The Tokyo Rose Subway Car (HALLOWEEN SPECIAL)

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@Pensyfan19 Ай бұрын

Fascinating video! The NYC Subway system where I'm from has a similar garbage train operation that runs during certain nights, but this usually involves diesel engines and flatcars in addition to a modified R62A (known as an R127), as the modified subway cars never runs as a solo unit. Shame that more subway systems don't use garbage trains like these, as they're also a good way to move freight on these systems.

@TheNewTriStateGuy Ай бұрын

You can also find the R65, which is a modified R62 used for pump and generator service.

@metropod Ай бұрын

We don’t use the diesel fleet for picking up station trash, only as power for the vacuum trains. Also, the trash trains on the B division tend 5:22 to be these days powered by R42 class cars, as the R127s don’t have air conditioning.

@TheNewTriStateGuy Ай бұрын

@@metropod I was not talking about garbage or vacuum trains

@singing4fun Ай бұрын

I saw Tokyo Rose when I was a teenager. I remember being fascinated with how different it looked, as compared to the other subway cars.

@wondermenel2811 Ай бұрын

bro thinks hes a submarine

@AK.__ Ай бұрын

Great video, thank you! I was so in hope that it still exists somewhere, till the end of the video that made it clear.

@TrainzNS_NYCHeritageUnit2K9 Ай бұрын

Awesome Documentary, it’s sad to see that it’s scrapped. Happy Halloween Halton.

@canadianrailfanproductions7630 Ай бұрын

Nice Brief Documentary about a rather Unusual Job the TTC did Halton, 🎃Happy Halloween🎃

@Rebelnightwolfe Ай бұрын

It's pronounced Nee-pon SHAR-RII-OH. When pronouncing the "rii" syllable make sure your tongue taps the roof of your mouth at the tooth-gum line at the same time as it is spoken. :) GREAT video by the way! Not often that we see a train car with circular windows outside of japan's luxury line trains.

@julianhudson7811 Ай бұрын

NGL I really love the design of RT-10, especially the circular windows. It’s a shame that the TTC didn’t order similar designed railcars for passenger use.

@77769 Ай бұрын

Just to fill in a gap at 3:51 : Two Gloucester cars (5100 & 5101) were the ones converted to a Garbage Train. They were shopped on June 10, 1987 and outshopped on November 6, 1987.

@DanTheCaptain Ай бұрын

Some of those shots of the Tokyo Rose in stations give some serious Silver Pilen vibes

@mozeskertesz6398 Ай бұрын

They should have kept it either as a motorized box car or a staff car after a thorough refurbishment. Or clean it and send it to the museum.

@martingr0ve64 Ай бұрын

4:23 There's actually a photo of the units that caught on fire in the TransitToronto article named "The 2000 Subway Fire and Aftermath". Should also mention that the models involved were a converted H1 married pair that partially replaced the Tokyo Rose. They were designated as RT-9 and RT-10 leading to the Tokyo Rose being re-designated into RT-10a due to this. After the fire, RT-10 was salvaged and re-married to another retired H1 car that became the 2nd RT-9. As mentioned, TTC stopped garbage train collecting considering garbage in general is a fire hazard, and that first and only incident with the garbage trains was pretty notable. Considering the Tokyo Rose was only meant for garbage collecting, it's likely the reason they sent it off for scrap rather than keeping it around. The H1 cars were both for asbestos abatement and garbage collecting leading them to just become asbestos abatement cars before they got replaced by retired H4 cars in the mid-late 2010s. It kind of sucks they didn't keep the Tokyo Rose, not just for it being a unique model in the system, but also since it was outsourced from Japan. But the TTC has something against preserving subway history for some odd reason, even though we were the first city in Canada to get a subway line. It also didn't help this oddball was something the general public barley knew about, lacking any significance beyond the TTC itself and railfans. Albeit not for passenger service, it's interesting to know that the Tokyo Rose had wider side doors 3 decades before the T1s rolled out into service in 1996, lol. Overall nice video.

@SleepTrain456 28 күн бұрын

I found this quite an informative video! Now, I know how "Tokyo Rose" came to be, what happened to it, what the other garbage cars in Toronto were, and even how uncanny its appearances were. Also, I found it quite strange that it has the same name as a World War II propaganda group, and now, I see I'm not the only one. Thanks for the video!

@Transit-Gaming Ай бұрын

Wow, this is my first time hearing about this, and yes it sucks that the Tokyo Rose wasn't preserved by the TTC.

