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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

The Axe: As of Monday, VIA Rail's routes across Canada are to be reduced to 20 from the current 38

Date1/11/1990
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  • 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
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Original Toronto Star caption: The Axe: As of Monday; VIA Rail's routes across Canada are to be reduced to 20 from the current 38.
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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
Spremo, Boris
11/29/1989
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
Switched-off engines: Some Via routes will die, others may be sold to private entrepreneurs for tourist business
Switched-off engines: Some Via routes will die, others may be sold to private entrepreneurs for tourist business
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
4/1/1986
Map showing the routes between Boston, New-York and the North West via Toronto and the Georgian Bay
Map showing the routes between Boston, New-York and the North West via Toronto and the Georgian Bay
Lith. of Richd. H. Pease
Approximately 1853
Map of Upper Canada shewing the proposed routes of rail roads for the purpose of extending the trade of the province
Map of Upper Canada shewing the proposed routes of rail roads for the purpose of extending the trade of the province
John Smyth (Toronto, Ont.)
1837
Friendships on Track, About 60 commuters, fearing that VIA Rail route cuts mean they'll lose touch with their favorite conductors, held a dinner at a (...)
Friendships on Track, About 60 commuters, fearing that VIA Rail route cuts mean they'll lose touch with their favorite conductors, held a dinner at a (...)
Brazao, Dale
10/19/1989
Regina Rally: Demonstrators protesting VIA Rail cuts gathered in Regina and cities across Canada last month as service was curtailed or discontinued
Regina Rally: Demonstrators protesting VIA Rail cuts gathered in Regina and cities across Canada last month as service was curtailed or discontinued
Bock, Tony
2/3/1990
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
The tourist, or Pocket manual for travellers on the Hudson River, the western and northern canals and railroads : the stage routes to Niagara Falls; and down Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence to Montreal and Quebec.Comprising also the routes to Lebanon, Ballston, and Saratoga Springs, with many new and interesting details
The tourist, or Pocket manual for travellers on the Hudson River, the western and northern canals and railroads : the stage routes to Niagara Falls; and down Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence to Montreal and Quebec.Comprising also the routes to Lebanon, Ballston, and Saratoga Springs, with many new and interesting details
Harper & Brothers
1838
Règles, reglements et statuts de la Compagnie du Chemin à Rails du St
Règles, reglements et statuts de la Compagnie du Chemin à Rails du St
Canada Gazette
1848
Toronto and York Radial Railroad, Mimico Division, remains of rails crossing Parkside Drive, north of Lakeshore Boulevard (on old Lakeshore Road.), looking east
Toronto and York Radial Railroad, Mimico Division, remains of rails crossing Parkside Drive, north of Lakeshore Boulevard (on old Lakeshore Road.), looking east
Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
1953