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Satisfying job: Allen Rae, 62, holds a prototype of an LGB German Diesel train, a train that still runs in Europe.
Satisfying job: Allen Rae, 62, holds a prototype of an LGB German Diesel train, a train that still runs in Europe.

Satisfying job: Allen Rae, 62, holds a prototype of an LGB German Diesel train, a train that still runs in Europe.

Date4/17/1987
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132497F
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