Fleet
TCR began service in 1911 with all wooden cars and acquire steel cars in 1917.
Make/Model | Description | Fleet size | Year acquired | Year retired | Notes |
McGuire-Cummings Manufacturing Company (Paris, Illinois) | wood double end double truck closed electric streetcar | 4 | 1912 | 1936 | later reclassified as 1-4 Group A (later TTC Class I) |
Niles Car and Manufacturing Company (Niles, Ohio) | wood double end double truck closed electric streetcar | 20 | 1913 | 1948 | #100-#119 later classified as Group B (later TTC Class H, H1, H3) |
Preston Car Company (Preston, Ontario) | wood double end single truck closed electric streetcar | 8 | 1915-17 | N/A | later reclassified as 50-57 Group D (later TTC Class F) Used as scrapers, grinders, and in subway service as grinders. |
Preston Car Company (Preston, Ontario) | Steel, arch roof, double end, double truck closed electric streetcar | 13 | 1918 | 1948-9 | later TTC class J. Steel double-ended cars used on Weston Rd. and Spadina, and on shuttle services. |
J.G. Brill and Company (Philadelphia, PA) Birney | Birney cars, 60-84. Steel, double end single truck closed streetcar. | 25 | 1920 | 1920s, 1940s | (later TTC Class G); sold 3 to Cornwall (1926), 8 to Halifax (1927) and another 14 (1941) |
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