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The TTC Streetcar has always been a part of life in the Beach . Here we see a Presidents Conference Car , designed in 1929   and used as by the TTC till the mid 1990's. Here turning in to the Nevelle Loop from Queen street in the 1970's  

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Here is a Toronto PPC  Street car in the 70's at Wineva and Queen . The Beach became more developed and a popular place to live with regular streetcar service and was known as a street car suburb of Toronto.

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This PCC seen here at Lee and Queen in the mid 70's is of the A7 series ordered by the TTC in 1948. This Car has a Coupler on the front that allowed it to run as a Multiple Unit with two cars coupled together. Although a second person was still need to take fare   

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Here we see the same scene with the TTC ALRV Streetcar which now run on the 501 line , The tracks were straighten for the longer turning radius on the longer articulated streetcar and paved for the TTC service vehicles and the DownTowner shuttle bus.


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Here is the same scene today , Not much has changed, other then the homes on the south side of  Queen have been converted from residential to commercial . 


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Here is how it looks now , The ALRV is the end result of the Multiple Unit idea and Queen Street carries much more passengers then it did in the 1970's.   The ALRV is slated for replacement in two years by a new vehicle .