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Waiting to depart on an eastbound passenger train for Toronto, CNR U-1-e Mountain 6047 stands at Hamilton;s James Street station. <br><br><i>Reg Button/Bob Bratina Collection.</a>
Name: Reg Button; Bob Bra…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: Late 1940s
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
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TH&B's Starlight ducks beneath Main Street West on approach to Aberdeen Yard. <br><br><i>Reg Button Photo, Bob Bratina Collection.</i>
Name: Reg Button Photo; B…
Railway: Toronto Hamilton a…
Date: Circa Early 1970's
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
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CNR 6068 departs Hamilton timetable eastbound on what appears to be train 94, <i>The Maple Leaf,</i> based on the NYC Pullman sleeper in the consist. <br><br><i>Reg Button Photo, Bob Bratina Collection.</i>
Name: Reg Button Photo; B…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/1956
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
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One of Canadian Pacific's five semi-streamlined 4-4-4 Jubilee types rests at Chatham Street roundhouse in Hamilton waiting to return to Toronto.
Name: Reg Button Photo; C…
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: Circa 1950s
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
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CNR P-5-f, 0-8-0 switcher 8361 works traffic around Hamilton yard while a passenger train makes a stop at CNR’s James Street station with a GTW business car brining up the rear. Perhaps this train will back out to Bayview and proceed west to Sarnia and into the states. Built by MLW in May, 1929, 8367 will be scrapped in February 1959.
Name: Reg Button Collecti…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: Mid 1950s
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
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GO Transit GP40TC 602 sits beneath James Street at Hamilton’s CN station during the early years of GO Transit operations which commenced May 23, 1967. Delivered in late 1966, 602 would be renumbered GO 9802 in 1970, and GO 502 in 1975 before being sold to Amtrak in 1988 as Amtrak 194, and later rebuilt as GP38H-3 Amtrak 522.
Name: Reg Button Photo; C…
Railway: GO Transit
Date: Late 1960s
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
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Mid day on May 27, 1953 found downtown Hamilton with quite a spectacle as CNR E-10-a 2-6-0 Mogul 88, the lead locomotive on a double headed freight up the mountain, <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=43925>was tossed on her side</a> at the intersection of Ferguson Avenue and Rebecca Streets. This derailment was caused by the lead wheels of 88's tender picking the switch of the Rebecca Street spur, jackknifing the engine causing it to flip. The three crew members onboard; Engineer Charles Penfold (jumped clear), Fireman Richard Day, and head end Brakeman Murray Calder, all escaped with minor injuries. The trailing engine 3506 followed 88 down the spur stopping short of the yard engine working nearby industries. After 3506 and the rest of the train returned to Hamilton Yard after the derailment while the hook works to get 88 back on the rails.<br><br>CNR 88, built as Grand Trunk 1008 by CLC in 1910, renumbered GTR 910 in 1919, CNR 910 in 1923, and CNR 88 in 1951. After this wreck, which cracked the crown sheet atop the firebox, 88 would be sent to Stratford for repairs. Retired in 1957, she would be placed on display <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=24212>as GTR 1008 just east of Morrisburg, Ontario</a> along Highway 2 near the Upper Canada Pioneer Village. Along with it sits the historic Aultsville train station and two GTR coaches. CNR S-1-g Mikado 3506, built by CLC as GTR 486 in 1917, would be scrapped just over 4 years later in July, 1957.
Name: Reg Button Collecti…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/27/1953
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
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A pair of C&O GP30s hustle their westbound freight over the CN Hagersville Sub at Hagersville.
Name: Reg Button Photo; C…
Railway: Chesapeake and Ohi…
Date: 1960s
Location: Hagersville
Province: Ontario
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An eastbound freight descends the grade from Copetown behind a CNR Northern, swinging east towards Bayview Junction and onto the Oakville Sub. Note the double track cowpath at left, single tracked by the time <a href=https://digitalarchive.mcmaster.ca/islandora/object/macrepo%3A73671>this 1953 aerial shot was taken.</a> Compare this view to <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=44864>that of today.</a> MoW siding gone, as are section sheds. Track materials still dot the area though. Though unidentifiable, the Northern in question is a U-2-h class engine, numbered 6235 - 6264, and identifiable with the single large dome atop the centre of the boiler.<br><br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=46407>Click HERE</a> for a 1959 view of a freight taking the cowpath to Hamilton.
