Railpictures.ca - Tom Gascoigne photo, Dan Dell'Unto coll. Photo: TTC PCC 4480 (A7-class, blt CC&F 1949) pops out from the under-construction Queen Elizabeth Way streetcar tunnel on the private streetcar right-of-way from Humber Loop, about to enter Lake Shore Blvd and head west to Long Branch.The wooden shoring and scaffolding around the QEW and streetcar tunnel was due to this section of the QEW near Swansea being under expansion and realignment in 1973-74, with new lanes added to the south of the existing roadway (requiring extending the existing streetcar tunnel under the new lanes). Streetcars to Long Branch were kept running during the construction period, passing through the tunnel via a single track controlled by traffic lights at both ends (more info and photos can be found at Steve Munro’s blog post here).Tom Gascoigne photo, Dan Dell’Unto collection slide. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

TTC PCC 4480 (A7-class, blt CC&F 1949) pops out from the under-construction Queen Elizabeth Way streetcar tunnel on the private streetcar right-of-way from Humber Loop, about to enter Lake Shore Blvd and head west to Long Branch.The wooden shoring and scaffolding around the QEW and streetcar tunnel was due to this section of the QEW near Swansea being under expansion and realignment in 1973-74, with new lanes added to the south of the existing roadway (requiring extending the existing streetcar tunnel under the new lanes). Streetcars to Long Branch were kept running during the construction period, passing through the tunnel via a single track controlled by traffic lights at both ends (more info and photos can be found at Steve Munro's blog post here).Tom Gascoigne photo, Dan Dell'Unto collection slide.

Caption: TTC PCC 4480 (A7-class, blt CC&F 1949) pops out from the under-construction Queen Elizabeth Way streetcar tunnel on the private streetcar right-of-way from Humber Loop, about to enter Lake Shore Blvd and head west to Long Branch.

The wooden shoring and scaffolding around the QEW and streetcar tunnel was due to this section of the QEW near Swansea being under expansion and realignment in 1973-74, with new lanes added to the south of the existing roadway (requiring extending the existing streetcar tunnel under the new lanes). Streetcars to Long Branch were kept running during the construction period, passing through the tunnel via a single track controlled by traffic lights at both ends (more info and photos can be found at Steve Munro's blog post here).

Tom Gascoigne photo, Dan Dell'Unto collection slide.

Photographer:	Tom Gascoigne photo, Dan Dell'Unto coll. [992] (more) (contact)
Date:	02/11/1974 (search)
Railway:	Toronto Transit Commission (search)
Reporting Marks:	TTC 4480 (search)
Train Symbol:	Long Branch (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	PRW at QEW (search)
City/Town:	Toronto (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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