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This page will cover from Toronto west to Bayview Junction and then around Lake Ontario to Fort Erie.

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Burlington or Burlington West on the CN is where the freight line from MacMillan yard rejoins the main.  Big M630 2335 rolls west off the freight line at the Burlington West station.

cn9618bayviewjct.jpg (54624 bytes)  It's early morning at Bayview Jct.  An eastbound with a GP40W comes off the Dundas Sub-division headed to Toronto.

cn_GO721bayviewjct.jpg (82760 bytes)       cn_GO903bayviewjct.jpg (92781 bytes)       cn_GO726bayviewjct.jpg (70483 bytes)     Like any other commuter train territory, the parade begins at sunrise.  Here are two GO Transit trains from Hamilton enroute to downtown Toronto.  July 28, 1983.

cn_VIARDC_82bayviewjct.jpg (96224 bytes)  A pair of RDC's cover train # 72 from Sarnia.  cn_VIARDC_636bayviewjct.jpg (91813 bytes)  Train 636 from Niagara Falls comes up on the other track.

cn_VIARDC6113_71bayviewjct.jpg (70596 bytes)  Train # 71 enroute to Windsor swings around the junction heading west.

cn4565_251bayviewjct.jpg (99795 bytes)  With the passenger trains out of the way, freight # 251 heads to Hamilton behind three GP9's.

cn9514bayviewjct.jpg (69007 bytes)  A short time later, an eastbound out of Hamilton heads to Toronto.

cn_GO502_971bayviewjct.jpg (96107 bytes)  GO Transit GP40 502 pushes train 971 to Hamilton in the early afternoon.

cn5078bayviewjct.jpg (96433 bytes)  cn2032bayviewjct.jpg (80848 bytes)  A worn looking SD40 5078 and a M630 rolls east.  Many freights remain on the normal westbound track to use the freight line to MacMillan Yard which splits off the main at Burlington.

cn_GO502_974bayviewjct.jpg (97625 bytes)  While the freight rolls through the junction, 502 returns east with train 974.

cn9594bayviewjct.jpg (73183 bytes)  Coming into the junction off the Dundas Sub, GP40W 9594 leads an eastbound.

cn_GO710_963bayviewjct.jpg (67332 bytes)  cn_GO710_963bayviewjct2.jpg (86830 bytes)  GP40P 710 heads 963 to Hamilton.

cn_VIA6904_76bayviewjct.jpg (97606 bytes)  LRC 6904 leads train # 76 with the 'Tempo' cars.

cn_VIA6901_77bayviewjct.jpg (119814 bytes)  Two LRC's lead a train of conventional cars west through the junction with train # 77.

cn_VIARDC641bayviewjct.jpg (74429 bytes)  cn_VIARDC641trailerbvjct.jpg (70965 bytes)  Train 641 to Niagara Fallswith a 4 car RDC set.  The last car a cabless trailer.

cn_GO502_974bayviewjct2.jpg (54252 bytes)  GO 502 again with train 974.

cn_VIA6789_75bayviewjct.jpg (99334 bytes)  MLW FP4A 6789 westbound with train 75.

cn2319bayviewjct.jpg (92214 bytes)  Three big M630's with 2319 leading power an eastbound into the junction.

cn2335bayviewjct.jpg (100935 bytes)  cn2323bayviewjct.jpg (73802 bytes)  Four MLW M630's and a GP9 work westward.  A high and wide load with two cabooses up front.

cn2305_431bayviewjct.jpg (83615 bytes)  cn9166_431bayviewjct.jpg (84229 bytes)  A M630, M636 and an F7A work train 431 enroute to Fort Erie.  October 8, 1987.

cndundasON.jpg (73796 bytes)  cn_VIA6410_71dundas.jpg (98427 bytes)  Dundas, Ontario.  VIA F40 6410 with train # 71.  Dundas is just west of Bayview Junction.

cnHamilton.jpg (61298 bytes)  cnHamiltontrkside.jpg (80663 bytes)  A very impressive station at Hamilton, Ont.  Hamilton lies on the very west end of Lake Erie.  The CN lines to Niagara Falls and Fort Erie pass through here.  The building remains, but is now used for other purposes.

cnGrimsby.jpg (61806 bytes)  Grimsby, Ontario.  This station was moved a short distance off line and is a local antique dealer.  October 1987.

cnStCatherines.jpg (80827 bytes)  St. Catherines, ONT.

cnNiagaraFalls.jpg (74414 bytes)  cn_via6215niagarafalls.jpg (80598 bytes)  A pair of Via RDC's sit by the Niagara Falls, Ont. depot.

cn4272niagarafalls.jpg (92062 bytes)  cn4601niagarafalls.jpg (85461 bytes)  Several GP9's work the Niagara Falls yard.

cn1329forterie.jpg (68092 bytes)  cn9166forterie.jpg (77929 bytes)  Fort Erie, Ont. lies across the border from Buffalo, NY.  The CN had a yard here for interchange traffic
 across the border. It has been closed and abandoned.

cn5033forterie.jpg (83597 bytes)  cn2014forterie.jpg (70700 bytes)  cn4517forterie.jpg (84161 bytes)  cn7166forterie.jpg (75873 bytes)   cn4563forterieshop.jpg (76845 bytes)  Some views from 1983 of Fort Erie.

cn8231forterie76.jpg (69800 bytes)  cn4600forterie76.jpg (52873 bytes)  cn4595fterie.jpg (81239 bytes)    Finally a few views from a snowless winter in 1976.

 

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