03-26-2014, 02:03 PM
Hello jwb---thanks for responding.Hamilton Ontario is serviced by both Canadian National and the Canadian Pacific as well as GO commuter and VIA passenger service. RAILLINK provides switching service to local industries and CN's Stuart St. yard so I'm lucky to have a variety of railfanning venues.Most of my CN mainline freight pictures are taken at Bayview,located a few kilometers west of Hamilton's Stuart St. yard---today's pictures start with a freight train coming off the Dundas Sub-division and heading east towards Aldershot,Burlington,Toronto.Bayview is a great place for local railfanning where you can also see trains coming out of Hamilton from the Grimsby Sub-division.This mainline runs through the industrial northern part of the city---in the first photo the set of tracks on the left head into Hamilton and the Grimsby sub. CN Geep 4138 was switching the Aldershot yard today,the picture was taken at Howard Rd.
CP's mainline runs through the center of Hamilton and has two yards,Kinnear at the east end and Aberdeen yard in the west end.Go trains also use this trackage for commuter service---however the track usage ends at the GO station in downtown Hamilton .Kinnear yard is my favourite spot for watching CP trains---located at Gage St.S. and Lawrence Rd.,you can get up close and personal to all the action.There is regular yard motive power which usually consists of three diesels,including older GP9's and GP38-2's and newer rebuilds such as #2262 shown today.CP often uses leased units so you often have a variety of locomotives on their mainline freight trains.
CP's mainline runs through the center of Hamilton and has two yards,Kinnear at the east end and Aberdeen yard in the west end.Go trains also use this trackage for commuter service---however the track usage ends at the GO station in downtown Hamilton .Kinnear yard is my favourite spot for watching CP trains---located at Gage St.S. and Lawrence Rd.,you can get up close and personal to all the action.There is regular yard motive power which usually consists of three diesels,including older GP9's and GP38-2's and newer rebuilds such as #2262 shown today.CP often uses leased units so you often have a variety of locomotives on their mainline freight trains.