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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 (...)

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 (...)

Date9/30/1970
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  • 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 line. Buses shuttled thousdands of passengers around the blocked section of track.
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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. Buses shuttled thousdands of passengers around the blocked section of track.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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