I really liked what
commanderteddog was doing with Week of Toronto and decided to take my camera to work and sneak some photos as I went. Tragically the day went overcast and I was never really given the time to set up nice shots so these are all from the hip, gritty photos.
Day 4!

Roncesvalles Streetcar Yard Part 1. This is looking north across the Queensway just west of Roncesvalles and Queen Street West. Here you can see the Carhouse. In a another hour the only Street cars that will be sitting there are the broken down ones. At night the yard is packed and there's hardly room to fit any more.

Roncie Yard Part 2. This photo is just to the right of the previous. You can see the beginning of the platform to catch the Queen car running into the downtown. The brown building is our division. Its where I report everyday, chat with the other drivers, get lectured by the management and sign my work every six weeks. As you can see parking is precarious and basically you park where ever the streetcars don't go. There's little dotted lines to let you know if your car will be crushed or if it will be safe!

Humber Loop! Not very photogenic. My Monday work is only Humber to Neville Park and back again three times. You can see people waiting for the Long Branch car which goes further west along the Lakeshore. You can see the tail end of my Streetcar to the right! No time to stand around I got to move!

Neville Park - This is looking West down Queen out in the The Beach. The Beach! Bah I like the name The Beaches more. Look at any historical map of Toronto and that huge beach strip use to be multiple beaches each with their own name. So historically is The Beaches. But a neighbourhood referendum several years ago decided that it would just be the Beach. There's my streetcar. It was a good car.

When I turned around from the previous photo I see the back of the famous
R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant! This guy was nuts. He was head of Public Works back in the 30s and 40s and comissioned this Art Deco Cathedral to water treatment! Featured in the novel "In the Skin of a Lion" by Michael Odaatje which is where I first learned about it! I read it for a course at UoT.

Driver's View, looking Westbound over the Don Valley towards downtown. My streetcar is stopped waiting for the cars to turn left onto King. I took it quick and poorly and it blurred. I wanted to get the skyline. You can see the big red button on the bottom right which is my Emergency Propulsion Shutoff. To be only used in Emergencies!

Queen and Spadina. Facing west. I'm waiting for the light. I took this so you can switches and all the changes of directions you can do at this intersection. This is one of the few intersections where you can come from and go in any direction as a streetcar. Very few of these. King and Bathurst is another one like that.
And that's all I could get! Since I start in the afternoon I don't have that much light in my shift. Hope you enjoyed this Streetcar edition!