by Richard White, Roman Fomin

The last H4 train ran on January 27, 2012 before being retired. As planned, the train arrived at Kennedy Station at about 7:27 AM and was designated run 64. It did only one trip in this snowy morning.

By the time of retirement, the H4 Series of trains was the oldest in the fleet with its orange padded seats, orange doors, brown paneling, noisy ceiling fans and of course no air conditioning. Upon receipt of the Toronto Rocket trains in late 2011, the H4 trains have gradually been replaced with the T1 series of trains, sent over from the Yonge-University-Spadina Line.

This run was the last opportunity to see such cars in service and for many of us out there it will be dearly missed (with the exception for the lack of air conditioning and overabundance of heat).

Previous H-Series cars have already been retired and some remain as work cars with the TTC including pairs of H1 and H2 cars. The cars were built by the Hawker-Siddely company out of Thunder Bay, Ontario hence the H-series cars.

Last H4 Run Image Archive

	H4 train 5623/5622 + 5650/5651 + 5611/5610 arrives at Kipling station on a snowy morning of January 27, 2012. Arrival time is 8:42 am. Photo by Roman Fomin.
	This photograph shows H4 train heading away from Kipling Station at 8:46 am on the way to Greenwood Yard. Photo by Roman Fomin.
	H4 train rests in Greenwood Yard on December 17, 2011. This photo was taken by Roman Fomin.
	Snapped by Raymond Lawlor, forlorn looking H4 car hides in the middle of a scrapyard on the Hamilton Port Authority's Pier 22, presumably awaiting the shredder and steelmaking furnaces at ArcelorMittal's Hamilton works.