Comments on: This is one of my favourite scenes in Hamilton and I tried to do this quite a few times, with both RLHH and CN. The crappy thing is this scene is gone now, at centre is the “E” Blast furnace which was demolished about two months ago and is currently being cut up for scrap. Most if not all of the smokestacks and buildings are also coming down if not already. Therefore, this scene, as I just realized, is now no longer possible. Rats. It was fun while it lasted.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:17:20 +0000

What’s funny James is they still haven’t opened it for two way traffic…

I’d welcome that, it’s a bit of a pain getting around there without it.

By: jknott86

jknott86 — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 21:45:16 +0000

New*

By: jknott86

jknott86 — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 21:44:51 +0000

Now crossing protection here and on the Grimsby on Sherman. Appear to be preparing for two-way traffic

By: Klaucker

Klaucker — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:05:25 +0000

Definitely a shot for the ages… very soon we will have only Nanticoke BF running, as Algoma and DOFASCO transition to all Arc Furnace….

By: Eric May

Eric May — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 00:49:41 +0000

Well done. Nice old crossing frames.

By: rsmith

rsmith — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 15:59:55 +0000

And I wasn’t allowed to take photos! That was very frustrating!

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:46:18 +0000

I can only imagine what you saw back there locomotive and steel movement wise… jealous

By: rsmith

rsmith — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 11:22:06 +0000

Interesting. “BFE” was completely refurbished when I did a co-op at Stelco about 20 years ago. I stood inside it! A quick bit of research revealed that the lifespan of a blast furnace is 15 years before it has to be refurbished or replaced. It’s time was up. Oh, and nice shot too.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 01:13:28 +0000

No Sir, Sherman Ave N.

By: bruce

bruce — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 01:05:13 +0000

Is this Gage Ave??