Comments on: Close-up shot of the power as TH&B has just crested the hill at Vinemount and is heading down to Port Maitland. Units are: TH&B 73, 403, 401, 75 and 76. Photo from the Ridge Road overpass.

By: Conrailcam

Conrailcam — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 22:23:14 +0000

Great pic of a great era. Thank you!

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:45:34 +0000

This is amazing – Happy New Year Arnold and Gents! the one railway I wish I could have seen as a ‘railfan’.

A few years after this photo was taken I went to grade school starting in Grade 6 in Stoney Creek on Grays line. I could hear and see the EMD’s climbing the grade and making quite a ruckus, from the library, from the playground, etc but by then it was CP Rail… 1989. You could hear them screaming up the hill from my house too.. what a sound – so I can hear this photo.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:51:01 +0000

Thanks for the “buttering up”, John. Happy New Year 2026 !!

By: railwayguy

railwayguy — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 01:02:39 +0000

Ahhh, the good old days ! You could hear the “GM chant” as the train struggled up the grade minutes before the train came into view . . . another classic scene thanks to a classic photographer. Thank you Arnold

By: Klaucker

Klaucker — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:55:08 +0000

What an era….I remember working on farms around Dunnville and watching the trains loaded up with Phosphate rock and ERCO materials…