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  Ontario - Transcontinental Tour - Canada, by Train
The Central Ontario Railway had been running for thirty-two years before succumbing to Mackenzie and Mann (Canadian Northern Railway) to feed their main line between Toronto and Ottawa.
Despite the railway's reliance on the mining industry, haulage of farmers' produce and sawn lumber proved to be steady, as did passenger traffic.
Hamilton had wanted a larger local railway, a competitor for the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR), better connection with the United States and a ticket to ensure growth of their already burgeoning industries.
www.collectionscanada.ca /trains/h30-2060-e.html   (488 words)

  
 Early Railway's in Buffalo Part II
Considerable railway history is included in the narratives of other phases of Buffalo history, particularly the chapters regarding the Coal, Iron, and Lumber industries.
He was the chief engineer of the Buffalo and State Line road, and of the extension of the Buffalo and Attica to Hornellsville, to connect with the New York and Erie.
Buffalo must now be classed among the great railway centres of the world, for it is stated that 319 passenger trains, and 476 freight trains arrive and depart daily.
www.buffalonian.com /history/industry/railways/EarlyRailroadsII.html   (2770 words)

  
 Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway
Location: The Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway is located in southeastern Ontario in the Niagara Peninsula, radiating out from the city of Hamilton to connect the communities of Toronto (through trackage rights), Hamilton, Waterford, Port Maitland, and Fort Erie.
History: The Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway (THandB) was first conceived in March 1884 to construct a rail line from Toronto through Hamilton to the International border at Fort Erie across from Buffalo, New York.
From Hamilton Junction to Welland, the line is known as the Hamilton Subdivision while the tracks into Fort Erie are known as the Fort Erie Sub.
home.primus.ca /~robkath/railthb.htm   (1297 words)

  
 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
In addition, because the line had been under construction from 1880 to 1885, many bridges and other structures were probably nearly halfway through their expected life spans by the time the railway was opened.
In 1886 he built a railway in South America and the following year he won a contract to build a four-mile tunnel under Lake Michigan as part of the Chicago water-supply system.
He next worked in Canada on the Trent Canal in 1895 and the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway tunnel in Hamilton.
www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=41095   (1022 words)

  
 Canadian Pacific in Toronto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The CP was the majority owner of the small Toronto Hamilton and Buffalo Railway.
A pair of SD40's is ready to head west sitting at the TH and B yard office in Hamilton.
The skyline of Hamilton is in the distance.
www.thebluecomet.com /cptoronto.html   (177 words)

  
 Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway (THandB; AAR reporting mark THB) was a railway based in Hamilton that ran in Southern Ontario from 1894 to 1987.
The railway was originally chartered in 1884 by the Ontario Legislative Assembly to run from Toronto to the International Railway Bridge, connecting with local lines to Buffalo.The original charter forbade the company any attempt to merge with, lease from, sell to, or pool with any other railway.
The portion between Hamilton and Brantford was abandoned in the 1990s after trackage next to the Grand River was washed out.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Toronto,_Hamilton_and_Buffalo_Railway   (850 words)

  
 -One Hundred Pictures of HAMILTON- (series finale) - SkyscraperPage Forum
Hamilton, Ontario is probably the most maligned, misunderstood, and underappreciated city in Canada.
Hamilton is known mainly for its vast concentration of heavy industry.
This arte moderne building was built in 1933 by the Toronto, Hamilton, and Buffalo Railway, which operated from 1894 to 1987.
forum.skyscraperpage.com /showthread.php?t=121299   (1164 words)

  
 The Traveller, Masonic Stories
Toronto Hamilton and Buffalo Railway steam trains were the main means of transport.
As a courtesy, the Buffalo lodge was asked it Hamilton could use the same name.
Back in Buffalo, Highland Ely Parker’s Presbyterian lease ended this June and they voted to relocate in Cheektawaga, a smaller lodge that wouldn’t take the ALM furniture.
www.grandlodge.on.ca /Traveller/traveller49.htm   (1230 words)

  
 The Hamilton Radial Electric Lines
This company was created in 1907 from the remains of the Hamilton Cataract Power, Light and Traction Company, itself formed in 1903 from the remains of the Hamilton Electric Light and Cataract Power Company to coordinate traction activities in the Hamilton area as individual lines were purchased.
Beyond Hamilton, the route purchased by Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway was abandoned in December 1987.
History: The Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway Company (BandHER) was incorporated in 1904 by the Von Echa group from Pennsylvania, the same firm that had interests in several other radial and streetcar ventures in the province and were interested in constructing an electric network throughout southern Ontario.
home.primus.ca /~robkath/railham.htm   (1750 words)

