Ten Ford 29-Bs were used by the HSR in the 1940s and 1950s. The buses arrived in Hamilton in 2 batches. 88-92 were built in 1943. 130-134 were originally built for the TTC as #775-779 in 1941, and were sold to the HSR in 1946. All 29-Bs were retired before the sale of the HSR to the City of Hamilton in 1959.
Some of the dates for these photos are unknown, and the locations are often just a guess. If you know either date or location, email me!
(All photos © Tom Luton, except where noted)
HSR #89 at the Sanford yard, spring 1950. (Photo by Stuart Westland)
HSR #130 (ex TTC #775), date and place unknown. (Photo courtesy of the Hamilton Public Library, Local History & Archives.)
On the afternoon of January 29, 1947, HSR #131 (ex TTC #776) was heading eastbound on Maple Ave (now Maplewood Ave) when it collided with a southbound TH&B freight train at the railway crossing just west of Gage Ave. The impact forced the bus off the road where it crashed into a concrete hydro pole. The driver and three passengers were taken to hospital. Photos courtesy of the January 30 1947 Hamilton Spectator, pg 12
