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Montreal began experimenting with one-man streetcars in 1925. After these tests, the MTC concluded that this type of vehicle could be put into service on certain routes outside peak hours. Consequently and after completing a sketch for a lightweight one-man vehicle, fifty units were ordered from Canadian Car and Foundry in 1925. Painted in light-beige colour with a red band, a scheme that ultimately depicted all MTC vehicles of this type, two additional orders were made from the same company in 1928 and 1929 which brought the series to 105 vehicles. These streetcars were a success because of their practicality due to their low weight (about 17,200 kilograms) and were among the last urban cars to be in service on the streets of Montreal until August 10, 1959.

The MTC 1959 streetcar is part of the second series of one-man cars commissioned from Canadian Car and Foundry in 1928. It was completely restored between 2002 and 2004 by museum volunteers and is used every summer to transport visitors to the museum's outdoor site.

All the information used with the pictures was taken from information at the Canadian Railway Museum Site.

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Author Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada
Camera location45° 22′ 35.1″ N, 73° 33′ 50.79″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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