It won't be long for ION in Cambridge.

Best heritage railway (and museum) in Ontario hands down!

Great place to visit!

Great footage!

Congratulations! I had so much fun visiting back in the 90s. Time to come back.

I met Ray Neilson standing at the tracks at the recently-completed Spadina Streetcar line, nice man. He wasn't sure I was a streetcar geek at first, but then I rang off all kinds of facts and he gave me a vintage streetcar transfer. RIP Ray.

0:49:- correction, air-electrics were the only cars used on Dundas from WW2 to 1966 when they were retired en masse with the opening of the Crosstown subway. Ditto for Queen and King; Ditto for Harbord from the opening of the Yonge subway until 1966, likewise for Carlton. All the air-electrics operated out of only Roncesvalles and Russell and Lansdowne car-houses and all the streetcars at Roncesvalles were exclusively air-electrics from ca 1954 to 1966.

Outstanding video. I’ve been a member for years but I’m way overdue to visit.

I visited the place back in 2006 with a friend.

at 2:25+ there is a streetcar exiting Cedarvale Ave onto eastbound Danforth:- it looks like a "Y" but actually they were testing the new temporary streetcar loop at Woodbine Station which was closed after May 11/68 when the extensions opened:- more tram trivia for all you addled Toronto streetcar fanatics! The guy with the switch-point lever is there to reset the trolley pole if it slips off the very new overhead installation which was subsequently dismantled by summer of 1968. Btw, when the new "Crosstown" opened on Feb 26/66 the TTC did something so shockingly amazing:- at Keele Stn they were giving away a subway token to each person who came to test-ride the new line on a Saturday morning:- it was a truly big event in Toronto that day, almost as popular as a hockey game (at a time when the Maple Leafs still managed to win the Stanley Cup). 🙂

Yes, those were the days, having it on with the most popular lady in the city:- Jane Bloor!!! 😃

Congratulations on 70 years! I only wish that efforts out here in BC were as successful. The biggest single factor is the volunteers themselves. Treat them right and they stay and will be committed and involved. Build a community where all kinds of people are welcome, and what you get is a lasting legacy.

How does one get to the museum without a car?

Glad I could make it!

I toured the museum in 1997 and came home with a handful of books, lots of photos, and great memories. One such memory was the ride in one of your big interurbans. I was chatting with the operator as we were heading east through the wooded area and I asked him how fast the thing could go. He said it had the capacity to literally "jump the tracks", however he kinda looked around, and then said "Tell you what...let's see what we can do..." and WOW!... if that interurban had wings it would have flown. It's a ride I won't forget. I definitely plan to make it back there again someday.

I think the first line of the description should read "It's been 70 . . . on June 25th, 1954".

CONGRATULATIONS. We visited 2 weeks ago, for the first time in several years. We didn't realise you had your aniversay this weekend or we would have made an effort to attend. Well done on all your achievements.

I've been there a number of times and always been impressed by the facility and the dedication of the members. Kudos on celebrating 70yrs.

I had a great time at their 70th Anniversary Celebrations yesterday! 😀

Great place to visit no doubt!

Congrats!

Halton County may not be big but hands down is in the Premier Division of railway museums in Canada.

Happy 70th anniversary!!!!!

Thank heavens Canada followed the US's orders and eradicated public transit...except, of course, for buses stuck in traffic. All hail Big Oil!

Our son lives in Cambridge and when we visit from the U.K. we try and visit the museum, great venue......................

I didn't realize that the museum used wide gauge .as all ttc rolling stock Is.

it’s ironic that a museum that has decades worth of timeless transit vehicles isn’t accessible by transit. But still cool collection, just gotta figure how i’ll get there

The 1st Generation of the UTDC ICTS Mk1 Skytrains in Vancouver are already 40 years old & are gonna start retiring. I feel like some Mk1s should be preserved & sent to HCRR not only due to their history of the revolutionary ICTS technology but also due to the fact that the Mk1s were also built in Ontario. Hopefully HCRR could spare some space for at least a 2-car Mk1 trainset. I'm sure railfans would love to see some preserved Mk1s especially those from Toronto since TTC's Line 3 is gone.

This was my second visit here last September and from southern interior of BC. Thoroughly enjoyed my time here, my grandfather worked for the TTC for 30 years and I remember he got his gold card to ride for free, as a youngster I would ride on line 1 and 2 and always ride up front with him, many happy memories

1:45 CLRV lol

This is the most amazing promotional video! Thank you for posting this to all platforms!

0:57 TTC CLRV is survived from scrap heap 😊I used to ride those

Dundas streetcar went right by my house 😮

Those old extended streetcars look great.

No tents

Awesome historic video.

I took the grand kits to the museum and they had a ball and…so did my wife and I. an excellent video and a fun place to visit. 👍 😀

My god. It looks like service was every 30 seconds back then.

Parts along Kingston Road remain almost the same. Different businesses and paintjobs but very similar. King looking west from Bay, there's nothing left from that view.

Cool! The tiling on the Tamblyn frontage was there until 2022. Not a big thing but it lasted quite awhile.

Nice! Still a bit of track behind Woodbine station on Strathmore. Not as much as before because they removed the bit that was on Cedarvale.

Neat seeing Dufferin and King before drug culture took over. Every bar on that block is crawling with addicts and dealers today. Friendly people but all working through issues. My family lived in Parkdale from the 1800s until the 1950s. Lots of stories and the stories continue.

I recall seeing the 4000 at the Ex in ‘88. It was the first time I saw one of the first generation versions. I grew up in the 70s riding the subsequent PCCs until they were subbed out by the CLRVs.

Great museum to visit!👍

It's well worth a visit to Halton County Radial Railway Museum. Lots of history and much to enjoy!

Cool. Was there actually air in those tires or are they solid rubber? Wherever could you get replacements?

Beautiful video! The colour is amazing, thanks for sharing this.

great to see it moving, can't wait for Christmas

Truly an odd little vehicle ….

So cool 😎!