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Switched-off engines: Some Via routes will die, others may be sold to private entrepreneurs for tourist business
Switched-off engines: Some Via routes will die, others may be sold to private entrepreneurs for tourist business

Switched-off engines: Some Via routes will die, others may be sold to private entrepreneurs for tourist business

Date4/1/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Switched-off engines: Some Via routes will die; others may be sold to private entrepreneurs for tourist business.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0012643F
The tourist, or Pocket manual for travellers on the Hudson River, the western and northern canals and railroads : the stage routes to Niagara Falls; and down Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence to Montreal and Quebec.Comprising also the routes to Lebanon, Ballston, and Saratoga Springs, with many new and interesting details
The tourist, or Pocket manual for travellers on the Hudson River, the western and northern canals and railroads : the stage routes to Niagara Falls; and down Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence to Montreal and Quebec.Comprising also the routes to Lebanon, Ballston, and Saratoga Springs, with many new and interesting details
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The Axe: As of Monday, VIA Rail's routes across Canada are to be reduced to 20 from the current 38
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Map showing the routes between Boston, New-York and the North West via Toronto and the Georgian Bay
Map showing the routes between Boston, New-York and the North West via Toronto and the Georgian Bay
Approximately 1853
Getting back on track. Firefighters clean up spilled diesel fuel yesterday after two train engines derailed shortly after noon when tracks gave way in(...)
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12/8/1992
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1893
Map of Upper Canada shewing the proposed routes of rail roads for the purpose of extending the trade of the province
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1837
Laurie's map of the North-West Territories shewing the surveys now made, and the railway and other routes thereto
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1870
[Remarks based on a reconnoissance of the several routes for the proposed Intercolonial railway
[Remarks based on a reconnoissance of the several routes for the proposed Intercolonial railway
1861?
The railway and steamboat routes in British North America, accompanied by a table showing the cities, towns and villages alphabetically arranged, and (...)
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Friendships on Track, About 60 commuters, fearing that VIA Rail route cuts mean they'll lose touch with their favorite conductors, held a dinner at a (...)
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