Ottawa Transportation Commission

Ottawa Transportation Commission was the public transit operator for the city of Ottawa from 1948 until the creation of OC Transpo in 1973.

OTC took over streetcar operations from the Ottawa Electric Railway Company, but they were gradually abandoned for trolley bus and bus operations. Some streetcars were sold to the Toronto Transit Commission.

Fleet

Fleet Number(s)	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
50-51	1946	Reo	96HT		?	Ex Eastview Bus Service 50 & 52. Acquired 1950.
52-54	1947	Reo	96HT	?	?	Ex Eastview Bus Service 54, 56 & 58. Acquired 1950.
55-58	1942	Reo	56TD	?	?	Ex Eastview Bus Service 50, 60, 64 & 68. Acquired 1950.
59-60	1942	Reo	56TD	?	?	Ex Uplands Bus Line 22 & 24. Acquired 1951.
61-62	1946	Reo	96HT	?	?	Ex Uplands Bus Line 26 & 30. Acquired 1951.
63-64	1947	Reo	96HT	?	?	Ex Uplands Bus Line 32 & ?. Acquired 1951.
80-83	1948	White	798	?	?	Ex Nepean Bus Lines 80-83. Acquired 1949.
121-126	1939	Mack	CW	?	?	Ex Ottawa Electric Railway same #'s.
128	1940	Mack	CW	?	?	Ex Ottawa Electric Railway same #'s.
130-136, 138-140	1941	Mack	LD	?	?	Ex Ottawa Electric Railway same #'s.
151-156, 158-161	1940	Ford	09B	?	?	Ex Ottawa Electric Railway same #'s.
162-163	1947	Ford	?	?	?	Ex Cyrville Bus 10 & 12. Acquired 1950.
164, 166-171	1943	Ford	?	?	?	Ex Eastview Bus Service ?, 166-167, ?, ?, ? & ?. Acquired 1950.
165	1944	Ford	?	?	?	Ex Eastview Bus Service ?. Acquired 1950.
172	1941	Ford	?	?	?	Ex Eastview Bus Service ?. Acquired 1950.
195-200	1945	CC&F	C-36	?	?	Ex London Transportation Commission 204-209. Bought 1960.
201-206, 208-216, 218-222	1946	CC&F	C-36	?	?	Ex Ottawa Electric Railway same #'s.
223-226, 228-232	1948	CC&F	C-36	?	?	Ex Ottawa Electric Railway same #'s.
227	1950	CC&F	C-36A	?	?	Ex Brantford Transit 501. Bought 1953.
233-41	1949	CC&F	C-36	?	?
242-47	1950	CC&F	C-36	?	?
248-67	1952	CC&F	CD-44A	?	?
268-71	1953	CC&F	CD-44A	?	?
272-85	1954	CC&F	CD-44A	?	?
300	1946	CC&F	IC-41	?	?	Ex Ottawa Electric Railway same #. Used for sightseeing.
310-19	1949	Twin	44-S	?	?
320-321	1950	Twin	41-S	?	?	Ordered by Uplands Bus Line but delivered to OTC.
322-26	1950	Twin	45-S	?	?
327	1948	Twin	38-S	?	?	Ex Eastview Bus Service 92. Acquired 1950.
328	1948	Twin	41-S	?	?	Ex Eastview Bus Service 90. Acquired 1950.
329	1949	Twin	38-S	?	?	Ex Eastview Bus Service 94. Acquired 1950.
400-20	1955	GMC	TDH-4512	?	?	To Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission 400-420.
671-79	1967	GMDD	TDH-5303	?	?	To Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission 671-679.
701-703	1970	Western Flyer	D700A	?	?	Leased 1970-1972 then bought in 1972. To Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission 701-703.
5101-10	1959	GMC	TDH-5105	?	?	5101 preserved To Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission 5101-5110.
5701-15	1957	CC&F	CD-52	?	?
5901-97	1958-59	GMC	TDH-5105	?	?	5931 preserved To Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission 5901-5997.
6101-12	1961	GMDD	TDH-5301	?	?	6101 preserved To Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission 6101-6112.
6221-30	1962	GMDD	TDH-5301	?	?	Ex 6201-6210. To Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission 6221-6230.
6331-40	1963	GMDD	TDH-5303	?	?	To Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission 6331-6340.
6441-52	1964	GMDD	TDH-5303	?	?	To Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission 6441-6452.
6561-73	1965	GMDD	TDH-5303	?	?	To Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission 6561-6573.
6674-97	1966	GMDD	TDH-5303	?	?	To Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission 6674-6697.
6710-26	1967	GMDD	TDH-5303	?	?	To Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission 6710-6726.
6831-50	1968	GMDD	T6H-5305	?	?	To Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission 6831-6850.
6961-90	1969	GMDD	T6H-5305	?	?	To Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission 6961-6990.
7001-20	1970	GMDD	T6H-5305	?	?	To Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission 7001-7020.
7121-40	1971	GMDD	T6H-5305	?	?	To Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission 7121-7140.

