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He Keeps Train Riders on Track, Vince Severino is among an elite few workers whose care and expertise keep trains moving disaster-free through busy Un(...)
He Keeps Train Riders on Track, Vince Severino is among an elite few workers whose care and expertise keep trains moving disaster-free through busy Un(...)

He Keeps Train Riders on Track, Vince Severino is among an elite few workers whose care and expertise keep trains moving disaster-free through busy Un(...)

Date10/12/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: He Keeps Train Riders on Track; Vince Severino is among an elite few workers whose care and expertise keep trains moving disaster-free through busy Union Station. It's the job of Severino and 18 other specialists who work for the Toronto Terminal Railway Co. to maintain the complicated network of switches and signals leading into and out of Metro's main rail terminal. A typical day could find Severino installing new wires in a spaghetti-like junction box at the Scott St. plant; just east of Yonge St.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0012655F
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