (hc), 0-9691148-1-8 (sc)
  

  Transit in Toronto
  

  - Toronto Transit Commission, Toronto ON, 1987, ISBN unknown (hc), unknown (sc)
  

  Transit's Stepchild The Trolley Coach (Interurbans Special 58)
  

  - Mac Sebree and Paul Ward - Interurbans / Ira L. Swett, Los Angeles CA, 1973, LCCCN 73-84356
  

  TTC '28 - The Electric Railway Services of the Toronto Transportation Commission in 1928
  

  - John F. Bromley - Upper Canada Railway Society, Toronto ON, 1968
  

  Wheels of Progress: A Story of the Development of Toronto and its Public Transportation Services
  

  - Toronto Transportation Commission, Toronto ON, Various years

VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS====

• 50 Years of the PCC Car in Toronto - #163 September 1988 page 6
  
• Peter Witt Streetcar No. 2300 - #82 June/Summer 1980 page 12
  
• The TTC starts up, and the Peter Witts' Introduction - #194 October 1991 page 9
  
• Toronto's Bay Carline - #83 September 1980 page 8
  
• Toronto's Big Snow of '44 - #226 December 1994 page 8
  
• Where From Did That Streetcar Come... - #88 February 1981 page 4

• Winding Its Way Into Our Hearts: A Brief History Of The Street Car In Toronto - #416 May-June 1990 page 102
  
• The End of PCC Street Car Service in Toronto - #450 January-February 1996 page 22

The Canadian Railroad Historical Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, published a newsletter that contained items pertaining to the Toronto public transit scene. An index of articles, and issues they were in, can be found at C.R.H.A. Archives and collections.

• The Toronto Transportation Commission Acquires Two Bus Companies - August 1927 page 487
  
• Conversion of Witt Cars to Pay-Enter-Type, by Toronto Transportation Commission - October 1932 page 521

• Improved Exterior Painting Scheme for T.T.C. Cars - August 1939
  
• Toronto Property Receives New P.C.C. Cars - March 1945 page 152
  
• Details of Toronto's Proposed Subway System - April 1945 page 205
  
• More Canadian Car-Brill Buses for Toronto - January 1947 page 41
  
• Trolley Coach Operation Begins in Toronto - July 1947 page 396
  
• The "All-electric" P.C.C. Cars for Toronto - March 1948 page 141
  
• More street cars for Toronto - June 1948 page ?
  
• Trolley Coach Operation Experience in Toronto - December 1948 page 669
  
• The Toronto Transportation Commission - June 1949 page 311
  
• New P.C.C. Cars in Toronto - May 1951 page 261
  
• Toronto Bids Farewell to Wooden Street Cars - May 1951 page 265
  
• Rapid Transit Cars for Toronto - March 1952 page 139
  
• Rapid Transit Service Nears in Toronto - December 1953 page 705

• Toronto Transit Commission Equipment Handbook

• Various issues of the ERA HEADLIGHTS
  
• April 1966 Vol. 28 No. 4 - full issue devoted to the Toronto Transit Commission
  Articles include: - Bloor-Danforth Opens
  ------------------------ The Peter Witts of Toronto (complete with roster)
  ------------------------ TTC Streetcar System Reshaped
  ------------------------ PCC Roster
  ------------------------ Greenwood Car Shop
  ------------------------ Bloor: End of an Era
  
  

  July-September 1997 Vol. 59 No. 7-9 - The Legacy of Peter Witt to the Street Railway Industry

• Toronto yesterday and tomorrow - North America's largest system - #102 August 1973
  
• Toronto in HO - #107 January 1974
  
• New LRV's for Toronto - #153 March 1978

• All About TTC's Track Rehabilitation Program 1921-1924 - UCRS Newsletter #308 September 1971 page 131
  
• Bulletin 26 - The Toronto Civic Railways Merged With Toronto Railway Co. to Form T.T.C. September 1, 1921;
  
