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The Polar bear roams the south, Cars of the Polar Bear Express, the Ontario Northland Railway train between North Bay and Moosonee, stop in Oakville t(...)
The Polar bear roams the south, Cars of the Polar Bear Express, the Ontario Northland Railway train between North Bay and Moosonee, stop in Oakville t(...)

The Polar bear roams the south, Cars of the Polar Bear Express, the Ontario Northland Railway train between North Bay and Moosonee, stop in Oakville t(...)

Date11/2/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: The Polar bear roams the south; Cars of the Polar Bear Express; the Ontario Northland Railway train between North Bay and Moosonee; stop in Oakville to pick up Go train passengers. The Polar Bear summerstock cars are easing the rush-hour crush on GO lines; ridden by 20;000 persons a day; 75 per cent of them in rush hour. It was 14;000 a day in 1967; when the service started. Another 10-to-15-per-cent increase is expected.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0012711F
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