service between Toronto and Timmins. 1978, March 13 - GO introduces its first bi-level coaches . 1978, March 19 - First run of the Inukshuk Express which runs between  Hay River and Pine Point for the duration of the 1978 Arctic Winter Games.  This was the first passenger train to run into the Northwest Territories. 1979, November 10 - CP Rail no. 54 suffers a hot axle box and derails 24 cars containing dangerous commodities, in Mississaugua , Ont. Almost a quarter of a million people were evacuated for periods of up to five days. The Grange Commission report on the acident is published in December, 1980. 1980, July 4 - Canadian Pacific sells its 50% interest in the Northern Alberta Railways to Canadian National. 1981, July 7 - VIA Rail Canada takes delivery of its first LRC train set in a ceremony at Windsor station, Montreal. 1983, Christmas - VIA Rail Canada discontinues the 25 year tradition of making plum puddings available on VIA trains at Christmas time.  Sales had dropped from 50,000 to less than 5,000 per year. 1984, September 10 - the Pope travels by special train between Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre and Montreal, Windsor Station.  LRC-3 locomotives nos. 6927 and 6922, elephant style, were on the nose and no. 6921 was on the rear.  LRC-2 locomotives nos. 6907 and 6915 handled the train for the media. 1986, February 8 - A head on collision between a freight train and a passenger train near Hinton , Alberta claims 23 lives.