Ian Wilson 192 pages hardcover
TRAVEL BACK TO THE MID-1950S ON THE BUSIEST railway line in Canada. When you open Steam Through Port Credit and turn the pages, you will feel yourself drawn to the era on Canadian railways when steam and diesel ruled side by side in equal strength. This 192-page hardcover is your escape to the nonstop train action along the Canadian National Railways’ Oakville Subdivision between Toronto and Hamilton. You’ll find big and small CNR and CPR steam between these covers. Diesels too—road switchers and cab units of both roads, fresh out of the builders, resplendent in crisp paint.
Witness passenger trains moving between Toronto’s Union Station platform and the Bathurst Street bridge, or the endless freight activity at Mimico yard. Observe trains near the Lake Ontario shoreline—at Long Branch, Lakeview, Port Credit, Lorne Park, Clarkson, Oakville, Bronte and Burlington. Partake of the action at Bayview and Hamilton Junction, the most famous train-watching spots in Canada at the time.
You will have track diagrams for Oakville Subdivision stations and yards. Employee time tables will reference scheduled trains. More than 200 photos will depict action along the double track. A narrative will weave the elements together, putting you in the action, observing trains thundering past on the 39.3-mile Oakville Subdivision or studying movements of way freights and switchers at industries and sidings.
