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Idle Trains: Transit yards were lined with Idle subway trains as thousands of transit riders sought alternate means of travel late this week
Idle Trains: Transit yards were lined with Idle subway trains as thousands of transit riders sought alternate means of travel late this week

Idle Trains: Transit yards were lined with Idle subway trains as thousands of transit riders sought alternate means of travel late this week

Date9/12/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Idle Trains: Transit yards were lined with Idle subway trains as thousands of transit riders sought alternate means of travel late this week.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0016982F
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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(...)
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      From highways to trains is the leap made by Cameron McNab, 62, chairman of the Toronto Area Transit Operating Authority
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      Spremo, Boris
      3/4/1974
      Old and new in rail yards. With 179 switches and controls, Fred Pace (top) directs trains from the John St. control tower. Al Dignard (left) works in (...)
      Old and new in rail yards. With 179 switches and controls, Fred Pace (top) directs trains from the John St. control tower. Al Dignard (left) works in (...)
      Spremo, Boris
      3/4/1974
      Old and new in rail yards. With 179 switches and controls, Fred Pace (top) directs trains from the John St. control tower. Al Dignard (left) works in (...)
      Old and new in rail yards. With 179 switches and controls, Fred Pace (top) directs trains from the John St. control tower. Al Dignard (left) works in (...)
      Spremo, Boris
      3/4/1974
      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
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      Beaty, Keith
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      Headed home: TTC passengers jammed special shuttle buses when thousands of would-be subway riders were left stranded on street corners to wait up to an hour for buses
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      Slaughter, Mike
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