My Hometown---Part 2 - Printable Version

My Hometown---Part 2 - Printable Version

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Re: My Hometown---Part 2 - cn nutbar - 08-27-2013

Hello Everyone---Even though it was hot and hazy I had a chance to do some railfanning today.I thought I would try a couple of different spots that I haven't visited including the Thomas McQuesten bridge which overlooks the Desjardin Canal.Back in 1857 there was a horrific accident at this site when a passenger train broke an axle and plunged into the canal with a couple of coaches resulting in the loss of 57 souls.The bridge offers a great panoramic view of the Hamilton bay and surroundings and CN even co-operated with a train to complete the scene.The pictures start at the west end of the Stuart St. yard and proceed west---hope you enjoy.

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I eventually ended up at Bayview where I caught a freight and a Via train and ended my day at CP's Kinnear Yard.

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Re: My Hometown---Part 2 - Charlie B - 08-27-2013

Great pictures Ed, thanks for sharing. Good shot of the passenger train catching the TT.
Charlie

Re: My Hometown---Part 2 - BR60103 - 08-27-2013

There was a story in our local paper about a school in Hamilton with a railway coach. Do you know it? (I can't find the article now).

Re: My Hometown---Part 2 - cn nutbar - 08-28-2013

Hello David---the ex 1954 CNR coach is located at the Eva Rothwell Community Center located on Wentworth St. N. in Hamilton.Here's a copy of a local article.I'll have to make a trip to the center to get some pictures.

Antique rail car acts as literacy centre for community

Scott Gardner,News services
The Eva Rothwell Centre's Literacy Express is a converted rail car dedicated to reading.
ByDavid Churchill

HAMILTON — Every kid needs a couple of good books when they head back to school.

The children in an east-end Hamilton neighbourhood will soon have 1,500 of them.

The Larry Paikin Literacy Express — an antique rail car retrofitted into a literacy centre — will soon be filled with books thanks to the work of Don MacVicar, Horst Streiter and the folks from Random House of Canada.

The publishing house donated the books to help fill the 1954 CN passenger car, which was moved into its permanent home at the Eva Rothwell Resource Centre in July.

The rail car, operated at the Eva Rothwell centre as part of the Robert Land Community Association, has been renovated to make it a comfortable place to browse a book. The old seats have been removed, and it will have air conditioning and heating. It just needs a few final touches of electrical work, plumbing and landscaping before it's officially opened.

The reading centre has not been funded by taxpayers' money and all the books available so far have come in by donation, said MacVicar, who founded the Eva Rothwell centre to help residents in one of the city's most economically disadvantaged neighbourhoods.

"It's astounding to have one of the biggest publishers track you down and say, 'We want to help you out,'" said MacVicar. "We are trying to build an inventory and this helps so much."

He gave the credit to volunteer Streiter, who got in touch with someone he knew at Random House.

MacVicar was thrilled when he got an email from the publisher to say 1,500 books would soon be on their way. He hopes they're delivered next week.

The idea behind the library on wheels was to create an "attraction" that would get children excited about learning, he said.

MacVicar said he's still looking for more sponsors to help sustain the centre as its annual operating costs are expected to run about $20,000 to $30,000.

Re: My Hometown---Part 2 - BR60103 - 08-28-2013

Thanks, Ed.

Re: My Hometown---Part 2 - cn nutbar - 09-03-2013

Hello --- here's a couple of shots of CP's mainline which runs through the centre of Hamilton taken from Wentworth St. S.

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Re: My Hometown---Part 2 - Charlie B - 09-03-2013

Hi Ed.
You are getting out and about. I am kind of in a lull. doing some work on my pick up. It is about done so when it is I will go trackside too.
Thanks for posting.
Charlie

Re: My Hometown---Part 2 - cn nutbar - 09-11-2013

Hello again---CP's Kinnear Yard has become one of my favourite spots for railfanning but due to limited (legal) photo locations I have often missed opportunities to record some interesting equipment.Such was the case today when I spotted a very rare locomotive hidden behind GP38-2 3117---a rebuilt CP EMD yard slug 1156---which started as a SW1200RS back in 1959 as CP 8136.I did get a few shots but really would have preferred some unobstructed side shots.

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I finally got a chance to get a shot of the "Literacy Express" located at the Eva Rothwell Community Centre on Wentworth St.N.

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Re: My Hometown---Part 2 - doctorwayne - 09-11-2013

cn nutbar Wrote:....a very rare locomotive hidden behind GP38-2 3117---a rebuilt CP EMD yard slug 1156---which started as a SW1200RS back in 1959 as CP 8136....

Supposedly, these (there are a number of them) are "mother" units for (mostly) SD40-2s used in hump service. They have no prime mover nor any traction motors, and are used solely for housing the remote control equipment for controlling the companion larger locomotive. Seems kinda redundant, as CP operates lots of remotely-controlled locomotives using equipment housed in the controlled-locomotives.

Wayne

Re: My Hometown---Part 2 - Charlie B - 09-11-2013

doctorwayne Wrote:
cn nutbar Wrote:....

Supposedly, these (there are a number of them) are "mother" units for (mostly) SD40-2s used in hump service. They have no prime mover nor any traction motors, and are used solely for housing the remote control equipment for controlling the companion larger locomotive. Seems kinda redundant, as CP operates lots of remotely-controlled locomotives using equipment housed in the controlled-locomotives.

Wayne

Some railroads in the states are doing this too. The advantage being you can MU it to any locomotive and have remote control capability.

Re: My Hometown---Part 2 - doctorwayne - 09-11-2013

Aha! That explains it perfectly.

Wayne

Re: My Hometown---Part 2 - cn nutbar - 09-11-2013

Wayne and Charlie---thanks for your feedback.This was the first time that I saw this type of locomotive at Kinnear Yard---maybe they are planning on using remote controlled locomotives locally ??? This next picture shows the orange lights over the numberboards which (I assume) would be lighted when the locomotive is under remote control mode.

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Re: My Hometown---Part 2 - cn nutbar - 09-12-2013

I drove by Kinnear Yard today hoping to get some more shots of #1156 but unfortunately it was gone---I had to settle for GP38-2 3117 and GP9 8250.I have to admit they have unique qualities as well.

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Re: My Hometown---Part 2 - cn nutbar - 09-13-2013

Today's ethanol train had three SD40-2's on the head end including ICE 6443 "City of Bellevue''.I took these shots from Wentworth St.S. just after the crews changed.

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Re: My Hometown---Part 2 - BR60103 - 09-13-2013

Thanks for the shot of the Literacy Express.