Comments on: Former TH&B Track winds through tightly built residential neighbourhoods near Gage Park in Hamilton. The Belt Line was built to serve the growing Steel industry in 1911 – the source of significant traffic for the TH&B and CPR and continues to thrive to this day. In this photo a CP Kinnear local is returning from switching National Steel Car, A&M Metals, and Railcare and will head to Aberdeen yard for more work.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:04:59 +0000

I lived beside GEXR from 2003 to 2005.

It was fun but I realized the follies of doing so and said no need. To buy one does not buy beside railway tracks.

However to each their own.

By: BradKetchen

BradKetchen — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 10:57:00 +0000

I wonder though it would get old living next to the tracks. The fun, for me, is seeing something out of the ordinary.

By: bruce

bruce — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 03:44:04 +0000

The house on the other side of the tracks is for sale. Perfect house for you Steve.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 21:28:11 +0000

The house directly at my back had a dining room window that faces these tracks.. and a three feet of grass between it and the rails.. Interesting photo ops to be had along this right of way.

By: JoeDurocher

JoeDurocher — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:23:25 +0000

I grew up with trains – particularly boxcars – right across the street at the paper mill. Imagine having a train pass a few feet from your property. Not safe for kids or pets.

By: BradKetchen

BradKetchen — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 13:52:02 +0000

That’s a tight fit. Similar to the CN spur to the old TH&B in Brantford. I’m seeing a pattern here. Old railway tracks squeezing through old real estate…