  
 Dates in Canadian Railway History
One of the conditions of Confederation was the building of a railway by the newly constituted Dominion Government to connect Halifax with the St. Lawrence at or near Quebec.
The railway lay idle from late 1910 until July 25, 1911 when it was bought by the Canadian Northern Railway as part of its new Montreal to Ottawa line.
Lawrence and Hudson Railway is formed by merging the CP Rail routes in southern Ontario and Quebec with its Delaware and Hudson subsidiary in northern USA.
www.railways.incanada.net /candate/candate.htm   (10516 words)

  
 Halton County Radial Railway Photo Gallery
It was operated by Toronto Civic Railways 55 and then as TTC 2210.
C-1 is a 1911 SE/DT crane car built by Toronto Railway Company and later by the TTC.
2204-16 is a 1972 Switch Tamper operated by Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway and by CP Rail.
www.transitstop.net /HCRR.htm   (849 words)

  
 Transit History of Hamilton, Ontario
Incorporated 1873 (Ont.) Became a subsidiary in 1899 of the Hamilton Cataract, Power, Light and Traction Company, later the Dominion Power and Transmission Company until April 1930 when Dominion Power was sold to the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
In early 1926 Mount Hamilton Bus Lines, Ltd. was operating 3 buses between Sherman Avenue in Hamilton and Hamilton Mountain, on an approximately half-hour headway (CRandMW February 1926, p.
At the end of service, city trackage in Hamilton was sold to the Hamilton Street Railway and most interurban trackage went to the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway for steam operation.
home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~wyatt/alltime/hamilton-on.html   (783 words)

  
 CANOE Travel - Canada - Ride the rails with Santa
One of the three coaches is the last one from the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway.
The service is operated by the South Simcoe Railway Heritage Corp., a non-profit historical organization and Ontario's first steam heritage railway.
Toronto to Puerto Plata $497 + tx $274
travel.canoe.ca /Travel/Canada/Ontario/2006/11/25/2531385-sun.html   (675 words)

  
 Hamilton - Brantford Rail Trail
This is actually two connecting trails, the West Hamilton - Jerseyville Trail maintained by the Hamilton Region Conservation Authority, and the Jerseyville - Brantford Trail of the Grand River Conservation Authority.
The West Hamilton - Jerseyville trail was the first to be constructed, in 1993.
The trail was originally the right-of-way of the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway.
webhome.idirect.com /~brown/webdoc5.htm   (636 words)

  
 Feature Artist of the Week - Curry's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
I was born and raised in Hamilton, near the Niagara escarpment.
My paintings have been published in Trackside Modeller magazine, and in FOCUS, the Toronto, Hamilton, and Buffalo Railway newsmagazine.
1-Quiet Time at the Station: This is the Toronto, Hamilton, and Buffalo Art Deco station in Hamilton (now the GO station).
www.currys.com /cspecial/artist234.asp   (308 words)

  
 Transit Toronto - Newspaper Archive: Six new commuter trains set for fall
Passengers on the new routes, as well as those on trains serving a GTA catchment area that sprawls from Niagara Falls to London and Kingston, will be riding in some of the 139 new carriages recently purchased by the federal government from Britain.
As part of a deal negotiated last year between the City of Toronto and the national railways, VIA and the federal government will contribute $35 million to the makeover of the historic building.
In an interview this week, Collenette, who is also the political minister for Toronto, said eight consortiums have formally expressed interest in the $300 million project and he expects it to proceed soon.
transit.toronto.on.ca /archives/data/200106091037.shtml   (745 words)

  
 Buildings 2
This Class "G" Consolidated type steam locomotive was built in Montreal for the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway as No. 52, but its number was changed twice, finally to 103.
After many years of service, this mighty locomotive, one of two of its type to be preserved, was placed in Hamilton's Gage Park before being moved to the Westfield in the early 1970's.
That year Canada's first rural mail delivery was initiated between Hamilton and Ancaster, in a Royal Mail Coach like the one from Binbrook in our collection.
www.westfieldheritage.ca /buildings_2.htm   (1255 words)

