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A little over 30 years ago I moved from Edmonton to Hamilton. Before my first month in Hamilton was over I found my way to Dundas station to photograph trains. I'm not 100% certain that this is the first train I shot there but it's the first one I have a scan of. Since then I have taken hundreds of photos in this general area. I probably still make it up there a couple of times a year, I went out there today for the first time in 2017. The No Stopping signs along Highway 8 and the Trail Closed signs where the Bruce Trail goes up the bank to the tracks didn't look like positive signs but I walked up anyway. There was a CN Police officer parked near where the trail crossed the tracks. He was stopping all hikers and informing them that "technically" they were trespassing. Anyways the more interesting part of our conversation, besides hearing about the day he had to come out and move a wedding party off the right of way, is that CN is working on a plan to convey a right of way to the Bruce Trail and the right of way will be fenced off. I'm guessing that will kill all remaining photo angles. It was fun while it lasted! Given what I  have seen numerous hikers and daisy pickers doing on the right of way over the years I'm surprised that CN didn't close the area off years ago. 

Train #725 ran between Stelco's Hamilton and Lake Erie mills. It ran with a van on both ends to facilitate running around the train in Brantford.
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Caption: A little over 30 years ago I moved from Edmonton to Hamilton. Before my first month in Hamilton was over I found my way to Dundas station to photograph trains. I'm not 100% certain that this is the first train I shot there but it's the first one I have a scan of. Since then I have taken hundreds of photos in this general area. I probably still make it up there a couple of times a year, I went out there today for the first time in 2017. The No Stopping signs along Highway 8 and the Trail Closed signs where the Bruce Trail goes up the bank to the tracks didn't look like positive signs but I walked up anyway. There was a CN Police officer parked near where the trail crossed the tracks. He was stopping all hikers and informing them that "technically" they were trespassing. Anyways the more interesting part of our conversation, besides hearing about the day he had to come out and move a wedding party off the right of way, is that CN is working on a plan to convey a right of way to the Bruce Trail and the right of way will be fenced off. I'm guessing that will kill all remaining photo angles. It was fun while it lasted! Given what I have seen numerous hikers and daisy pickers doing on the right of way over the years I'm surprised that CN didn't close the area off years ago. Train #725 ran between Stelco's Hamilton and Lake Erie mills. It ran with a van on both ends to facilitate running around the train in Brantford.

Photographer:
Glenn Courtney [225] (more) (contact)
Date: 01/31/1987 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CNR 9541 (search)
Train Symbol: CN 725 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Dundas (search)
City/Town: Dundas (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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