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Rail Relaxation: Bob Macdonald of Burlington puts his feet up and settles down to read his newspaper as Via Rail's Transcontinental train rolls through Muskoka
Rail Relaxation: Bob Macdonald of Burlington puts his feet up and settles down to read his newspaper as Via Rail's Transcontinental train rolls through Muskoka

Rail Relaxation: Bob Macdonald of Burlington puts his feet up and settles down to read his newspaper as Via Rail's Transcontinental train rolls through Muskoka

Date11/29/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Rail Relaxation: Bob Macdonald of Burlington puts his feet up and settles down to read his newspaper as Via Rail's Transcontinental train rolls through Muskoka.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0012664F
      Rail Relaxation: Bob Macdonald of Burlington puts his feet up and settles down to read his newspaper as VIA Rail's Transcontinental train rolls through Muskoka
      Rail Relaxation: Bob Macdonald of Burlington puts his feet up and settles down to read his newspaper as VIA Rail's Transcontinental train rolls through Muskoka
      Spremo, Boris
      3/29/1989
      Riding in comfort: Miriam Greenberg reads to her children, Samuel, 3, and Jordana, 2, on VIA Rail's transcontinental train as the countryside of Muskoka races past a picture window
      Riding in comfort: Miriam Greenberg reads to her children, Samuel, 3, and Jordana, 2, on VIA Rail's transcontinental train as the countryside of Muskoka races past a picture window
      Spremo, Boris
      3/29/1989
      Cleaning up: Work crews place a boom in front of a sewer grate on Sand Beach Road to stop a spill of diesel oil from VIA Rail's maintenance centre in Mimico
      Cleaning up: Work crews place a boom in front of a sewer grate on Sand Beach Road to stop a spill of diesel oil from VIA Rail's maintenance centre in Mimico
      Stuparyk, Michael
      1/30/1989
      Feel right at home. His feet up on the desk, new Controller Herbert Orliffe settles back comfortably in William Allen's former chair and accepts a lig(...)
      Feel right at home. His feet up on the desk, new Controller Herbert Orliffe settles back comfortably in William Allen's former chair and accepts a lig(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      1/17/1962
      A $500,000 peck, Ken Blais, 47, of Windsor kisses his wife, Joyce, 47, after winning $500,000 in a Provincial lottery draw. Blais, a waiter on VIA Rail trains, plans to keep on working
      A $500,000 peck, Ken Blais, 47, of Windsor kisses his wife, Joyce, 47, after winning $500,000 in a Provincial lottery draw. Blais, a waiter on VIA Rail trains, plans to keep on working
      Cooper, David
      1/31/1984
      Pay ranges: Salary limits hiked for VIA Rail's Hanigan: left: and PetroCan's Hopper
      Pay ranges: Salary limits hiked for VIA Rail's Hanigan: left: and PetroCan's Hopper
      Beaty, Keith
      7/5/1982
      The Axe: As of Monday, VIA Rail's routes across Canada are to be reduced to 20 from the current 38
      The Axe: As of Monday, VIA Rail's routes across Canada are to be reduced to 20 from the current 38
      Russell, Jim
      1/11/1990
      Line-ups of passengers wait for buses at Eglinton subway terminal this morning after two cars of an empty subway train jumped the rails, blocking the (...)
      Line-ups of passengers wait for buses at Eglinton subway terminal this morning after two cars of an empty subway train jumped the rails, blocking the (...)
      Spremo, Boris
      9/30/1970
      Way of life: Engineer Joe Tiernay has been riding the rails for 42 years and thinks showers on trains might be a good way of encouraging travel by rail
      Way of life: Engineer Joe Tiernay has been riding the rails for 42 years and thinks showers on trains might be a good way of encouraging travel by rail
      Spremo, Boris
      3/29/1989
      Off the rails: An Inquiry into a 1990 train derailment in Brampton was told a tanker containing more than 8,000 kilograms of deadly chiorine was marked empty
      Off the rails: An Inquiry into a 1990 train derailment in Brampton was told a tanker containing more than 8,000 kilograms of deadly chiorine was marked empty
      Bock, Tony
      3/10/1991
      VIA Rail train and travellers at the train station. Nakina, Ont.
      VIA Rail train and travellers at the train station. Nakina, Ont.
      Canadian National Railways
      7/28/1983
      Put on a scary face. City of York Mayor Fergy Brown rolls up his sleeves and tries his hand at carving a jack-o'-lantern for the United Way yesterday. Clown Ev Viney looks on
      Put on a scary face. City of York Mayor Fergy Brown rolls up his sleeves and tries his hand at carving a jack-o'-lantern for the United Way yesterday. Clown Ev Viney looks on
      Brown, Fergus
      10/23/1990