While growing up in the Detroit area all my life, most of my fathers side of my family is from Hamilton Ont. I can remember going there as a child and seeing Canada crushed stone on the side of the mountain, is this still in operation? I also remember seeing TH&B still painted on the bridges in town too.
If you mean the very steep spur about 1000 feet long or so up the side of the mountain from the old Dundas station on CN’s Dundas Sub to the crusher tower, it’s gone. The track was still there in the '70’s but has been removed for years. The crusher complete with conveyor belts was torn down about 5 to 8 years ago. The old Dundas station closed around '91 or '92 I believe. The siding tracks on both sides of CN’s main tracks were removed in '93. The TH&B hasn’t been down through the town of Dundas to the base of this operation for maybe 30 years, give or take. There’s still a quarry but farther north and serviced by trucks. Over the years I’ve taken a few pictures of the area and crusher. The ones I took of the massive winch drum complete with cable is most interesting. I believe it was used to move cars up and down an incline track but I may be wrong on this assumption. Inside the crusher tower was really something to see. I remember walking up and down the conveyor belt tubes. I have Ian Wilson’s excellent book about CN in the area which is titled ‘Steam Through London’. Absolutely fantastic pictures and maps included in this one as are in all of his books. The pictures of the Canada Crushed Stone Limited operation would bring back a lot of memories for you. Norman Helm’s ‘In The Shadow Of Giants’ which is about the TH&B is also excellent but doesn’t have the maps that Ian has.
Thanks Cliqueofone that would be it. I have family in Dundas, but I dont remember much TH&B equipment. I do have fond memories (and a few pics) of Bayview Jct. Maybe someday I will make it back there.