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The first married pair of cars
Call them cars 5000 and 5001
Arriving at the Hillcrest shop on
Call them more than just modified
street cars operating underground
Call them sub way cars built
overseas at the Gloucester Railway Wagon and Carriage Company of
Call them 104 cars all together
Call them the first married pair,
5000, and 5001 put on display at the Canadian National Exhibition
Call them joined together in that
first march of the subway train
A bridal march
Married and buried on
While politicians and the media
gathered at the Davisville Station
Ghosts in a black and white
photograph
A smudging of history’s grease
Crowded aboard
And when the signal light turned
from red to amber to green
The first train of the first subway
system in
To travel these tracked distances
Call them cars 5000 and 5001, alone
and together
