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Getting back on track. Firefighters clean up spilled diesel fuel yesterday after two train engines derailed shortly after noon when tracks gave way in(...)
Getting back on track. Firefighters clean up spilled diesel fuel yesterday after two train engines derailed shortly after noon when tracks gave way in(...)

Getting back on track. Firefighters clean up spilled diesel fuel yesterday after two train engines derailed shortly after noon when tracks gave way in(...)

Date5/19/1994
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Original Toronto Star caption: Getting back on track. Firefighters clean up spilled diesel fuel yesterday after two train engines derailed shortly after noon when tracks gave way in the rail yards west of Keele St. and south of St. Clair Ave. W. No one was injured.
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