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Caption: Many of us are frustrated by the strict control of property around the railroads. Fencing and No Trespassing signs, along with high quality cameras, are getting to be the norm. I thought posting this image might help clarify what has transpired over the years.
In this image, CN 8169, an MLW S-4, is in process of 'wyeing the pigs'. a daily (almost) procedure in which TOFCs are run around the wye in order to be in the correct position at the loading docks in Hamilton.
The engineer has just run the wye and he is now waiting for the signal in order to back the train into Hamilton.
Note there is a green signal on the right for a movement up the Dundas. Note the people on the tracks paying no attention whatsoever to potential danger on both tracks.
Railroads had to put up with this for years. No more.
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Birdwatching on the train tracks? Darn tourists!
Some people always have to ruin it for everybody else… Nice picture of that switcher!
Thanks, Ian. The only idea of posting this image was to try to explain just how bad it was around Bayview Jct (Royal Botanical Gardens is adjacent) for pedestrians who wandered at will without any regard for their personal safety. Ironically, the old switcher has been gone 40 years but some of thee bone-brained people probably still soldier on.