Comments on: A photo from Ray Hoadley, taken at Beach Rd, Hamilton as TH&B 53 heads up the Belt Line with Industrial Brown Hoist TH&B X-766 in tow as well as a couple of other cars. Ray must have been standing on the embankment of the subway underpass of the CN Grimsby sub. There had been a derailment in the TH&B Adams Yard and the “big hook” had attended to the scene. In the image there is a bulk head flat loaded with cast iron pipes, one of the cars that had derailed. I recall going through this spot numerous times when I worked for the TH&B. Beach Road was a nasty crossing and mid 1972 a transfer job was heading up the Belt Line and hit a truck at the crossing, killing the driver, some crew members receiving minor injuries and TH&B 56 more or less wedged in the subway overpass.

By: Paul O'Shell

Paul O'Shell — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 13:26:12 +0000

TH&B X-766 (2nd) pictured here is an Industrial Brownhoist 250 ton capacity crane, serial number 12190, built in 1954. It went on to became CP 414651 and spent a few years in Kamloops, BC and Port Coquitlam, BC. From CP it went to Northern Plains Railroad in Fordville, ND.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 13:13:05 +0000

This is excellent. Bridge/berm is all grown in now so you can’t do this shot as it is in this photo.

Also, it’s still a nasty crossing, but mostly on account of the druggies, needles, and general run-down-ness of anything located by the tracks in Hamilton. Beware anyone who wanders near the Grimsby sub in town – the druggies live in camps by the tracks and are hostile.