In December 1874, the St.Catharines Street Railway Co. was chartered to build a horsecar line in the towns and villages of Port Dalhousie, Merritton,St.Catharines, and in Thorold and Grantham Township. A short portion of line was opened on November 1, 1879. The Patterson & Corbin Company of St.Catharines built number 1, the firsthorse drawn street car in the city.

When the Commission took over operation of the St.Catharines city service from Canadian National Transportation in 1961, it inherited 11 Brill buses.Number 11, model C36TC was built in 1951.

Twin Coach bus number 15 was a model 38S built in 1948. Photo courtesy Merv Porter collection.

2 buses are seen parked on St.Paul St. West. The first is an inter-city highway coach,while the smaller one appears to be a local bus. N.S.& T.overhead can still be seen in this view. Photo courtesy Merv Porter collection.

Car Number 58 of the Niagara, St.Catharines and Toronto Railway was one of the carsrebuilt by Preston Car & Coach following a 1915 ban on opencars. This car was in operation from 1900 to 1933 when it was scrapped.

In 1902, the N. S. &T. took over operations of the steamer passenger service between Port Dalhousie and Toronto, across Lake Ontario. The Garden City is pictured here about to depart Port Dalhousie for Toronto.

In 1926, twelve light-weight streetcars were purchased from the Cincinatti Car Corporation. These were numbered 301 to 312 inclusive. Being unit body construction with curved sides for strength, these cars were commonly refered to as Cincinnati curve-side cars. Shipped in kit form from Ohio, they were assembled at N. S. & T.'s Welland Avenue Shops. The cars rusted prematurely and all twelve were scrapped by September 1950. Car 301 is pictured here. Photo courtesy Johan Wight collection.

The N. S. & T.carried on an extensive freight business using an interesting variety of locomotives to serve the large number of industries along its lines. Number 14 was a small 40 ton unit built by General Electric in 1914 and remained in service until 1960.
Photo courtesy Johan Wight collection.

St.Catharines Transit Operations Facility,open April 5th, 1991.
Photo by Tom Wright.

New Downtown Terminal and MTO building, 1996.
Photo by Tom Wright.

Orion 5 at the new Downtown Terminal, November 1996.
Photo by Tom Wright.

Number 8844 is a 1988 MCI Classic model TC40102N.