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If it wasn't for that walkbridge in the background of this scene, the location might be hard to identify. That little shortcut is the walkway from Homestead Av to the Bruce Trail Headquarters in the Hamilton Botanical Gardens. I am standing on the side of the CP bridge over the CN Dundas looking toward Mile 1, and morning train #84 with CN 6519 on the lead, is coming at me under dangerously decrepit old Guelph Rd bridge, which was thankfully replaced many years ago. This miserable dull day was the first day of CP detours down from Guelph Jct after the famed Mississauga Wreck of Nov 1979. I was getting restless over the lack of hopeful traffic, and went for a walk, but keeping very close tabs on the CP.:o)
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Caption: If it wasn't for that walkbridge in the background of this scene, the location might be hard to identify. That little shortcut is the walkway from Homestead Av to the Bruce Trail Headquarters in the Hamilton Botanical Gardens. I am standing on the side of the CP bridge over the CN Dundas looking toward Mile 1, and morning train #84 with CN 6519 on the lead, is coming at me under dangerously decrepit old Guelph Rd bridge, which was thankfully replaced many years ago. This miserable dull day was the first day of CP detours down from Guelph Jct after the famed Mississauga Wreck of Nov 1979. I was getting restless over the lack of hopeful traffic, and went for a walk, but keeping very close tabs on the CP.:o)

Photographer:
A.W.Mooney [2190] (more) (contact)
Date: 11/11/1979 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 6519 (search)
Train Symbol: #84 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Dundas Sub. (search)
City/Town: Dundas (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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2 Comments
  1. That bridge looks amazing though – you can see the original 1850′s structure, then raised for new Railway clearances in the 20th century.. and the fact it survived this long!

    Nice photo and thanks for sharing

  2. Sweet. The day’s poor weather seems not so critical as time passes. Thanks for sharing this scene from the past.

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