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National rebuilt one of the club cars into an 80-seat coach and another into a 52-seat coach/galley car.
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Toronto Maintenance Centre in 2000. After the closure of the Ski Train the Canadian National acquired its rolling stock for use on the Algoma Central Railway.
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