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It’s an interesting little business there that seems to be be pretty steady and switched out several times each week. They get the odd bulkhead and even the occassional reefer too. I’ve been told the reefers are strawberries for E.D. Smith but that’s just secondhand railfan chatter – would be curious if someone can confirm that.
Even the boxes offer a nice variety there.. DWC, Railbox, Southern, CP.. just adds to the flavour there!
Nice shot Marcus.
Just asked one of the CN guys.. the reefers can vary from anything from strawberries to tomatoes.
I love watching them switch out Parkdale Warehousing. Often done over two moves (take out the empties, then come back with the loads) you can get a good variety of angles. And like @jknott86 said, the variety of cars there makes it very interesting! Nice catch Marcus!
On a side note, I loved 2289 when it was in Hamilton purely for the engineers side front number board affixed with the tried and true handy man’s secret weapon, duct tape. Likely the standard tool recommended for this type of repair…
It’s been easier to shoot Warehousing under CN than SOR that’s for sure. I saw SOR there like twice.. maybe three times over 10 years. Already seen CN three times.. and i’m bored of it already
Wonder if the business at Parkdale took over for Atlas cold storage across the highway (former customer on the Beach sub that got service until early 80′s). ED Smith had direct rail service once upon a time through the HG&B electric railway.
http://www.trainweb.org/hamtransithist/images/hgbedsmith.jpg
also interesting and related to question below:
http://data2.archives.ca/nmc/n0022384.pdf
For the older hats: was this spur pictured the one that went over to the traffic circle (former H&NW) or was it another line?
The Parkdale spur practicly extends to my ex’s backyard. I’m guessing they switched at night as one day, during a daylight switch, her Sister said “there’s a train in our backyard”!. I almost lived there… too bad I couldn’t have sustained the relationship!
You’re talking about the Beach sub right? Unless i’m mis-reading, I don’t see the connection to the Parkdale Warehousing spur as, per openrailwaymap, the Beach sub extended North past Parkdale Warehousing and connected to the Grimsby sub. And the Hagersville sub now as we know extended from Stuart St to Caledonia. On the other end at Burlington West, where the wye still exists, technically it connected to the Oakville sub. Great consist and shot! Love the duct tape fix!
The Beach Sub as I knew it joined the Grimsby Sub at Lake St and went directly over the top of the infamous Stoney Creek traffic circle. It was sliced when the circle was removed around 1970 or so.
The only service that I did see from time to time when I lived in Burlington was a switcher running down to Langs Foods, that building that is still there ‘across the highway’ as you guys mentioned.