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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

Like clockwork?: Of 134 trains that will depart today, 38 will likely arrive at their destinations late, VIA says

Date2/4/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Like clockwork?: Of 134 trains that will depart today; 38 will likely arrive at their destinations late; VIA says.
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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
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
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
Toppled boxcars: Had two CN trains deralled one main road east of the mishasite in downtown Brampton, mayhem would have resulted, the city's mayor says
Toppled boxcars: Had two CN trains deralled one main road east of the mishasite in downtown Brampton, mayhem would have resulted, the city's mayor says
2/26/1990
Two CN trains collided in York borough today, injuring the engineer of one train and derailing six cars of another
Two CN trains collided in York borough today, injuring the engineer of one train and derailing six cars of another
7/15/1975
Head-on crash of two CNR freight trains killed at least two men early today at Pefferlaw, 30 miles northeast of Newmarket. Three men were injured, one(...)
Head-on crash of two CNR freight trains killed at least two men early today at Pefferlaw, 30 miles northeast of Newmarket. Three men were injured, one(...)
3/16/1968
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?
7/30/1981
People who have to stand on GO trains should only pay half fare, Port Credit reader Harold Ross recommends in accompanying letter. This is the practice, he says, at hockey or football games
People who have to stand on GO trains should only pay half fare, Port Credit reader Harold Ross recommends in accompanying letter. This is the practice, he says, at hockey or football games
11/19/1970
Go Trains go Double-Decker, A double-decker Go train pulls into Pickering station yesterday, one of nine two-level trains borrowed from CP Rail for two weeks for a test on Go's lakeshore run
Go Trains go Double-Decker, A double-decker Go train pulls into Pickering station yesterday, one of nine two-level trains borrowed from CP Rail for two weeks for a test on Go's lakeshore run
7/23/1974
The Axe: As of Monday, VIA Rail's routes across Canada are to be reduced to 20 from the current 38
The Axe: As of Monday, VIA Rail's routes across Canada are to be reduced to 20 from the current 38
1/11/1990
Two Trains collide at Go station - two passengers wearing neck Braces sharing cough drops
Two Trains collide at Go station - two passengers wearing neck Braces sharing cough drops
11/19/1997
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