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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
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

Date1/11/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0012721F
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
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
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
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
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
4/1/1986
Map of Upper Canada shewing the proposed routes of rail roads for the purpose of extending the trade of the province
Map of Upper Canada shewing the proposed routes of rail roads for the purpose of extending the trade of the province
1837
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 (...)
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 (...)
10/19/1989
Regina Rally: Demonstrators protesting VIA Rail cuts gathered in Regina and cities across Canada last month as service was curtailed or discontinued
Regina Rally: Demonstrators protesting VIA Rail cuts gathered in Regina and cities across Canada last month as service was curtailed or discontinued
2/3/1990
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
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
3/10/1991
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
1838
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
3/29/1989
Toronto and York Radial Railroad, Mimico Division, remains of rails crossing Parkside Drive, north of Lakeshore Boulevard (on old Lakeshore Road.), looking east
Toronto and York Radial Railroad, Mimico Division, remains of rails crossing Parkside Drive, north of Lakeshore Boulevard (on old Lakeshore Road.), looking east
1953