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In December 1874, the St.Catharines Street Railway Co. was
chartered to build a horsecar line in the towns and villages of Port
Dalhousie, Merritton,St.Catharines, and in Thorold and Grantham
Township. A short portion of line was opened on November 1, 1879. The
Patterson & Corbin Company of St.Catharines built number 1, the
firsthorse drawn street car in the city.
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When the Commission took over operation of the St.Catharines
city service from Canadian National Transportation in 1961, it
inherited 11 Brill buses.Number 11, model C36TC was built in 1951.
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Twin Coach bus number 15 was a model 38S built in 1948.
Photo courtesy Merv Porter collection.
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2 buses are seen parked on St.Paul St. West. The first is an
inter-city highway coach,while the smaller one appears to be a local
bus. N.S.& T.overhead can still be seen in this view.
Photo courtesy Merv Porter collection.
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| The Niagara, St.Catharines and
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Car Number 58 of the Niagara, St.Catharines and Toronto
Railway was one of the carsrebuilt by Preston Car & Coach following
a 1915 ban on opencars. This car was in operation from 1900 to 1933
when it was scrapped.
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In 1902, the N. S. &T. took over operations of the
steamer passenger service between Port Dalhousie and Toronto, across
Lake Ontario. The Garden City is pictured here about to depart Port
Dalhousie for Toronto.
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In 1926, twelve light-weight streetcars were purchased from
the Cincinatti Car Corporation. These were numbered 301 to 312
inclusive. Being unit body construction with curved sides for strength,
these cars were commonly refered to as Cincinnati curve-side cars.
Shipped in kit form from Ohio, they were assembled at N. S. & T.'s
Welland Avenue Shops. The cars rusted prematurely and all twelve were
scrapped by September 1950. Car 301 is pictured here. Photo courtesy
Johan Wight collection.
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The N. S. & T.carried on an extensive freight busines
using an interesting variety of locomotives to serve the large number
of industries along its lines. Number 14 was a small 40 ton unit built
by General Electric in 1914 and remained in service until 1960.
Photo courtesy Johan Wight collection.
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St.Catharines Transit Operations Facility,open April 5th, 1991.
Photo by Tom Wright.
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New Downtown Terminal and MTO building, 1996.
Photo by Tom Wright.
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Orion 5 at the new Downtown Terminal, November 1996.
Photo by Tom Wright.
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Number 8844 is a 1988 MCI Classic model TC40102N.
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Our newest easy accessible bus 0604.
Manufactured by New Flyer. These buses are a model D40LF.
Photo by Phil Porter
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