Name: Reg Button Collecti…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 04/04/1947
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
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Looking west from Plains road, an eastbound passenger train, led by one of the CNR's U-1-f bullet-nosed Mountain types, passes under Spring Gardens Road bridge, now the Royal Botanical Gardens footbridge.
Name: Reg Button Photo; C…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 1950s
Location: Burlington
Province: Ontario
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CNR U-3-a 6304 leads an eastbound freight out of Hamilton about to duck under the Emerald Street footbridge. In the background above the second boxcar, the former Cataract Power Company building can be seen on Victoria Avenue North. Founded in 1896, the building (built in sections from 1896 – 1907) originally housed a steam boiler, later becoming a hydro substation in 1898 from the Decew Falls Generating Station near St. Catharines. It would become part of the publicly owned Hamilton Hydro in 1930. The building has continued to house a number of businesses in recent years, including Hobo Hardware, and Krown Rust Control. As of August 2020, the building is on it’s way to becoming Evil Empire Studios, a film studio for various artistic works and production companies.<br><br>Originally built by ALCO for the Grand Trunk Western in 1927, 6304, and all twelve U-3-a Northerns (6300 – 6311) would be transferred to the CNR circa 1941-1942. It would be scrapped in May 1961.<br><br>More from the Emerald Street footbridge:<br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=32624>May 1967 by Doug Page</a><br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=30908>April 1997 by Arnold Mooney</a><br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=37397>April 2019 by Jamie Knott</a>
Name: Reg Button Photo; C…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: Circa 1955
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
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Snapped just east of Lottridge Street, CNR northern 6262 brings a freight into Hamilton from the Niagara region, passing alongside Frost Steel & Wire Company Limited. 6262 was the third last Northern built for the CNR, being one of thirty U-2-h class locomotives built by MLW in February 1944. It would be scrapped just sixteen years later in February 1960.<br><br>Frost Steel & Wire, founded by Henry L. Frost, began their operations in Welland in 1898. The company moved to Hamilton in 1904, with their site at the corner of Sherman Avenue and Princess Street. They would expand over the coming decades, eventually giving them the entire block on Princess from Sherman to Lottridge Street. In 1926-27 the company would expand across Lottridge Street, purchasing the R. A Lister & Company Limited property on the north side of the CNR Grimsby Sub for their head office (250 Lottridge) and further manufacturing. An old loading dock remains today <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=43779>alongside the railway</a> and can be seen in a 50th anniversary promotional image <a href=https://scontent-yyz1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.18172-8/14524557_1276076015744022_38169071197502980_o.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=cdbe9c&_nc_ohc=4HDxhDQPgxQAX8Nge8I&_nc_ht=scontent-yyz1-1.xx&oh=00_AT9aJHLSzkNqyVFc2012r_Q9V71UKPqpjh_E4dd1LOHvmQ&oe=628030AC>found here.</a> Frost would shut it's doors in 2002, but it's former head office building still retains the Frost Steel & Wire Products Limited sign on the south side facing the railway.
Name: Reg Button Photo; C…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: Circa 1955
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
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6062 approaches Bayview Junction departing Hamilton with an eastbound passenger train.
Name: Reg Button Photo; C…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: Circa 1955
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
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A scene at Hagersville finds CNR 2-6-0 Mogul 83 working the CNR/NYC interchange to the north west side of the <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=29044>Hagersville diamond</a> while a New York Central Mikado makes it's way westbound towards St. Thomas and beyond. Note the CASO lettered boxcar behind 83.<br><br>CNR E-10-a 83, built by CLC in 1910 as Grand Trunk E12 class mogul 1003, renumbered to CNR 905 in 1923, and to CNR 83 in 1951. It would be scrapped in January 1959. NYC H7c, 2-8-2 Mikado 2016, built as Michigan Central 7916 by ALCO in 1913, would receive it's current identity in 1936. It would be retired in February 1956, disposition unknown. It was one of 28 H7s assigned to the Canadian Division. More info on the H7s, including images at St. Thomas and Welland, can be found <a href=https://nycshs.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/h-7mikados.pdf>in this article by the New York Central System Historical Society.</a>
Name: Reg Button Photo; C…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 1954
Location: Hagersville
Province: Ontario
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CNR S-1-f Mikado, 3466, waits on the helper track at Bayview Junction ready to assist the next heavy train upgrade through Dundas. Note the marker lanterns on the front walkway, and at far right, the semaphore at the junction with the Oakville Subdivision, and the old Spring Gardens Road bridge. Built by MLW 1913 as GTR 561 it was renumbered CNR 3466 1923, and finally scrapped in 1959.
