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The Amtrak rare mileage tour continues. The "Maple Leaf" has almost completed its detour over the N&NW spur, and will rejoin the Grimsby Sub in about half a mile. This shot is another interesting "then & now" comparison of Hamilton's industrial scenery.
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Caption: The Amtrak rare mileage tour continues. The "Maple Leaf" has almost completed its detour over the N&NW spur, and will rejoin the Grimsby Sub in about half a mile. This shot is another interesting "then & now" comparison of Hamilton's industrial scenery.

Photographer:
Photographer unknown, Jakob Mueller collection [40] (more) (contact)
Date: 09/15/1981 (search)
Railway: Amtrak (search)
Reporting Marks: AMTK 348 (search)
Train Symbol: VIA 96 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: N&NW spur (search)
City/Town: Hamilton (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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8 Comments
  1. Jacob Patterson
    May 1, 2021 at 6:58 pm

    Compared to today the area is very well kept.

  2. Stephen C. Host
    May 1, 2021 at 8:18 pm

    Unreaal.

  3. jknott86
    May 1, 2021 at 8:44 pm

    Wow. That’s bad ass.

  4. rsmith
    May 2, 2021 at 5:40 pm

    That’s quite the detour. It’s amazing how nice this area looks compared to today.

  5. Noe
    May 3, 2021 at 9:35 am

    That’s quite something to see a passenger train down there.

  6. MrDan
    May 3, 2021 at 12:39 pm

    Nice to see this one resurface. I’m pretty sure this is a Reg Button photo, I have a slide taken after on the same day at the same spot by Reg showing the power passing the Dofasco sign.

  7. LButton
    August 2, 2022 at 4:11 pm

    I also have a slide of my dad’s same day, same train at Ottawa St. N. in Hamilton. Jakob Mueller, you can contact me (or MrDan) and I can identify the printing on the slide mount.

  8. Stephen C. Host
    August 4, 2022 at 7:51 pm

    Linda this is precisely how we figured out your Dad’s stuff was being sold on e-bay a few years ago (2017?).

    We’d love to see more on this site some day, so far all that’s being posted here is either from the Bratina Collection or stuff people scooped off e-bay. :)

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