Car 327 in operation at the Halton County railway museum. Photo by Sean Marshall.

Text by James Bow, photos by Pat Lavallee, except where noted.

To celebrate the TTC's 80th anniversary, the commission called Halton County Radial Railway and requested the use of the museum's popular open car, #327.

The car was once the property of the TTC, of course, built in the 1890s by the Toronto Railway Company and used by the company until around 1905, when the use of open cars was banned by the city of Toronto. Car 327 was retired and scrapped, and rebuilt by the Toronto Transportation Commission in 1934 in order to celebrate Toronto's centennial. The car remained in the TTC's possession until the late 1960s, stored in Hillcrest, and used for training purposes. Finally, the TTC donated car 327 to the railway museum.

For the celebration, car 327 was put on a truck and driven to Hillcrest shops. At 2 a.m. on the night before the celebration, the car was transferred by the TTC and museum staff from Hillcrest to Russell carhouse. Museum member Pat Lavallee made sure he had a camera along for the ride.

	The crew of 327 pose at Hillcrest at the start of the car's special journey to Russell carhouse.
	Peter Witt 2766 was part of the procession from Hillcrest to Russell. Here is the car snapped on King Street from the back of 327.
	Here car 327 trundles past the Royal Alex theatre, just as the original might have done over a century before.
	Car 327 and Peter Witt 2766 are seen here at King and River, about to trundle onto Queen Street for the final stretch to Russell carhouse

Special thanks to Pat Lavallee for kindly donating these unique photographs.