Name: Reg Button Collecti…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 1954
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
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Grand River Railway 842, and another interurban car, are seen at the 1947 Port Dover station, the southern end of the Canadian Pacific Electric Lines. GRR 842 was one of eight steel passenger cars built by the Preston Car & Coach Company in 1921.<br><br><i>Reg Button Photo, Bob Bratina Collection.</i>
Name: Reg Button Photo; C…
Railway: Grand River Railwa…
Date: Circa 1949
Location: Port Dover
Province: Ontario
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The fireman of CNR U-2-a 6105, one of the earliest Confederation type locomotives built for the Canadian National Railways by the Canadian Locomotive Company in July of 1927, is busy atop the tender at Hamilton yard taking on water from the standpipe. 6105 was the first Confederation on CNR to be built with a booster engine, the prior 6100 – 6104 were built without, though 6100 briefly had one installed for display at Baltimore’s <i>Fair of the Iron Horse</i> in October 1927. These boosters, mounted on the rear axle of the trailing truck beneath the cab, were used to start a heavy train or operate at low speed under certain conditions using the excess steam that is created though not used at low speeds. 6105 would be scrapped in February 1960. Note the building at upper right on Bay Street, today the home of Hutch’s Harbour Front fish & chip restaurant (2nd location), built circa 1940.
Name: Reg Button Collecti…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 1950s
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
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Mid day on May 27, 1953 finds CNR E-10-a 2-6-0 Mogul 88, the lead locomotive on a double headed freight up the mountain, tossed on her side at the intersection of Ferguson Avenue and Rebecca Streets in Hamilton. This derailment was caused by the lead wheels of 88's tender picking the switch of the Rebecca Street spur, jackknifing the engine causing it to flip. The three crew members onboard; Engineer Charles Penfold (jumped clear), Fireman Richard Day, and head end Brakeman Murray Calder, all escaped with minor injuries. The tender has been partially righted in this image, and is supported by timbers after having made contact with the Alexanian Oriental Rug Cleaning Company building. The trailing 3506 <a href=https://scontent-yyz1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/10273403_787377977947164_3356333114880696233_o.jpg?_nc_cat=109&cb=846ca55b-ee17756f&ccb=2&_nc_sid=cdbe9c&_nc_ohc=sUAd0WwO6bsAX8Y0mRW&_nc_ht=scontent-yyz1-1.xx&oh=0dcee9a4794054948ccd19d5de4d704f&oe=601D781F>followed 88 down the spur</a> stopping short of the yard engine working nearby industries. After 3506 and the rest of the train returned to Hamilton Yard, a steam wrecking crane was brought in to clear the mess.<br><br>CNR 88, built as Grand Trunk 1008 by CLC in 1910, renumbered GTR 910 in 1919, CNR 910 in 1923, and CNR 88 in 1951. After this wreck, which cracked the crown sheet atop the firebox, 88 would be sent to Stratford for repairs. Retired in 1957, she would be placed on display <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=24212>as GTR 1008 just east of Morrisburg, Ontario</a> along Highway 2 near the Upper Canada Pioneer Village. Along with it sits the historic Aultsville train station and two GTR coaches. CNR S-1-g Mikado 3506, built by CLC as GTR 486 in 1917, would be scrapped just over 4 years later in July, 1957.
