PCC 4536 rests in Bingham Loop on a fantrip. Its special paint scheme certainly made it look distinctive. Much of the body was painted deep blue, with red, white and blue stripes around its middle, an off-white roof and a picture of Toronto's City Hall near the front on its left side.

On the same railfan trip, PCC 4545 (nicknamed here 'Old Blue') prepares to 'loop-the-loop' at Bingham Loop. This PCC belonged in the same class as 4500 and 4549, the two remaining PCCs on the Toronto system that are still capable of carrying passengers.

Old Blue enters Woodbine Loop of Kingston Road, preparing for another photo shoot.

At the outlet of Woodbine Loop, onto Queen Street, Old Blue meets up with a short-turning CLRV. The two paint schemes offer a sharp contrast.

Here, Old Blue II (4536) is seen here paying a visit to old Exhibition Loop.

Here, Old Blue turns from King Street southbound onto Dufferin. Up to this point, specially painted streetcars were a rarity, likely because the vinyl covering that transforms today's advertisement vehicles wasn't in wide use at the time. This car and the other sesquicentennial streetcars were all specially painted for the occasion, likely making their transformation a lot more costly.

Rob tells me that, on this charter, the passengers were transferred from Old Blue onto PCC 4481. Here, this car poses at Dufferin Loop. This picture is included to illustrate again the striking differences in colour.

This photograph, which appeared as a postcard released by the TTC, shows CLRV 4005 decorated for the Ontario Bicentennial celebrations. This car (last of the Swiss built CLRV prototypes) is heading east on College, in front of the Ontario Hydro building. Rob Hutch calls this streetcar 'New Blue'.

CLRV 4000 (the first CLRV of its class) was the other CLRV to receive a special paint scheme commemorating Ontario's 200th anniversary. This CLRV was painted yellow, instead of blue, however, prompting me to label it 'Mellow Yellow'. Clayton Langstaff took this photo and it originally appeared on Dave's Railpix photo site.

CLRV 4002 was the CLRV that was painted up for the Toronto sesquicentennial. Here we see it northbound on Bathurst Street, approaching Queen. Clayton Langstaff took this photo and it originally appeared on Dave's Railpix photo site.

CLRV 4005 was painted up in a blue Ontario bicentennial scheme. Here we see it northbound on Bathurst Street, crossing Dundas Street southbound. Clayton Langstaff took this photo and it originally appeared on Dave's Railpix photo site.