On a freezing cold day 40 years ago, Toronto got its first glimpse of the next chapter in its streetcar history. Cherry red, with a rounded snout, the first of the Canadian Light Rail Vehicle (CLRV) streetcars arrived in the city from Switzerland on Dec. 29, 1977. Now a symbol of Toronto that adorns everything from postcards to t-shirts, the CLRV streetcar — and the streetcar network as a whole — almost never made it into the 21st century. Passengers crowd into a 505 CLRV streetcar in the 1980s. The last dark red-and-tan PCC streetcar was removed from the system in 1995.

Source: CBC News December 30, 2017 12:56 UTC