Name: Reg Button Collecti…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/27/1953
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
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Extra flags flying high, DM&IR SD9 155 leads CN GP35 4001 eastbound through Merriton on Saturday, January 15, 1966. From the winter of 1963/64 through winter 1973/74 DM&IR SD9 and SD18 units were often leased by CN, CP and a few other lines. The winter of 1965/66 saw CN leasing 20 units, 155 being one of them (the only time it was leased), and the CP leasing 16.<br><br>DMIR 155 was one of 73 SD9s built by EMD and delivered in March, 1958. The unit would later be sold to Independent Locomotive Service in 1993 and rebuilt/renumbered as <a href=https://www.railpictures.net/showimage.php?id=282978&key=5296127>ILSX 1374.</a> It's <a href=https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4069/4286118252_fb4884a4b4_o.jpg>last known operation</a> was the Dakota Quality Grain Cooperative in Ross, North Dakota about 2009. Trailing unit, CN 4001, was the second of two GP35s built for CN (the other being CN 4000). Both units would be renumbered 9300/9301 respectively in 1981, and retired from CN's roster in 1984. 9301 would be stripped of usable parts and scrapped at Mandak Metals, while 9300 would be sold to the Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western (DMVW) in 1989 <a href=http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3273877>as their 323,</a> eventually being scrapped in 2002.<br><br>More DMIR on CN:<br>Roger Lalonde: <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=26619>Jan. 18, 1965 at Montreal.</a><br>Bill Thomson: <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=25143>March, 1966 at Halwest.</a><br>Doug Hately: <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=24236>Dec. 27, 1965 at Bowmanville.</a><br><br>CN GP35s:<br>CN 4000 by Bill Thomson: <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=27396>Mimico, Oct. 1964</a><br>CN 4001 by Bill Thomson: <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=26650>Mimico, Oct. 1964</a><br>CN 9300 by Doug Lawson: <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=35749>Dead and drained at Edmonton, Feb. 1984</a><br>CN 9301 by Doug Lawson: <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=35750>Dead and drained at Edmonton, Feb. 1984</a><br><br>Thanks to Bruce Mercer and Doug Wingfield for further information.
Name: Reg Button Collecti…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 01/15/1966
Location: Merriton
Province: Ontario
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Tree covered mountains stand tall over Lake Okanagan and the town of Kelowna where we find CNR oil burner 4302 sitting in the yard. 4302 is T-4-a 2-10-2 built in 1929 by CLC as part of 15 locomotive order. The CNR yard is long gone today, with the site now being occupied by condos, apartments, and Sunset Drive.<br><br>Rails first reached Kelowna about 1909 on the Canadian Pacific Railway Okanagan line, running south from the transcontinental mainline at Sicamous to Vernon, then heading west to the lake at Okanagan Landing. Cars were then barged to Kelowna, and offloaded by teams of horses into the small yard at the south end of town at the corner of Water Street and Smith Avenue. Records show this operation continued into the 1950's <a href=http://www.okanagan.net/ocarc/chapman.jpg>using a truck</a> and is detailed in <a href=http://www.okanagan.net/ocarc/chapman2.jpg>this article</a> from the Kelowna Daily Courier.<br><br>The Canadian National Railway would complete it's line to Kelowna in September, 1925, completing a line which was begun in 1912 by the Canadian Northern Railway. With this line built, CP would operate over it via trackage rights from Vernon in addition to the car ferry. Passenger service was initially provided by <a href=http://www.okanagan.net/ocarc/feb18,1926CN-oil-car.jpg>an oil-electric car</a> but was later replaced by standard equipment within a few months. <a href=http://www.okanagan.net/ocarc/station.jpg>The CNR station,</a> built in 1926, and opening January 4, 1927, served the passenger trains <a href=http://www.okanagan.net/ocarc/ts_archive1968.jpg>until 1967,</a> when service was cancelled, and the station converted to a freight and express shed. Designated a heritage structure in 1991, the station still stands today as <a href=https://www.teamconstruction.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Capture-1.jpg>The Train Station Pub.</a><br><br>As traffic dwindled both CN and CP wanted to dispose of their Okanagan lines. The Omnitrax shortline, <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=9687>Okanagan Valley Railway,</a> took over the CPR operations in 1998 and operated through 2009 when their largest customer, the Owen-Illinois glass plant, shut down. The <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=1158>Kelowna Pacific Railway</a> would take over the CN operations in February, 2000. The railway would go into receivership on <a href=http://www.okanagan.net/ocarc/okanagan-rail-connection-severed-7813.pdf>Friday, July 5, 2013,</a> with the rails being removed during 2015. Passenger service briefly returned to Kelowna in 1999 as the <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=10769>Okanagan Valley Wine Train,</a> operated by FunTrain Canada Inc., part of Nagel Tours of Edmonton. The train, operating from Kelowna to Vernon, ran until 2003 when the operation was <a href=http://www.okanagan.net/ocarc/wtcancl.gif>suspended due to lack of funding.</a><br><br>Thanks to Steve Host and Dan Dell'Unto for editing assistance.
Name: Reg Button Collecti…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 1953
Location: Kelowna
Province: British Columbia
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