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Fast Train for the northland, The first two of four diesel-electric trains to be used on the Ontario Northland Railway was unloaded yesterday at Toron(...)
Fast Train for the northland, The first two of four diesel-electric trains to be used on the Ontario Northland Railway was unloaded yesterday at Toron(...)

Fast Train for the northland, The first two of four diesel-electric trains to be used on the Ontario Northland Railway was unloaded yesterday at Toron(...)

Date4/19/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fast Train for the northland; The first two of four diesel-electric trains to be used on the Ontario Northland Railway was unloaded yesterday at Toronto Harbor on arrival from Rotterdam. Originally part of the Trans-European Express network; the four-car units are expected to cut up to two hours off Toronto-Timmins run when they start on June 9.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0012710F
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      Barkley, Harold
      11/2/1972
      All aboard!: Santa Claus (left) was the star passenger among 2,000 kids who boarded Ontario Northland Railway's Santa Claus Express at Englehart Station yesterday
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      Bock, Tony
      11/24/1984
      Railways - Canada - Ontario - Northland
      Railways - Canada - Ontario - Northland
      Mahler, John
      9/12/1979
      Go Trains go Double-Decker, A double-decker Go train pulls into Pickering station yesterday, one of nine two-level trains borrowed from CP Rail for two weeks for a test on Go's lakeshore run
      Go Trains go Double-Decker, A double-decker Go train pulls into Pickering station yesterday, one of nine two-level trains borrowed from CP Rail for two weeks for a test on Go's lakeshore run
      Beaty, Keith
      7/23/1974
      In bygone years trains steamed for four blocks under the city of Brockville in a tunnel completed in 1860 by the Brockville and Ottawa Railway of faded memory
      In bygone years trains steamed for four blocks under the city of Brockville in a tunnel completed in 1860 by the Brockville and Ottawa Railway of faded memory
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      5/4/1985
      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(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      5/19/1994
      Speaking from experience: In replying to suggestion that freight trains should have reflective material to make them visible at night, retired railway engineer Herbert Stitt points out that, in more than half the accidents in which he was involved, a car struck the train in daylight
      Speaking from experience: In replying to suggestion that freight trains should have reflective material to make them visible at night, retired railway engineer Herbert Stitt points out that, in more than half the accidents in which he was involved, a car struck the train in daylight
      Cooper, David
      5/26/1984
      That's the kind of service people in Northern Ontario have come to expect from Ontario Northland, the rail, ship, truck, plane and bus line that Moose(...)
      That's the kind of service people in Northern Ontario have come to expect from Ontario Northland, the rail, ship, truck, plane and bus line that Moose(...)
      Bull, Ron
      8/8/1975
      The crushed wreck of a burned-out car and an Ontario Northland bus were among the scores of vehicles involved in Canada's worst-ever road disaster, la(...)
      The crushed wreck of a burned-out car and an Ontario Northland bus were among the scores of vehicles involved in Canada's worst-ever road disaster, la(...)
      Brennan, Pat
      3/18/1973
      Where hidden veins in ontario's northland produce gold beyond the dreams of avarice
      Where hidden veins in ontario's northland produce gold beyond the dreams of avarice
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/10/1929
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      Dutton, Don
      3/20/1973
      Passengers hurry to board the sparkling new Chief Commanda II, operated by the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, for a cruise on Lake Nipis(...)
      Passengers hurry to board the sparkling new Chief Commanda II, operated by the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, for a cruise on Lake Nipis(...)
      Bull, Ron
      8/8/1975