From a rail museum in Illinois to the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin: A look at where TTC vehicles end up after being decommissioned

Have you ever wondered what happens with TTC streetcars after they have been decommissioned?

Officials in Detroit recently announced that they would be buying train cars belonging to the TTC’s decommissioned Scarborough RT for use on a rapid transit line in that city.

But it is not the first time that TTC vehicles will end up far from Toronto after they are taken out of service.

Some end up in museums spread all across North America and others even get re-used as public transit in far flung cities. 

"We know the TTC brand holds a special places in the hearts of Torontonians and it's great to see our brand in other places too," Stuart Green, spokesperson for the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), told CTV News Toronto in a statement.

Here are some places decommissioned streetcars have ended up and how they got there.

Anyone who wants to see a piece of home when travelling abroad can head over to several cities in the United States.

The Illinois Railway Museum (IRM) in Union, Illinois, has a 1979 TTC streetcar, which was acquired in November 2019. It also has a trolley bus, bus 9339.