Caption: A long time back I had a really lousy little camera, a square shooter no less, and the very worst was to take a lousy camera out on a lousy day and see something good. And this happened. I had lost my old "Hawkeye" a couple years previous and still had not saved for a replacement of decent quality. So this image is the best I could do this day, despite one of the dedicated members of this group enhancing the image you see. I consider this a rare shot. CN 1227, one of the fleet of SW1200RS units, is seen pulling a lone tank and a string of boxcars up from the commercial establishment down by todays' Confederation Park in Stoney Creek. The Beach Line used to run from a connection with CN at Lake St, Stoney Creek, over the Traffic Circle, all along the beach and up to a connection with the CN main at Burlington (West) junction. When the Circle was replaced with the modern interchange at Centennial Parkway in 1969-70; the line became just an industrial run to what I remember as Langs Frozen Foods; the building still exists on the north side of the QEW between the Pwy and Burlington St exit. In this view, taken from Elgin St looking toward Lakeshore Rd, one can see Brock St in the background, the business structure still there today. This track is long gone, and is a parking lot for an apartment building since constructed just off to the right in the photo. The line used to be busy, a passenger/freight station existed in close proximity around 75 years ago. The fact trains ran thru here once is almost all forgotten. (I wonder what happened to that nice concrete Whistle sign?)