  T.T.C. cars 2120-2126, 2128-2166 and 2168-2192
  

  Bulletin 24 - T.T.C. cars 2200-2214 and 2216-2264
  

  Bulletin 28 - T.T.C. cars 1170-1308
  

  Bulletin 30 - T.T.C. cars 4550-4574 and 4575-4601
  

  Bulletin 32 - T.T.C. cars 151-155
  

  Bulletin 40 - North Yonge Railways
  

  Bulletin 42 - T.T.C. trailer cars 2701-3029 (odd)
  

  Bulletin 44 - T.T.C. cars 409-416
  

  Bulletin 48 - T.T.C. cars 2580-2678
  

  Bulletin 51 - T.T.C. cars 211-213
  

  Bulletin 55 - T.T.C. trailer cars 2301-2419 (odd)
  

  Traction Special No. 2 - Sweeper and Snow Plow Routes
  

  The TTC P.C.C. Story - UCRS Newsletter #214 November 1963 - (complete issue)
  

  The Radial Railways of North Yonge Street - UCRS Newsletter #326 March-April 1973 - (20 pages)

In addition to issuing periodic 'Bulletins', the Upper Canada Railway Society also produced their monthly 'Newsletter'. This first appeared in 1945 and contained news of railway and public transit, primarily in and around the Toronto and Southern Ontario area. Numerous issues included items pertaining to the Toronto Transportation Commission, and later, the Toronto Transit Commission. Early in 1973, it became a bi-monthly. Beginning with the January-February 1976 issue, the name was changed to 'Rail and Transit'. Copies of the 'Newsletter', and 'Rail and Transit', are on file at the Metro Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON, M4W 2G8.

• Report of Messrs. Jacobs & Davies on Street Railway Transportation in the City of Toronto, dated August 25th, 1910
  
  - This report is pre-T.T.C. but interesting none the less.
  

  T.T.C. Peter Witt - Railmodel Magazine April 1971 page 3 (Article includes S & HO plans for a small Peter Witt car.)
  

  Toronto's PCC's - Railroad Model Craftsman May 1972 page 46
  

  Toronto's Class F Four-Wheeled Streetcars - Model Railroader June 1972 page 48

• Canada's First Subway - The Toronto Rapid Transit Cars
  
  The BEPCO Journal Vol. 10 No. 4 published by Bepco Canada Ltd., Montreal, PQ

AUDIO RECORDING

• The Sound of Streetcars - HRN Productions - 33 1/3 RPM Recording
  
  (This vinyl recording is available at the Halton County Radial Railway Museum, Milton, ON)

VIDEO

• Blizzard of '92 - Last of the Trolleys - (90 mins.) - Video Classics
  
  Last days of operation of Toronto's Flyer trolley coaches as well as footage taken on a Queen Street CLRV during the
  
  worst snowstorm of the year.
  

  Farewell to Toronto PCC's - (2 hrs.) - GPS Video Last week of PCC operation in Toronto.
  

  PCC Cars in Toronto - (60 mins.) - Neff Video Covers routes operating in 1974.
  

  Red Rocket Farewell - (90 mins.) - Video Classics Final week of PCC operation in Toronto.
  

  Ride a Canadian LRV and PCC on Toronto's Dundas & Harbourfront Lines - (75 mins.) - Carson Home Video
  

  Roncesvalles (1895-1995) 100th Anniversary - (62 mins.) - GPS Video
  

  The Bloor - Danforth Line: From Streetcars to Subway - (60 mins.) - GPS Video
  

  The TTC Story - The First 75 Years - (2 hrs.) - GPS Video
  

  Toronto ETB's - 1991-1993 - (2 hr.) - GPS Video
  

  Features Toronto's Flyer and leased Edmonton GM / Brown Boveri trolley buses.
  

  Also includes footage of the Brill's and Marmon-Herrington's.
  

  Toronto's Lansdowne Carhouse - 1911-1996 - (60 mins.) - GPS Video
  

  Includes footage of lines operating from this division which closed in February 1996.
  

  Toronto Peter Witts - The Final Days - (70 mins.) - Video Classics
  

  Toronto's Yonge Line - Trailer Trains to Subway - (60 mins.) - GPS Video
  

  Trolleys of Eastern Canada - (50 mins.) - Sunday River Productions
  

  Includes footage of Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa streetcar operations.

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