The paint is still wet! “Carlton Car #4000” has just been finished and joins “509 Harbourfront” and “509 Union Station” paintings in the series.

My depiction of the iconic streetcar in this painting is on the Danforth-Carlton route passing a well known Toronto landmark, Maple Leaf Gardens. This model of streetcar in the time period shown used street names rather than numbers to denote transit routes.

Built in 1938, streetcar #4000 was Canada’s first PCC streetcar. This model is an air-electric car wherein the brakes, doors, sanders and wipers were air operated compared to later cars that were all electric. Car #4000 was retired in 1966 and is now part of the Halton Railway Museum collection.

Check back soon for the fourth and final painting in this streetcar series.

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