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Pick-up sticks. Nine freight cars carrying lumber, auto parts and potatoes jumped the track under the Leaside bridge, tearing up 150 feet of track and(...)
Pick-up sticks. Nine freight cars carrying lumber, auto parts and potatoes jumped the track under the Leaside bridge, tearing up 150 feet of track and(...)

Pick-up sticks. Nine freight cars carrying lumber, auto parts and potatoes jumped the track under the Leaside bridge, tearing up 150 feet of track and(...)

Date5/19/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Pick-up sticks. Nine freight cars carrying lumber; auto parts and potatoes jumped the track under the Leaside bridge; tearing up 150 feet of track and giving a Canadian National Railways work crew a busy 24 hours while they cleaned up the mess; including the load of lumber spilled by one of the cars. No one was injured in the derailment.
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0001118F