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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
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

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

Date11/24/1984
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  • 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
  • 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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Original Toronto Star caption: 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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