Comments on: In the industrial heartland of Hamilton a pair of consecutive EMD SW8′s Dofasco 411 and 412 sit side by side at the railway’s main shop while a transportation dept employee has lunch on the ‘grass’. 412 has a Bottle train and this is a very rare sight – the bottle trains work deep in the plant and are rarely visible from public property. 411 is at the shop proper. To the left of the bottle train is NEW bottle car 625 recently delivered after heading for refurbishment. Recently, Gensets have started making inroads at the former Dofasco and the SW8′s days may be numbered. As alluded, this photo was taken from Public property.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 16:21:36 +0000

BTW the full image was published in the November 2016 Railfan and Railroad. Find a copy to see, this photo is just a preview

By: gordon67

gordon67 — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 20:53:52 +0000

I know it is common for in-plant use. It is not permitted for public road crossings though.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 17:22:49 +0000

Gordon, this is a common practice. For example, the entire railway in Cardinal now uses american style crossbucks and they were recently installed on public roadway crossings.

I’d suspect that railways located entirely within private property have no requirement to adhere to TC standards for crossing protection, would be a company matter.

By: gordon67

gordon67 — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 19:59:55 +0000

Nice shot. Intersting that they use American crossbucks within their facility.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 01:11:56 +0000

Around this time it was Dofasco’s 100th anniversary. Chances are they were cleaned up for Senior Management or a VIP tour..

They definitely don’t look this clean today.

By: Mike Lockwood

Mike Lockwood — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 16:05:56 +0000

Nice catch, Host. The little pups wear a fairly attractive paint scheme and, given their environs, relatively clean, too.

By: Kevin Flood

Kevin Flood — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 23:34:43 +0000

I had to field work at Burlington and Niagara Streets in Hamilton last week. Steve, now I know why you like shooting trains in Hamilton. It’s pretty interesting for train shots. Caught 3840 shunting cars right where I was doing my work!

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 21:11:28 +0000

Or just lucky. I go to Hamilton often and back then if I saw something I’d try to shoot it if I could – it is after all on the way to my parents house..

Took years to get something meaningful and.. since then I haven’t been so lucky (3 years later).

By: snake

snake — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 20:42:34 +0000

ahhh, cough, cough, 30 + years ago ? “you guys”?…you must be referring to Mr Mooney : )

By: awmooney

awmooney — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 20:27:29 +0000

I rather doubt even 30 years ago there was much chance of getting to wander in those plants, “unless you knew somebody”. I did get a few diesel shots but it was crummy weather, and they didn’t pan out all that well. You’ve got to be a real sleuth to bag shots like this one.