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Making a splash: Via Rail president Pierre Franche smashes a bottle of champagne against the front coupling of the locomotive on the International, sending the train on its maiden voyage
Making a splash: Via Rail president Pierre Franche smashes a bottle of champagne against the front coupling of the locomotive on the International, sending the train on its maiden voyage

Making a splash: Via Rail president Pierre Franche smashes a bottle of champagne against the front coupling of the locomotive on the International, sending the train on its maiden voyage

Date10/31/1982
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0127429F
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