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All systems go by the lake. A Red Rocket scoots along Queen's Quay toward Spadina Ave. yesterday, testing out the first new streetcar line to be opene(...)
All systems go by the lake. A Red Rocket scoots along Queen's Quay toward Spadina Ave. yesterday, testing out the first new streetcar line to be opene(...)

All systems go by the lake. A Red Rocket scoots along Queen's Quay toward Spadina Ave. yesterday, testing out the first new streetcar line to be opene(...)

Date5/23/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: All systems go by the lake. A Red Rocket scoots along Queen's Quay toward Spadina Ave. yesterday; testing out the first new streetcar line to be opened in Toronto in 60 years. A TTC superintendent said the trial on the new LRT line went very well.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0115583F
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