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Heading for collision, the new Canadian National Railways turbotrain starts preview run today from Toronto's Union Station. A little more than two hou(...)
Heading for collision, the new Canadian National Railways turbotrain starts preview run today from Toronto's Union Station. A little more than two hou(...)

Heading for collision, the new Canadian National Railways turbotrain starts preview run today from Toronto's Union Station. A little more than two hou(...)

Date12/10/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Heading for collision; the new Canadian National Railways turbotrain starts preview run today from Toronto's Union Station. A little more than two hours later; it smashed into a tractor-trailer at a level crossing in Kingston. New train is one of a pair; capable of speeds of up to 120 miles an hour; which starts service on Dec. 12. Two men were slightly injured in crash but train was not derailed.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0012564F
Turbotrain ready to try again, Canadian National Railways' sleek but ill-starred Turbotrain goes back into operation between toronto and Montreal on M(...)
Turbotrain ready to try again, Canadian National Railways' sleek but ill-starred Turbotrain goes back into operation between toronto and Montreal on M(...)
5/14/1970
Much-Modified Turbo gets new tests, Canadian National Railway's problem-plagued Turbotrain, after about 100 modifications, is undergoing tests to see (...)
Much-Modified Turbo gets new tests, Canadian National Railway's problem-plagued Turbotrain, after about 100 modifications, is undergoing tests to see (...)
3/16/1973
Accidents - Railway and Street Railways - Toronto Union Station
Accidents - Railway and Street Railways - Toronto Union Station
11/20/1997
Accidents - Railway and Street Railways - Toronto Union Station
Accidents - Railway and Street Railways - Toronto Union Station
11/19/1997
Accidents - Railway and Street Railways - Toronto Union Station
Accidents - Railway and Street Railways - Toronto Union Station
11/19/1997
Accidents - Railway and Street Railways - Toronto Union Station
Accidents - Railway and Street Railways - Toronto Union Station
11/19/1997
Pride of a bygone era: Canadian National Railways' Ol' 6060, above, took 500 fans on a day-long outing from Toronto to Niagara Falls in 1980 before being donated to an Alberta railway society
Pride of a bygone era: Canadian National Railways' Ol' 6060, above, took 500 fans on a day-long outing from Toronto to Niagara Falls in 1980 before being donated to an Alberta railway society
10/1/1977
Canadian natioanl railways' new passenger station at Montreal
Canadian natioanl railways' new passenger station at Montreal
n.d.
Menu for Canadian National Railways in train dining options from 1955. Canadian National Railwa ...
Canadian National Railways à la carte specials
Approximately 1955
Toronto's Skyline changes. A Union Jack was flown from the top of the chimney of the new heating plant of the Toronto Terminal Railways yesterday. The(...)
Toronto's Skyline changes. A Union Jack was flown from the top of the chimney of the new heating plant of the Toronto Terminal Railways yesterday. The(...)
12/31/1928
Kingston Road, looking north from Queen Street East, opposite Woodbine Park race track, at the junction of the Toronto Railway Company's King Street line on Queen Street East and the Toronto & Scarboro Railway's line on Kingston Road, Toronto, Ont.
Kingston Road, looking north from Queen Street East, opposite Woodbine Park race track, at the junction of the Toronto Railway Company's King Street line on Queen Street East and the Toronto & Scarboro Railway's line on Kingston Road, Toronto, Ont.
1894-01-13
Nostalgic run: It's too early to tell if there's going to be a run on artifacts from the Canadian, seen above leaving Union Station for its last voyage
Nostalgic run: It's too early to tell if there's going to be a run on artifacts from the Canadian, seen above leaving Union Station for its last voyage
1/14/1990