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Expo's mini-rail that trapped some 100 persons during inaugural run
Expo's mini-rail that trapped some 100 persons during inaugural run

Expo's mini-rail that trapped some 100 persons during inaugural run

Date4/14/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: Expo's mini-rail that trapped some 100 persons during inaugural run. The train runs through the American pavilion in the background but does not stop there.
Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0004370F
Gondola of centuries-old design floats serenely beneath ultramodern minirail, contrast in Expo transportation
Gondola of centuries-old design floats serenely beneath ultramodern minirail, contrast in Expo transportation
4/29/1967
Impressed by expo 67 where he and a City Council party are touring today, Mayor William Dennison wants a Toronto minirail joining the Canadian Nationa(...)
Impressed by expo 67 where he and a City Council party are touring today, Mayor William Dennison wants a Toronto minirail joining the Canadian Nationa(...)
6/16/1967
Centennial - Expo - Minirail
Centennial - Expo - Minirail
4/29/1967
Workmen were bustling around Expo site today, getting everything in readiness for official opening this afternoon and streams of ordinary visitors exp(...)
Workmen were bustling around Expo site today, getting everything in readiness for official opening this afternoon and streams of ordinary visitors exp(...)
4/27/1967
It's fun getting around Expo, and there are nine ways to do it
It's fun getting around Expo, and there are nine ways to do it
4/8/1967
Having its difficulties
Having its difficulties
5/22/1967
Chinguacousy Indians flagged down the inaugural run of GO service between Georgetown and Toronto and Great Chief Cyril Clarke, 75 a former reeve of Ch(...)
Chinguacousy Indians flagged down the inaugural run of GO service between Georgetown and Toronto and Great Chief Cyril Clarke, 75 a former reeve of Ch(...)
4/28/1974
A memorial service was held yesterday at the Scarborough Civic Centre for the nine persons killed in the collision of a TTC bus and a GO train Friday.(...)
A memorial service was held yesterday at the Scarborough Civic Centre for the nine persons killed in the collision of a TTC bus and a GO train Friday.(...)
12/16/1975
Three CNR cars derailed last night in Weston and 14 persons were injured -- one when a fence post pierced her abdomen
Three CNR cars derailed last night in Weston and 14 persons were injured -- one when a fence post pierced her abdomen
1/7/1970
Three CNR train cars were derailed last night in Weston and 15 persons were injured - one when her abdomen was impaled on a fence post. The cars, on a(...)
Three CNR train cars were derailed last night in Weston and 15 persons were injured - one when her abdomen was impaled on a fence post. The cars, on a(...)
1/7/1970
An Eye for beauty: Austrian President Franz Jonas takes time out to chat with some of Expo's comelier visitors during Austria Day celebrations at the fair yesterday
An Eye for beauty: Austrian President Franz Jonas takes time out to chat with some of Expo's comelier visitors during Austria Day celebrations at the fair yesterday
5/12/1967
Go Trains go Double-Decker, A double-decker Go train pulls into Pickering station yesterday, one of nine two-level trains borrowed from CP Rail for two weeks for a test on Go's lakeshore run
Go Trains go Double-Decker, A double-decker Go train pulls into Pickering station yesterday, one of nine two-level trains borrowed from CP Rail for two weeks for a test on Go's lakeshore run
7/23/1974