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All together now! Passengers push a stalled TTC trolley bus out of a snowdrift at Bay and Harbor Sts
All together now! Passengers push a stalled TTC trolley bus out of a snowdrift at Bay and Harbor Sts

All together now! Passengers push a stalled TTC trolley bus out of a snowdrift at Bay and Harbor Sts

Date3/4/1985
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  • All together now! Passengers push a stalled TTC trolley bus out of a snowdrift at Bay and Harbor Sts
  • All together now! Passengers push a stalled TTC trolley bus out of a snowdrift at Bay and Harbor Sts. in a scene repeated many times in Metro yesterday. Hundreds of cars were also abandoned and hauled away until towing companies gave up in mid-afternoon and stopped taking calls. But relief is in sight - temperatures expected to rise later in the week.
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Original Toronto Star caption: All together now! Passengers push a stalled TTC trolley bus out of a snowdrift at Bay and Harbor Sts. in a scene repeated many times in Metro yesterday. Hundreds of cars were also abandoned and hauled away until towing companies gave up in mid-afternoon and stopped taking calls. But relief is in sight - temperatures expected to rise later in the week.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0015453F
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