@Lower_Mainland_Railfan Ай бұрын

Cool Video And Happy Halloween! 🎃👻

@Alt1229_Transit Ай бұрын

2:43 "Toronto Rockets" bro that's the actual name of the trains that currently runs on Line 1 and 4

@haweater1555 Ай бұрын

Because the Tokyo Rose "train" is so short, it is subject to being stranded powerless in gaps in the third rail in track switches. In this case, it carries a long jumper cable that can be unwound to clamp unto a powered rail if needed to get itself unstuck.

@metropod Ай бұрын

They train all newly hired NYCTA operating employees on doing that… when it was my turn the darn thing started to melt, sticking to the third rail. Had to give it one solid yank to pull it off.

@TexasSoCalRailfan9021 Ай бұрын

Nice documentary and Happy Halloween! 🎃

@Evil_breakfast Ай бұрын

I knew I’d missed the last train when I saw Tokyo Rose when I was a teen in the 90s

@rob-time Ай бұрын

I remember that car. I also remember when the cars were red with institution green interior, with red vinyl seats and round lights inside that would flash on and off. You could open the windows on the cars as they sped through the tunnels then too. Oh, and it cost only a dime to ride.

@thomashattey8037 Ай бұрын

In the late 90s used te subway near closing and saw both TR and RT39 In the 60s you could see TR in the Davisville yards.

@jamescartier8728 Ай бұрын

I've never heard someone pronounce "Gloucester" or "Davisville" like this

@TheRandCrews Ай бұрын

For real i was like they had subway announcements pronouncing Davisville, maybe it’s a Spadina pronounciation all over again.

@TheRandCrews Ай бұрын

Missed opportunity to use Idle Eyes - Tokyo Rose chime, both canadian classics

@sessionfiddler Ай бұрын

Uncanny is an interesting word to use. It just looked odd with its big round incandescent lights that were lower on the Kelvin temp scale and horn that sounded like a low whistle rather than a trumpet while the inside had stark white lighting shining through those circular windows. St. Joseph's hospital's patient elevator also had that same round window and stark white OR theatre lighting too.

@Canleaf08 Ай бұрын

Tokyo Rose? there was an 80s Canadian song, which someone on the Q107 dares to play some times….

@namm0x326 Ай бұрын

I suspect the tokyo rose name is a joke about garbage in, garbage out

@retro_wizard Ай бұрын

I always thought the “Tokyo rose” name was given to the car in the 80s, after the Canadian pop song of the same name

@countryboyiloveu420 Ай бұрын

Honestly, i thought these existed in my dreams. I didn’t know they’d exist in real life. The windows look vastly different tho…

@ThompsonSteamtrain Ай бұрын

the train car reminds me of the Lego Spider-man 2 set 4855

@pennsy6755 Ай бұрын

1:18 MAFIA 2 SONG REFRENCED. WE ARE GOING 100 IN EMPIRE BAY TONIGHT BOYS

@dipstiksubaru3246 Ай бұрын

I'm sorry for the new TTC subway cars 😅. Built a few of them when I got transferred to the Rocket line when the bilevel contract was done.

@ryleighloughty3307 Ай бұрын

It's a great name!

@wingsandbladesreal Ай бұрын

I feel so sad for the train... if she had emotions... she would be holding back tears...

@YukariAkiyamaTanks Ай бұрын

The Sp00py rose.

@trainluvr Ай бұрын

You mispronounced Danforth. WHY?!?

@TheRandCrews Ай бұрын

more like how

@jadencoombs1696 Ай бұрын

Hey cowl are you aware that there’s a new Lionel catalog out?

@cowlunitproductions2004 Ай бұрын

I havent forgotten about it, dont worry... just been busy with other projects

@railfandepotproductions Ай бұрын

Never was fond of the historically inaccurate analog horror aesthetics in the VHS(?) sections of the documentary Also reminder to not break the flow of the documentary with post editing cuts that feel out of place

@cowlunitproductions2004 Ай бұрын

I dont personally believe the VHS aesthetics is meant to be 100% accurate, as i was trying to experiment with different filters and such. But I get where your coming from with the post editing cuts and how it messes with the tone. Thanks for pointing them out 👍

@stuew6 Ай бұрын

I start working ttc after it Ret because a Garbage Fire.

@PowerTrain611 Ай бұрын

Aluminium... Do they say it that way in Canada too? I thought that was a British thing... Taking influence from the motherland, I guess?

@pkguy3 Ай бұрын

No we don't and we don't spell it that way either. It's pronounced the same as in the states. It's an affectation to say it the British way in Canada if you're not British

@PowerTrain611 Ай бұрын

@pkguy3 Oof. I heard him say it and was like "huh, that's odd..." 😆