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[Freight Cars Plunge to Highway]

Freight Cars Plunge to Highway. From the Waterloo Chronicle, Thursday, April 2, 1936, page 4. The image caption in the newspaper reads: "Twenty-three cars of a C.N.R. freight were de railed and 5 dropped onto the highway 30 feet below at Breslau, near Kitchener, early Tuesday. No one was injured but damage was extensive. Views of the wreck are shown. —Courtesy Toronto Evening Telegram."

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Freight Cars Plunge to Highway
Freight Cars Plunge to Highway

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