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Toppled train
Toppled train

Toppled train

Date8/17/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Toppled train: Two carloads of explosive liquid butane were part of the freight carried by a Chesapeake and Ohio train which derailed within 200 feet of homes in Eberts; 6 miles northeast of Chatham. Homes were evacuated; but the butane cars stayed upright and didn't explode. It's definitely not a Mississauga; a police spokesman said.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0001121F
Toppled boxcars: Had two CN trains deralled one main road east of the mishasite in downtown Brampton, mayhem would have resulted, the city's mayor says
Toppled boxcars: Had two CN trains deralled one main road east of the mishasite in downtown Brampton, mayhem would have resulted, the city's mayor says
2/26/1990
Two CN trains collided in York borough today, injuring the engineer of one train and derailing six cars of another
Two CN trains collided in York borough today, injuring the engineer of one train and derailing six cars of another
7/15/1975
Train derails in west end. CP Rail workers police wait for a crane to lift a boxcar, part of a freight train that derailed after being sideswiped by a(...)
Train derails in west end. CP Rail workers police wait for a crane to lift a boxcar, part of a freight train that derailed after being sideswiped by a(...)
5/10/1990
Man hit by train. A 51-year-old man was struck by a slow-moving freight train as he tried to cross the tracks at Osler St., north of Dupont St., last (...)
Man hit by train. A 51-year-old man was struck by a slow-moving freight train as he tried to cross the tracks at Osler St., north of Dupont St., last (...)
8/26/1991
A close call. Eastbound GO train passengers were shaken last night when the engine of their train sideswiped one of eight derailed freight cars near W(...)
A close call. Eastbound GO train passengers were shaken last night when the engine of their train sideswiped one of eight derailed freight cars near W(...)
1/9/1979
Death scene: The broom and safety hat of the railway worker killed by a train this morning lie in the snow 150 feet from where the train came to a stop
Death scene: The broom and safety hat of the railway worker killed by a train this morning lie in the snow 150 feet from where the train came to a stop
1/20/1982
Head-on crash of two CNR freight trains killed at least two men early today at Pefferlaw, 30 miles northeast of Newmarket. Three men were injured, one(...)
Head-on crash of two CNR freight trains killed at least two men early today at Pefferlaw, 30 miles northeast of Newmarket. Three men were injured, one(...)
3/16/1968
Smashed and tangled, wreckage of drailed CNR Tempo train lies scattered across the railway right-of-way year Woodbine Racetrack after running through (...)
Smashed and tangled, wreckage of drailed CNR Tempo train lies scattered across the railway right-of-way year Woodbine Racetrack after running through (...)
4/20/1969
Last-second leap as a freight train roars down is the object of boys aged 10 to 15 who play a deadly game of chicken on a trestle 25 feet above a rese(...)
Last-second leap as a freight train roars down is the object of boys aged 10 to 15 who play a deadly game of chicken on a trestle 25 feet above a rese(...)
7/31/1972
Flirting with death, youth waves at speeding freight train bearing down on him on a trestle
Flirting with death, youth waves at speeding freight train bearing down on him on a trestle
7/31/1972
An injured passenger is helped away from wreckage of derailed train yesterday by a policeman and civilian About 30 passengers were injured when six pa(...)
An injured passenger is helped away from wreckage of derailed train yesterday by a policeman and civilian About 30 passengers were injured when six pa(...)
4/21/1969
Rescued from sabotaged train, youngster clings with his arms around shoulders of Etobicoke fireman James Grant, as he is carried to safety from scene (...)
Rescued from sabotaged train, youngster clings with his arms around shoulders of Etobicoke fireman James Grant, as he is carried to safety from scene (...)
4/20/1969