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Saturday October 21, 1961 CNR 6167 Excursion
Sunday October 22, 1961 CNR 6167 On Display In Hamilton
During the weekend of October 21 and 22, 1961, CNR
6167 was a participant at the Niagara Frontier Region's NMRA Convention in
Hamilton. On Saturday October 21, she pulled an excursion from Hamilton to
Burlington and Back, and the following day she was on display under steam in
Hamilton. Doug Wingfield explains to me that this trip "was part of the NMRA Niagara
Frontier Regional convention at the Royal Connaught Hotel in Hamilton. Dave
Martin, who worked for CHCH TV at the time, was the chairman and he organized
the trip with the cooperation of CNR".
"The trip started off at CNR Hamilton station where we were pulled by a yard engine down the industrial line that goes to Stelco and
Irondale. This was probably the only time that line saw passenger cars. From
there we went past Dofasco and up to Parkdale yard where 6167 was waiting on the
Grimsby Sub. It was facing west and our train was coupled to the tender of
6167. The yard engine cut off and we backed to Stoney Creek station. We then
headed over the Beach Sub to Burlington where you have the shot of it heading
north on a runpast over the canal. At Burlington we took the west leg of the wye
behind Burlington station and then headed west on the Oakville Sub back to
Hamilton station".
Thanks to Don McQueen
for sharing his own notes
and Doug Wingfield for providing a photo and his account of the of the trip.
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Routing |
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Hamilton to Stoney Creek and Burlington via the Beach Sub |
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Burlington to Hamilton via the Oakville Sub |
CNR 6167 crossing the Burlington Canal on a run-past.
Photo courtesy of Doug Wingfield
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