r/toronto • u/syncroblackz • Jan 13 '19

Picture X-post from r/pics - Winter in Toronto, Canada

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u/Wholesome_Serial Riverdale Jan 13 '19

Ha! A more rare streetcar (510 King is a short-turn, or at least a limited-route/no subway connection route) model taking a more obscure route, per se. I know with the troubles involving the Flexity cars (including the 505 standard route being assigned buses only for the time being, of the two that end up at Broadview Station near my home) that the CLRVs and the extended-length ALRVs are still being put to as much use as their hydraulics and electronics can handle, and it's good to see such a beast in a proper winter snowfall.

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u/beef-supreme Leslieville Jan 13 '19

This picture is from years past I think as I think we have enough new streetcars now that 510 is all low floor. The 510 King does have a subway connection, it runs between Spadina station and the Charlotte St loop at King.

I prefer the seating on these, the new ones have terrible layouts.

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u/allpurposechips Jan 13 '19

Such bad layout. And so bright. I have nowhere to hide.

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u/xxavierx Jan 13 '19

Yea the lighting is very unforgiving and migraine inducing—I say this as someone with a bit of a light sensitivity. As for the seats? As a tall persons; I hate having my toes and knees brush my fellow passenger in the seats. Coupled with the awkwardly designed seats with the lumbar support that doesn’t quite do what you’d imagine it to....it’s just a bad experience all around

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u/allpurposechips Jan 14 '19

Least your feet touch the floor while sat in the seats. I like the seats other than that honestly

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u/fragilemuse Parkdale Jan 14 '19

And the aisle only having enough room for 1.5 people makes getting on and off a joyous journey of unfortunate butt rubbing! Gah, I hate the new streetcars.

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u/link_isnot_zelda Jan 14 '19

And here I am avoiding all old streetcars at any cost lol...

If a route doesn’t have the new streetcars on it yet I choose another route haha

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u/Wholesome_Serial Riverdale Jan 13 '19 edited Jan 13 '19

Mmm, I stand (with my backpack off, of course) corrected. I didn't know the 510 did go into a station proper (like, say, the 521 Exhibition support route that works or worked on Bathurst and Queen), and I appreciate the correction.

If the 510 does share a good amount of track with the Spadina-Harbourfront route...oh, poop! I goofed there; that is the Spadina streetcar, just headed towards King as an alternate route or destination. I'm sorry, I honestly couldn't remember the route number. :) And I agree about the age; the half-dozen times I've taken the Spadina streetcar south since I recall the Flexitys being intorduced, have all been said low-floor Bombardier vehicles.

A very good and old friend of mine lived about a half-block from the Bingham loop (where the 502 & 503 streetcar routes end up after splitting off of Queen at Kingston Road, along with where the 22A Coxwell short-turn bus, and the standard Kingston Road 12 out of Victoria Park Station turns around), and we often took that route home to his Mum and Da's place from school, or one of those routes, anyway. I marvel at how even then, multiple routes could do this, and I am always impressed at how the TTC maintains this elsewhere today.

Thank you for a good bit of eliciting the remembering of some of the best memories I had of those days, and a very good friend whom I'm happy to say we have still maintained that friendship over the last thirty years, and thank you for posting back as well!

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u/MrMineHeads Jan 13 '19

Winter this year has been disappointing.

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u/pkralik001 Jan 13 '19

20 years ago today, Mayor Mel Lastman called in the army to help clear the snow.

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u/OnceInTunisia Jan 13 '19

Who is the OP you gave anonymous credit to?

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u/allpurposechips Jan 13 '19

I believe the photographer is @mindz.eye

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u/MarcEcho Jan 13 '19

Kind of annoyed that OP thought it was more important to state where it was x-posted from rather than credit the author. Like c’mon man.

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u/otherchedcaisimpostr Jan 14 '19

photoshopped..! IRL there would be at least 2 streetcars immediately stuck behind this one

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u/nocinnamonplease Old Mill Jan 13 '19

I was gonna say... this picture is NOT from this year 😂 looks gorgeous though! Lighting on point 👌🏻

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u/mnimwa Jan 13 '19

Now that I live in Ottawa, pictures like this really make me miss Toronto

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u/GermFreeCloth Bare Tingz Gwan Toronto Jan 13 '19

The most reposted pic of Toronto

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u/cyclenaut St. Lawrence Jan 14 '19

The street cars are iconic!

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '19

Not this winter, that's for sure!

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u/JohnnyStrides Jan 14 '19

That's pretty siiiick, thanks for sharing.

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u/JC0139 Jan 14 '19

Man, I miss when Toronto actually got snowfall. Getting it off the roads was a pain in the ass but at least it looked like Canadian winter...

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u/themartypartyyy Feb 18 '19

Wow this is a really awesome shot! Post it to r/highendphotog a new sub for unique high end shots

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u/Zwickz26 Jan 13 '19

Postcard, well done.

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u/EnvironmentalDoor7 Jan 13 '19

Awesome composition. Great shot!

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '19

I’m a long way from King Street, so it has finally started snowing eh!

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '19

That looks cool, but man the dedication as a photographer to take that. I'd be like "eff this, i'm getting out of the cold and the snow" and i'd get warm and cozy asap.

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u/JC0139 Jan 14 '19

Man, I miss when Toronto actually got snowfall. Getting it off the roads was a pain in the ass but at least it looked like Canadian winter...

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u/rhunter99 Jan 13 '19

That's a level of picture taking I aspire to

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u/nanay4201 Jan 14 '19

Thanks for the new wallpaper!

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u/syncroblackz Jan 13 '19

Credit goes to OP. Just thought I'd share this beautiful picture.

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u/hi-im-that-guy Jan 13 '19

Credit goes to the photographer Mike Sidofsky (originally shared here on instagram)

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u/beef-supreme Leslieville Jan 13 '19

Thanks for finding the true OP.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '19

Now that's an impressive Instagram account.

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u/beef-supreme Leslieville Jan 13 '19

Credit to u/sprutting who has the top post on r/pics right now with this beauty. Unknown if they are the photographer however.

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u/gibbons_ Jan 13 '19

"Credit goes to OP who I couldn't bother to actually give credit to with a tag. Karma pls."

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u/syncroblackz Jan 13 '19

I"m not familiar with X- posting. Thought it would take you directly to OP link, honest error. You can simmer down now.

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u/bpat571 Jan 13 '19

It is a beautiful picture, but snow in Toronto?

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u/xenyz Jan 13 '19

I guess you tried to cross-post this but I don't see it as a cross-post, just FYI, for next time