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Putting steam back into VIA, Is it too late to save Canada's love affair with the train?
Putting steam back into VIA, Is it too late to save Canada's love affair with the train?

Putting steam back into VIA, Is it too late to save Canada's love affair with the train?

Date7/30/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Putting steam back into VIA; Is it too late to save Canada's love affair with the train?
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0012601F
Losing steam: The 6.3 million riding VIA's trains last year saw 750,000 fewer fellow passengers, and the crown corporation says it lost $506 million
Losing steam: The 6.3 million riding VIA's trains last year saw 750,000 fewer fellow passengers, and the crown corporation says it lost $506 million
2/4/1985
Like clockwork?: Of 134 trains that will depart today, 38 will likely arrive at their destinations late, VIA says
Like clockwork?: Of 134 trains that will depart today, 38 will likely arrive at their destinations late, VIA says
2/4/1985
CN repairmen examine the crumpled front of a VIA Rail locomotive that smashed into a stopped freight train near Ingersoll yesterday. More than 70 pass(...)
CN repairmen examine the crumpled front of a VIA Rail locomotive that smashed into a stopped freight train near Ingersoll yesterday. More than 70 pass(...)
8/10/1982
Time runs out: A woman surveys the departure times in Union Station yesterday during the countdown to oblivion for many VIA passenger trains across Canada
Time runs out: A woman surveys the departure times in Union Station yesterday during the countdown to oblivion for many VIA passenger trains across Canada
1/14/1990
CN Turbo train, photographed near Guildwood station, already wears VIA paint job
CN Turbo train, photographed near Guildwood station, already wears VIA paint job
2/22/1978
Prototype of LRC trains (light, rapid and comfortable) that Via Rail hopes to introduce in 1982
Prototype of LRC trains (light, rapid and comfortable) that Via Rail hopes to introduce in 1982
9/12/1979
Rail Relaxation: Bob Macdonald of Burlington puts his feet up and settles down to read his newspaper as Via Rail's Transcontinental train rolls through Muskoka
Rail Relaxation: Bob Macdonald of Burlington puts his feet up and settles down to read his newspaper as Via Rail's Transcontinental train rolls through Muskoka
11/29/1989
Chopped Enough? The bitter coast-to-coast protests following passenger-train cuts last year make Via Rail an unlikely target
Chopped Enough? The bitter coast-to-coast protests following passenger-train cuts last year make Via Rail an unlikely target
1/18/1990
Riding in comfort: Miriam Greenberg reads to her children, Samuel, 3, and Jordana, 2, on VIA Rail's transcontinental train as the countryside of Muskoka races past a picture window
Riding in comfort: Miriam Greenberg reads to her children, Samuel, 3, and Jordana, 2, on VIA Rail's transcontinental train as the countryside of Muskoka races past a picture window
3/29/1989
Rockies splendor surrounds the VIA train snaking through the mountains to Vancouver
Rockies splendor surrounds the VIA train snaking through the mountains to Vancouver
7/24/1986
Rail Relaxation: Bob Macdonald of Burlington puts his feet up and settles down to read his newspaper as VIA Rail's Transcontinental train rolls through Muskoka
Rail Relaxation: Bob Macdonald of Burlington puts his feet up and settles down to read his newspaper as VIA Rail's Transcontinental train rolls through Muskoka
3/29/1989
The monthly railway & steam navigation guide for British North America, containing a correct account of the hours of departure of the railway trains, (...)
The monthly railway & steam navigation guide for British North America, containing a correct account of the hours of departure of the railway trains, (...)
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