Hammer and Rails

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Following the path of the Radial line through Hamilton is easy, if you know where and what to look for. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A scenic run along the lake in a rail car? All too possible when Hamilton was a city of rails. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you know where to look there are some clues to a reality that existed when you could get on a rail car and travel all the way to Grimsby and Winona for a fraction of a dollar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With cars zooming by at 80km/h you wouldn’t think anything about a patch of woods with a creek running through it and certainly not about a a rail line that took people from Hamilton to Dundas efficiently. But the clues are there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some times more survives than you think. Whether it’s good architecture or just repurposing , it’s good someone saw fit to save a station. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grand Trunk Railway was just the precursor to a rock band from the 70’s. It leaves behind a number of clues to its existence in downtown Hamilton and beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this Episode we get to the very beginning of rail service in Hamilton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.