Volume 7 Number 1: November 2003

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After the original Smithville Station was destroyed by fire, the TH&B erected the present building in 1903. The architectural style of the structure, known as simplified Queen Anne, features a circular turret containing the waiting room, a gable over the baggage room, geometric trim below the eaves of the turret and gable plus several unique sunburst windows. The unrivaled appearance of the station made it a favourite among local railfans. John Spring Photograph, 1974.

Volume 7 Number 2: February 2004

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Activity at Hunter Street Station seems somewhat subdued in this 1942 view taken by Superior Engravers. This scene is in contrast to the frantic bustle the Terminal endured every Easter as holiday travelers departed Hamilton for New York City as their holiday destination. In this issue, Kevin Leddy begins an in depth look at the operation of the TH&B's Annual Easter Specials of 1954 beginning with Part 1 - The Big Rush. Hamilton Public Library, Special Collections Department Photograph.

Photo of pensioners from 17th Annual TH&B Pensioners Christmas Dinner. Pictured are Fran Moon, Stenographer, Engineering Department; Jack Beldham, Superintendent; Jack Kitamura, Hostler, Chatham Street Roundhouse; Eileen Wilmot, Accounting, General Auditor's Office; Eric Tritton, Chief Train Dispatcher; Dorothy Ker, TH&B Employees' Credit Union and Widow of Don Ker, Agent, Kinnear Yard; Frank Simpson, Conductor; Don Aggus, Engineer; Les Gowman, Stationmaster, Hunter Street Station, Hamilton; Howard Ferguson, Conductor and Relief Yardmaster; Jack Steddick, Yardmaster, Aberdeen Yard; Ed Slack, Engineer; Harry Swan, Engineer; Alex Bendes, General Auditor; Bob Boorman, Car Control Officer, Car Control Office Aberdeen Yard; Len Cherepa, Carman, Aberdeen Yard; Jean Riches, Pricing Clerk, Disbursement Accounting Office; Pete Conway, Storekeeper, Aberdeen Stores Department; Mike Shwedyk, Diesel Supervisor, Chatham Street Roundhouse; George Spencer, Train Dispatcher; Ray Lockhart, Signal Maintainer, Waterford Subdivision; Marion Nelligan, Stenographer, General Manager's Office; Jim Michener, Roadmaster; Gary Lumack, TH&B Accountant, Hamilton Freight Office; Larry Moriarity, Conductor and Relief Yardmaster; Roger Burke, Electrical & Communications Foreman; Ernie Durham, Engineer; Lloyd Enman, Conductor; Doug Hutchison, Conductor and Relief Yardmaster; Art Senegal, Carman, Aberdeen Yard; Bill Woitowicz, Carman, Aberdeen Yard; Bill Duncan, Conductor and Relief Yardmaster; Steve Hasick, Conductor; Larry Painter, Conductor; Bob Wilmot, Transportation Accounts Clerk, Disbursement Accounting Office; Ken Sheppard, Accounts Outstanding Clerk, Disbursement Accounting Office; Wayne Armstrong, Electrician, Bridge & Building Department; Tom Winger, Yardmaster, Aberdeen Yard; Gord Rivers, Engineer and Yardmaster Aberdeen Yard; Ray Straughan, Conductor; Floyd Robbins, Communications and Signals Inspector; Lloyd Rankin, Conductor and Relief Yardmaster; Tom Rankin, Senior Clerk, Car Control Office, Aberdeen Yard and Relief Yardmaster; Bob Grisdale, Conductor and Relief Yardmaster.

Volume 7 Number 3: May 2004

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The reverberation of 3000 horsepower permeates the surrounding farmland of Attercliffe, Ontario as GP-7 #74 and an unidentified sibling lead the East Local southbound past the semaphore signal at the Diltz interlocking. John Spring Photograph, June 1980.

The Annual Easter Parade - Part II: The Second Wave

Volume 7 Number 4: September 2004

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Hamilton & Dundas Railway 0-4-0T 'Steam-Dummy' #1 was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in August 1878 and served the railway up until its electrification in 1898. In this issue, Kevin Leddy leads us through an in depth study of the history and operations of the TH&B's H&D Branch, a portion of the railway that has largely gone undocumented over the years. Hamilton Public Library - Special Collections Department Photograph.

Dummies to Diesels: The History of the H&D Branch

SW-9 #55 at Main Street crossing in front of Dundas Town Hall; schematic of H&D Branch circa 1954; NW-2 #54 on Hatt Street; NW-2 #53 with train on Hatt Street near Wellington Street; #53 with train on Dundas Street west of Thorpe Street; #53 with train beside Cootes Drive at McMaster University Overpass; #53 with train at H&D Junction; SW-9 #58 emerging from ravine area separating Hamilton and Dundas; John Bertram & Son's Plant beside right of way; corner of Hatt and Matilda Streets with main line and homes; early Hamilton & Dundas Railway train with dummy engine, express boxcar trailer, and a coach at Valley City Manufacturing Co., circa 1897; 1910 view of downtown Dundas showing Freight Shed, Team Track, Ralph Sturrock Limited, and H&D Railway Downtown Passenger Station; stone abutments of Spencer Creek bridge after removal of bridge in 1989; copy of Form #1272 "Switch to Dundas"; first revenue load shipped via TH&B from Canada Crushed & Cut Stone Company in TH&B 36' wood gondola #1830, June 2, 1930; Form 19 with order for GP-7 #74 to operate over H&D Branch, November 25, 1960; SW-9 #56 switching Canada Crushed and Cut Stone Plant, 1968; Dundas Freight Shed, rear view, 1964; Dundas Freight Shed, street view, in car wash paint with H. & D. Ry. Co. still visible on roof, March 1976; trains outside H&D's downtown Dundas station, circa late 19th century; TH&B 2-6-0 #23 on Hatt Street adjacent to the Valley City Manufacturing Co., June 17, 1897, first TH&B train to Dundas; Hamilton & Dundas Railway employees at Dundas Station on first trip of new trailer car #20 coupled behind 0-4-0T #4, March 17th, 1897; 1963 aerial view of Canada Crushed and Cut Stone Co; 1937 view of Dundas Clay Products (later Kerr Milling and finally Top-Notch Feeds); undated view of Caldwell Seed Company Limited; Hatt Street track switch; view of trackage on Hatt Street; Dominion Construction Track Gang with steam shovel and TH&B work train on newly constructed mainline from the foot of Bond Street to CC&CS quarry, June 2, 1930; H&D Junction circa 1914; NW-2 #52 at Park Street; SW-9 #55 at Hatt Street Orenstein & Koppel plant; Thorpe Street bridge, April 1976; Sysco Steel Hot-Bottle Car #4 at Aberdeen Yard Car Shops, March 15, 1983; TH&B American Hoist Crane #X-755 assisting with track maintenance on Dundas Street, June 28, 1973.