Are there any more Gloucester Cars still operating on the Toronto Subway?
The only remaining Gloucester Cars on the system are work and maintenance cars. The Garbage Train numbered RT-38, 39 is no longer used and has been scrapped and replaced by an H-1 garbage train. There are also the rail grinding cars RT34/35 and RT36/37 II, which have actually been freshly painted recently. There is one more set on the property, RT14/15, but these have been retired and await disposal. The above mentioned Gloucesters are all work cars, and the average citizen would probably not have a chance to ride them. Besides, they aren’t even red! The Garbage Train was one of the aluminum sets, and the rail grinder was left unpainted save for a yellow stripe, just like the Garbage Train. What you really want to know is if any red ones exist that you can catch a ride on. Well, there is the Halton County Radial Railway and Museum, open all spring and summer long. Admission is affordable, and this should be a day well spent. The Museum also holds a bunch of other Toronto cars as well a
