Comments on: It was rare enough getting a ‘meet’ right in front of me let alone a meet of cabeese. Further, both freight cars are of the old Central Vermont vintage, now, of course, a fallen flag. The boxcar on the right, the more I look at the door on it, the more I image a ‘face’ and ‘shoulders’ on it. An illusion? See it? Perhaps it is just me. Could be time I changed my brand of beer.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 13:06:59 +0000

Meets at Bayview could be considered common back then if you took into consideration that a lot of trains were held at the junction signal off the Dundas for activity on the line to and from Niagara. This was something of a hot-spot many years back due to all the local moves; wyeing of cars & power out Hamilton, all those local passenger trains, also #401 each morning backed all the way out of Hamilton each mid-morning with a 40-80 car train and then proceeded westward up the hill at Dundas; and so forth. More remarkable than all the rail traffic in the 1980s is where it has all gone to……..Catching cabeese in passing such as this shot was something I rarely got to see though.

By: Cdntrainphotog

Cdntrainphotog — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:36:05 +0000

This MR. M., is an amazing shot. Almost a reflection (I’ll leave the image in the boxcar door-which I can see by the way) of each train. You must have been excited to get it. Were big meets like that common at Bayview then?

By: Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:19:30 +0000

thanks alot for the reply

By: awmooney

awmooney — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:27:47 +0000

Yes, you are correct. Much too overgrown these days for any photos though. Also, I forgot to mention in the caption that the closest track, removed probably 20+ years ago; was where in the steam days pushers were stationed in order to assist heavy freights westbound up the Dundas grade. Later years saw it utilized as a storage stub for MoW equipment.

By: Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:15:37 +0000

standing on the north side at the start of the dundas sub?