01-27-2009, 01:31 PM
Here's even more "Canadian content", and it's also connected to Hamilton, Ontario.
These stone support piers, at Twenty Mile Creek, near Jordan Station, once carried the tracks of the Great Western over the valley. The Great Western was a Hamilton-based line which once had over 800 miles of track, connecting Hamilton with Toronto, Niagara Falls, Windsor, and the Bruce Peninsula. Built in 1853, it was absorbed by the Grand Trunk in 1882 and later became part of the CNR.
![[Image: CNRbridgeat20MileCreek2.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/proto%20foe-toes/CNRbridgeat20MileCreek2.jpg)
This former Great Western station, in Grimsby, Ont. is now use as a pottery and antiques shop. It was moved back from the tracks when a newer station was built, and has seen several uses over the years.
![[Image: GreatWesternstationGrimsby028.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/proto%20foe-toes/GreatWesternstationGrimsby028.jpg)
Hamilton's other "own" railway was the Toronto Hamilton & Buffalo. Based in Hamilton, the TH&B reached Toronto via trackage rights on the CNR, and made it to Buffalo over NYC lines. Controlled by the CPR and NYC, then by only the CPR after the creation of Conrail, it was later absorbed completely by Canadian Pacific. Still surviving is the art deco-style Hamilton station, now in use by GO Transit commuter trains.
![[Image: THBstationetc021.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/proto%20foe-toes/THBstationetc021.jpg)
Wayne
These stone support piers, at Twenty Mile Creek, near Jordan Station, once carried the tracks of the Great Western over the valley. The Great Western was a Hamilton-based line which once had over 800 miles of track, connecting Hamilton with Toronto, Niagara Falls, Windsor, and the Bruce Peninsula. Built in 1853, it was absorbed by the Grand Trunk in 1882 and later became part of the CNR.
This former Great Western station, in Grimsby, Ont. is now use as a pottery and antiques shop. It was moved back from the tracks when a newer station was built, and has seen several uses over the years.
Hamilton's other "own" railway was the Toronto Hamilton & Buffalo. Based in Hamilton, the TH&B reached Toronto via trackage rights on the CNR, and made it to Buffalo over NYC lines. Controlled by the CPR and NYC, then by only the CPR after the creation of Conrail, it was later absorbed completely by Canadian Pacific. Still surviving is the art deco-style Hamilton station, now in use by GO Transit commuter trains.
Wayne