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Way of life: Engineer Joe Tiernay has been riding the rails for 42 years and thinks showers on trains might be a good way of encouraging travel by rail
Way of life: Engineer Joe Tiernay has been riding the rails for 42 years and thinks showers on trains might be a good way of encouraging travel by rail

Way of life: Engineer Joe Tiernay has been riding the rails for 42 years and thinks showers on trains might be a good way of encouraging travel by rail

Date3/29/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Way of life: Engineer Joe Tiernay has been riding the rails for 42 years and thinks showers on trains might be a good way of encouraging travel by rail.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0012659F
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Off the rails: An Inquiry into a 1990 train derailment in Brampton was told a tanker containing more than 8,000 kilograms of deadly chiorine was marked empty
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1953
Règles, reglements et statuts de la Compagnie du Chemin à Rails du St
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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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No money: Rails lie empty but main reason why grand transit ideas stay dreams is shortage of money, says Metro Chairman Alan Tonks
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Two CN trains collided in York borough today, injuring the engineer of one train and derailing six cars of another
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Close call: Joyce and Dr. John McClintock's garage was smashed when wheels flew of a box car. Cars tumbled down the rail right of way just a few metres from their home
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