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Chopped Enough? The bitter coast-to-coast protests following passenger-train cuts last year make Via Rail an unlikely target
Chopped Enough? The bitter coast-to-coast protests following passenger-train cuts last year make Via Rail an unlikely target

Chopped Enough? The bitter coast-to-coast protests following passenger-train cuts last year make Via Rail an unlikely target

Date1/18/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Chopped Enough? The bitter coast-to-coast protests following passenger-train cuts last year make Via Rail an unlikely target.
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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
2/3/1990
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 (...)
10/19/1989
Losing steam: The 6.3 million riding VIA's trains last year saw 750,000 fewer fellow passengers, and the crown corporation says it lost $506 million
Losing steam: The 6.3 million riding VIA's trains last year saw 750,000 fewer fellow passengers, and the crown corporation says it lost $506 million
2/4/1985
CN repairmen examine the crumpled front of a VIA Rail locomotive that smashed into a stopped freight train near Ingersoll yesterday. More than 70 pass(...)
CN repairmen examine the crumpled front of a VIA Rail locomotive that smashed into a stopped freight train near Ingersoll yesterday. More than 70 pass(...)
8/10/1982
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
3/29/1989
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
11/29/1989
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
3/29/1989
Prototype of LRC trains (light, rapid and comfortable) that Via Rail hopes to introduce in 1982
Prototype of LRC trains (light, rapid and comfortable) that Via Rail hopes to introduce in 1982
9/12/1979
Time runs out: A woman surveys the departure times in Union Station yesterday during the countdown to oblivion for many VIA passenger trains across Canada
Time runs out: A woman surveys the departure times in Union Station yesterday during the countdown to oblivion for many VIA passenger trains across Canada
1/14/1990
Accidents - Railway and Street Railways - VIA Rail Brighton, Ontario 1994
Accidents - Railway and Street Railways - VIA Rail Brighton, Ontario 1994
11/21/1994
Accidents - Railway and Street Railways - VIA Rail Brighton, Ontario 1994
Accidents - Railway and Street Railways - VIA Rail Brighton, Ontario 1994
11/21/1994
Accidents - Railway and Street Railways - VIA Rail Brighton, Ontario 1994
Accidents - Railway and Street Railways - VIA Rail Brighton, Ontario 1994
11/21/1994