  
 Mostly Vintage Buffalo Image Links
Seen here are almost 350 photos of the Buffalo harbor, women war workers (many identified by name), Easter mass at Corpus Christi church, Lakeview Nursery School, and other subjects.
I don't know, but enter Buffalo at the search screen to get about 35 photos, some of which are aerial views of the Buffalo harbor and industry circa 1919, plus a few pictures of the Peace Bridge and the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo railway.
The Relationship of the Canal to Buffalo and its Harbor, 1845-2000
www.buffaloresearch.com /pix.html   (1099 words)

  
 BRMNA Welcome Page
We have been in business since 1978 and our two latest railway works Canadian Pacific's Mighty No. 8000 and The Railways of Winnipeg (Volume One) are our 84th and 85th publications.
"Stuck" was one of the best-known railway photographers in the steam era and this book traces his railroad photographic career from its first stumbling shots until he gave up in 1957 as steam disappeared.
This is the final work in the six-part series which traces the development of the railway from its origins in 1912 up to its 2004 sale to CN.
www.brmna.com   (993 words)

  
 Stoney Creek and the Iron Horse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
One of the newest components of the Erland Lee Museum is the renovation of the basement level and the creation of a scale replica of old Stoney Creek.
The Hamilton, Grimsby and Beamsville Electric Railway ran through Saltfleet Township from 1894 - 1931.
The railway shipped fruit and carried passengers from the Township to Hamilton and towards Niagara, linking up with the main railways of the day; the Great Western, and the Toronto, Hamilton, and Buffalo Railway; the line also connected to the Hamilton Street Railway system.
home.interlynx.net /~erlandlee/ironhorse.html   (303 words)

  
 Railways in the Niagara Region - Photos - Hamilton, Ontario
Railways in the Niagara Region - Photos - Hamilton, Ontario
Description: The former CNR Hamilton Station in Hamilton, Ontario.
Description: A sign displays the name of the Toronto, Hamilton, & Buffalo Railway, the original owners of this station.
niagara.railfan.net /photos/ca-on-hamiltonp01.htm   (815 words)

  
 Creative Papercrafts : Product Detail
The sample project is by Thelma Glover-Royce of Hamilton, ON.
Exceptional detail was given to the buildings by Thelma and the dimension and snow treatment in the foreground is fantastic.
This subject is taken (with artistic licence) from the early 1900's and depicts the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station of that era in Hamilton.
www.creativepapercrafts.com /detail.aspx?id=1331   (90 words)

  
 Alberta Railway Museum: Bibliography - General   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Railways of Calgary: The Later Years of Steam (Vol.
The Railways of Calgary: The Diesel Era - 1950 to 1999 (Vol.
The Railways of Canada for 1870-1; J.M. and Edw.
www.railwaymuseum.ab.ca /b_general.html   (4493 words)

  
 Canadian Board of Conciliation. Briefs.
Briefs of Canadian National Railways, Canadian Pacific Railway Co., The Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway Co., Ontario Northland Railway and Seventeen Associated Railway Unions representing non-operating employees.
Existing agreements between the parties expired on August 31, 1952 but they were unable to reach an agreement.
Having exhausted all other remedies, a Board of Conciliation was appointed under the Industrial Relations and Disputes Investigation Act.
rmc.library.cornell.edu /EAD/htmldocs/KCL05135.html   (210 words)

  
 Sources of Information
The Fossmill Story - Life in a railway lumbering village on the edge of Algonquin Park, Past Forward Heritage, 1999.
Nock, O.S. Algoma Central Railway, A and C Black, 1975.
Taylor, Geoffrey W. The Railway Contractors - The Story of John F. Stewart, his Enterprise and Associates, Morriss Publishing, 1988.
www.railways.incanada.net /industrials/Sources.html   (613 words)

  
 Hamilton Public Library - Home
The holiday hours outlines which locations are open and closed.
The Hamilton Public Library's winter program guide is filled with things to see and do!
The Hamilton Public Library and the National Film Board proudly present the following film for your viewing pleasure.
www.hpl.ca   (200 words)

  
 Vintage Postcards of Trains and Trolleys in Hamilton, Ontario
The Valentine and Sons' Publishing Co., Ltd. Montreal and Toronto
The following postcard is the same view with a wider angle.
W. MacFarlane, Publisher, Toronto, New York and Buffalo
www.hamiltonpostcards.com /pages/transportation.html   (90 words)

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