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Transportation Week Part 2 - Orion V Charter


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(Please note, as of the time of writing I am still in the middle of sorting these photos on Flickr. They are not yet in any galleries.)

 

Every year, the Toronto Transportation Society hosts a "Transportation Weekend" in late August that involves 2 weekend charters. 2014 was no exception, and I attended their Orion V 7000 series charter on Saturday. The 7000 series of Orion V has been heavily used since 1996 and their demise is nigh. The bus was charted for a 5 hour fantrip around the southeastern portion of the city, beginning at 10 AM.

 

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Toronto Transit Commission 1398 - 01 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 1111 - 01 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

 

Crap I photographed while waiting for the bus to arrive.

 

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 02 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

 

Our charter bus, 7039, is seen approaching the loading point outside Don Mills station. I'm very glad they sent us a V with a working destination sign.

 

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Toronto Transit Commission 7709 - 01 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 06 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 driver controls - 01 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 09 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 08 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

 

Prior to our depature, some charter attendees seized the opportunity to play around with the destination sign. I was really shocked to find that the 224's programming was still in the sign - that route was cut something like 10 years ago - someone else can correct me on the specific date.

 

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 11 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 12 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 16 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

 

A few photo stops. At the "67 Pharmacy" stop it began to rain. Fortunately it didn't last very long, as seen in later photos.

 

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 20 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 21 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 side sign - 04 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 22 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 23 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

(Note the typo of "Woodbine".)

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 27 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 28 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7585 - 01 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 29 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

 

Told you

 

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 31 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7823 - 01 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 34 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 38 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 43 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 46 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

 

More photo stops.

 

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 47 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7616 - 01 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

 

Headed off to lunch.

 

Continued in next post...

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 52 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 57 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 64 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 66 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 67 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 68 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 70 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 72 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 77 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

 

After I was done with my lunch I made for the bus. Some people had already returned and were requesting various destination sign displays for their photoshoots. The driver was very accomodating, hats off to him for that. I found this to be my favorite part of the charter... honestly it would have been worth the money if the bus was just put on display for 5 hours and various displays were put up on the destination sign, never mind driving around the city :lol:

 

I think the only display I found stranger than the one pictured in "7039 - 67" was the "199A" to York University via Finch Station. The existing 199 terminates at Finch station. I'm not sure why that is even an option.

 

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Toronto Transit Commission 7755 - 01 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 78 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 86 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 87 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 88 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 89 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

 

More photo stops. The driver of 7851 was very receptive to our photo taking... the driver of 7686 didn't seem particularly enthused.

 

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 90 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission Orion V buses - 01 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission Orion V buses - 02 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission Orion V buses - 03 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

 

After a brief stopover by the Warden station, we stopped outside Birchmount garage, where a nice big group of dead Orion Vs was building up.

 

Continued in next post...

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By this time the charter was drawing to a close. Two more photo stops were made...

 

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 94 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 95 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 97 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 100 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 101 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

 

On Van Horne Avenue.

 

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 102 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 105 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 106 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 - 107 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7441 - 01 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

 

Last photo stop.

 

And here's a few shots I took after we returned:

 

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 wheelchair lift - 01 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 wheelchair lift - 02 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 interior - 01 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

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Toronto Transit Commission 7039 interior - 03 by t6a5iii, on Flickr

 

That will be it for part 2. Thanks for viewing.

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