Electric Trolley Bus Roster

Trolley Bus operation began December 15, 1951 and ran until June 27, 1959

Fleet Number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Motors	Notes
2001-10		1951	CC&F	T-48A	?	2001-05 sold to Kitchener Transit in 1959, 2006-10 sold to Toronto Transit Commission in 1959

Streetcar Roster

Streetcar operation continued on from the Ottawa Electric Railway and ran until May 1, 1959

Fleet Number(s)	Length	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Trucks	Notes
650	49'6"	1911	Ottawa Car Company	500 Series	Brill 27-FE-1	DTSE 2-man wood car acquired from the Ottawa Electric Railway. Retired 1953.
651-656, 658-666, 668-669, 680-682	49'6"	1913	Ottawa Car Company	600 Series	Brill 27-FE-1	DTSE 1 or 2-man steel cars acquired from the Ottawa Electric Railway. Retired 1954-58.
683-686, 688-690, 693-695	49'6"	1915	Ottawa Car Company	600 Series	Brill 27-FE-1	DTSE 1 or 2-man steel cars acquired from the Ottawa Electric Railway. Retired 1954-59.
691-692, 696	49'6"	1917	Ottawa Car Company	600 Series	Brill 27-FE-1	DTSE 1 or 2-man steel cars acquired from the Ottawa Electric Railway. Retired 1954-58. 696 preserved by OC Transpo, being restored.
800-821	45'3"	1924-25	Ottawa Car Company	800 Series	CC&F F-790 (Brill 77-E)	DTSE 1 or 2-man steel cars acquired from the Ottawa Electric Railway. Retired 1959.
822-843	45'3"	1926	Ottawa Car Company	800 Series	CC&F F-790 (Brill 77-E)	DTSE 1 or 2-man steel cars acquired from the Ottawa Electric Railway. Retired 1958-59. 825 preserved by Seashore Trolley Museum, 829 sold to a Toronto restaurant, front third of 831 bought by OC Transpo in 1985 but scrapped 1999.
850-869, 880-881	45'3"	1927	Ottawa Car Company	800 Series	CC&F F-790 (Brill 77-E)	DTSE 1 or 2-man steel cars acquired from the Ottawa Electric Railway. Retired 1959. 854 preserved by Canada Science & Tech Museum, 859 preserved by Canadian Railway Museum.
901-906,908-910	45'3"	1933	Ottawa Car Company	900 Series	Brill 77-E	DTSE 1-man steel cars acquired from the Ottawa Electric Railway. Retired 1959. #905 preserved and to be restored.
911-916,918-923	45'3"	1934	Ottawa Car Company	900 Series	Brill 77-E	DTSE 1-man steel cars acquired from the Ottawa Electric Railway. Retired 1959. #921 is reported to be at Lac Huot, QC
1000-1003	45'6"	1947	Ottawa Car Company	1000 Series	Brill 77-E	DTSE Closed 1-man steel cars acquired from the Ottawa Electric Railway. Retired 1959.

Demo Buses

Fleet Number(s)	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
61	1961	GMDD	TDH-5301	?	?	Arrived 1961?
500	1960	CC&F	TD-51	?	?	Arrived 1960?
5097	1965	Canadair-Flxible	CL-218	?	?	Montreal Transportation Commission. Arrived ?.

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