My Hometown---Part 2

[cn nutbar]

Hello again---another day at Emerald St.Here's train 331 crossing Wentworth St. heading west around 10:30 this morning.









Shortly afterwards,GP38-2 4700 headed east with a short consist for some local switching

[cn nutbar]

Hello Everyone---one of the reasons that Hamilton is a great place to watch trains is the abundance of bridges overlooking the railway tracks.Here's a few examples

Plains Rd.with the Laking Gardens pedestrian overpass in the background---this is where most of the shots of Bayview are shot



Laking Gardens





Mary St. looking east



Emerald St. looking west

[cn nutbar]

Hello Everyone---for years Canadian Pacific Mikado 5361 sat abandoned on a siding at the Hamilton Brick Works on Lawrence Rd. in Hamilton until she was purchased and moved to Western N.Y.---I often wondered what became of her---here's some information I found on Google:

The former Canadian Pacific 2-8-2 5361 sits amongst weeds at the Buffalo Tungsten Industrial Park at Depew, NY, east of Buffalo, New York. Terry Sprague, a member of the Western New York Railway Historical Society, was mentioned as the gent who purchased the CPR 5361 many years ago.

How are the Western New York Railway Historical Society's plans regarding setting up a permanent home for their collection? Once that goal has been reached, this engine will eventually be restored, either cosmetically or to steam.

The 5361 was one of 45 Canadian Pacific class P2/e/f, built between 1926-28. They had 63 inch drivers, 23 x 32 cylinders, 250 psi boilers, a 70.3 square foot grate and starting tractive effort of 57,100 lbs. Weights were 249,600 on drivers, 334,000 total.

I found some pictures that I took in the 80's

[doctorwayne]

That loco spent some time at STELCO (The Steel Company of Canada) too, as I believe our shop forces worked on it to prepare it for the trip south. I spoke with a gentleman who was familiar with this class of locos when they were still operational, and supposedly they were troublesome locos right from the start, with a propensity for blowing staybolts regularly. I somehow doubt it'll see steam again, but let's hope they correct that problem if I'm wrong. Mind, though, if the CPR couldn't cure the problem...

Wayne

[Sumpter250]

I spoke with a gentleman who was familiar with this class of locos when they were still operational, and supposedly they were troublesome locos right from the start, with a propensity for blowing staybolts regularly. Wayne

" a propensity for blowing staybolts regularly ??. "

OK, WHYYYYYY ??????? ---------------annoying, isn't it--------- But no one ever clearly discovered why this class of locomotive, had that problem. Where it is only one class, there must have been a design "issue", something not strong enough, something placed wrong, something that was a "mistake" for this "particular application".
I earned my living finding out why , and fixing why, and not knowing why, has always driven me to climbing the walls. Unless some common practice was inadvertently not followed, or by choice discarded, the problem should have never existed, or, it should have been prevalent in all classes of locomotives .

It's --- it's --- it's driving me sane !!!!

[doctorwayne]

I usually scare away the trains, so I must've done something wrong last Friday, as I managed to catch this trio at Kinnear Yard:










Wayne

[cn nutbar]

Hello again---thanks for your comments.That's an interesting looking pipe running from the left side of the steam-dome down to the pilot.I wonder if it is similar to the ones used for snow removal on some Canadian National locomotives



Great catch at Kinnear Yard Doc---I've been hoping to see those ICE/DME units for a long time

[doctorwayne]

That pipe may have be for a Barber-Green Sno-Loader, but my guess is that it was for use when the loco served as a temporary stationary boiler, perhaps in an industrial setting. Some locos retired from active service still had "flue time" left and were made available on a for-hire basis.

Wayne

[cn nutbar]

Hello Everyone---after seeing Doctor Wayne's recent pictures taken at Kinnear Yard,I thought I'd try my luck at trying to catch one of the ICE diesels so I headed off for some railfanning.The good news was that there was an ICE unit at the yard---the bad news was that it was part of a three unit consist heading west so it was hard to get some good photos---here's a few photos







Next I headed out to Bayview hoping my luck would improve.As often as I go to Bayview I haven't had any luck with catching any of CN's SD 70M-2s so at best I was just hoping to catch some of the regular power---turned out I got a lot more than I could imagine---here's some photos







Another rare visitor---GTW 4900



And just when I thought it couldn't get any better,these trains came from the other direction





Maybe I should have stopped and bought a lottery ticket on the way home

[cn nutbar]

Hello again---here's a couple more bridge scenes ideal for watching trains in Hamilton.The first shot was taken on the corner of Hunter St.W at Park St. looking east.That's the GO station in the center of the photo---this would be a great spot to watch the GO trains early in the morning as well as CP freights heading west through Hamilton



The next shot showing the CP mainline through Hamilton was taken on the Dundurn St.S. bridge,again looking east.At the top center of the picture you can see the track which leads to CP's Aberdeen Yard

[cn nutbar]

Hello Everyone---here's three photos taken at the same location,one of them was shot over 20 years ago

[cn nutbar]

Hello Everyone---looks like Autumn is on it's way.In many ways Autumn is my favourite season,especially when it comes to railfanning---even if there are no trains you can still appreciate the scenery





I think you'll agree though,a train in the picture makes it much better

[cn nutbar]

Hello Everyone---after a rainy morning,it turned out to be a beautiful Autumn afternoon.I grabbed my camera and headed out for some railfanning.Here's a bit of the action

[cn nutbar]

Hello Everyone---I thought my dreams had come true as I watched this train back through Bayview yesterday---is that a steam engine



Tuns out it was just a smokey IC C40-8W #2458---first time I've seen this unit here

[cn nutbar]

Happy Thanksgiving Monday to all my Knucklehead friends--- I had a lot be be thankful for today including a great day to do some railfanning---- here's some of the action