CN, CP and TH&B (Railroading in Hamilton Ontario Canada 1950's-1970's)

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8MM FILM FROM THE JOHN SPRING COLLECTION
Green Frog Productions, Ltd. and Canrail Video are proud to release the first of many new films from the collection of John Spring.
This first program, contains exciting late Canadian steam and 1st generation diesels in action in the Hamilton, Ontario Canada area.
Sit back and relax as we re-live what rail-fanning was all about 45 to 65 years ago!
(This film was originally silent with dubbed in sound added during production to enhance your viewing pleasure).
You will see Canadian power, Erie Lackawanna, New York Central, C&O, B&LE, N&W & Burlington. Fairbanks Morse units, E-units, F-units, Alcos, Numerous CN&CP steam runbys, Budd cars, Freight, Passenger, Early Paint Schemes and more…
Locations include: Hamilton, Burlington, Dundas, Canfield, & Waterford
Photographers:
John Spring, Ken Spring and Bill Mathews
Approx. 103 Minutes

[@modelrailroader5619]

Those were the days, my friend...nice job👍

[@GreenFrogVideos]

Thanks very much and we are glad you enjoyed the clip!

[@danielthoman7324]

When I was a young kid we used to go and visit my grandparents in Hamilton. They lived on Avondale Street near some railroad tracks. Every morning we would see a passenger train go by. Dark red diesel engine and matching dark red cars. On the engine and cars it said, Lehigh Valley. Also remember freight trains going down those tracks pulled by steam locomotives. I'm 76 now and still remember that.

[@johnlanelli3968]

Love the steam/diesel transition.

[@crlaw75]

Especially the F units.

[@thecrimsonmeteor]

It's so trippy seeing the places I'd hang out at as a kid way before I was born

[@crlaw75]

Nice catches. I bet a lot of those rail lines shown here are gone.

[@James_Knott]

The TH&B was often referred to as "To Hell and Back". ;-)

[@allvaticinator]

Also known as the "Tramps, Hobos, & Bums".

[@James_Knott]

@@allvaticinator I grew up in Oakville, Ontario, near the CN main line and would often see TH&B trains. I don't recall hearing that though.

[@allvaticinator]

@@James_Knott I was born and raised in Hamilton, and a TH&B model railroader.

[@mattd1142]

Do you have any video from Hamilton Mountain? Rymal Station and or Caledonia Station?

[@GreenFrogVideos]

Sorry but we do not have those locations, Rob McCormack in Canada would be the man to do it but he is retired now!

[@agrady7216]

1:08 Is that a Nathan M3?

[@bergkamp48]

Great stuff...in the early 50's our yard in what was then Bartonville backed on to the TH&B line. My dad's cousin Reg Button would come out for a visit & to take pictures of the passing trains.

[@calumwilson1120]

I love these trains but damn do they give off a lot of smoke

[@danielthoman7324]

The more smoke the better! That's the way I remember them when I was a kid. (50's)

[@jafo766]

Beach Rd. & Ottawa St. was a great place to see trains in 1970 , I may have single handily necessitated the need for Enclosed Auto Carrier , ya see the Vietnam War was raging on and we needed something to bomb , honestly I'm $ure I was NOT the only kid launching $idewinder'$ at FORD & GM'$ latest offering'$.....they should have built us kids BMX & SK8BOARD PARK'$ , we may not have hung around RR TRACK'$ in Hamiltoon Ont. ?

[@mta224]

Great shots;on SW1200RS 8145-is that a crankcase heater at 1:36?

[@trainroomgary]

Hi from Michigan. We talked at the train show in Novi, Michigan about two weeks ago. I purchased the DVD called: "Those Memorable Passenger Trains" "The 50's through the 90's" well done with the 4 disks and 7 Volumes. Cool 😎 • Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂

[@GreenFrogVideos]

Thanks very much for your purchase, glad you are enjoying the vids!

[@TheJamesmario]

Are the sounds original?

[@GreenFrogVideos]

Thanks for watching, all of the audio on this program was dubbed in manually from our sound FX library. For the most part you will hear accurate sounds from 1980s video recordings from Rob McCormack (Canrail) that were dubbed in!

[@daveyboy_]

Awesome

[@Imintune...]

U dont see much yard switchers any more.

[@nickythatrailfan]

That is 100% true and the van (cabooses) Pac-Man

[@admydragon]

Bi-Levels...?

[@robertmccormack1967]

Yes. Go Transit was testing them in the early years which led to the Bombardier bi-levels we see in use today.