Comments on: At Stuart St – a very recent brush cutting has revealed an old staircase which once led passengers to the station platform of the approx 1875-1930 Great Western Railway built station. Located just to the left of the staircase, this station was built by the Great Western and removed approx 1930 when the new James St. North building was constructed. This would have been the second station built at Hamilton.For a photo depicting the old station, see this link: here A photo of the first Great Western Railway station – estmiated more to the left but closer to the mainline (was in the middle of the yard, essentially near the former CN/SOR shop building) can be found on Ray’s Old Time Trains site here with plenty more detail for those interested in history It is my belief all of this is now gone and will soon be paved over to make way for the James St. North station parking lot.

By: headtailgrep

headtailgrep — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 13:05:49 +0000

Hey Rob. You are correct. It’s my understanding the 1855 station was moved and used as a freight shed, the approx 1890 station is what burnt down. Funny enough, I was in the ‘hood’ last night and managed to shoot 98 at the station, it is now an antique store.

By: rsmith

rsmith — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 23:52:33 +0000

Steve, the Grimsby passenger station burned down in the early 90′s(?) I’m sure Mr. Mooney knows the date. The freight shed is now the Pottery store.