C.N.R. report

The Canadian National has officially announced that it will remove its trackage from Ferguson Avenue in Hamilton, Ontario sometime during the next two years. However, the track removal is only part of a greater plan to streamline the C.N.'s operations in the Hamilton area. As part of the plan, the existing freight sheds between Barton and Cannon Streets will be demolished, and new sheds, including express and piggyback facilities will be built in the Stuart Street area. To make way for these buildings, the present Stuart Street roundhouse, originally built by the Grand Trunk in the 1880's, will be demolished and be replaced by a two-storey diesel facility. With the express handling removed from the present James Street North station, it is possible that this building might become redundant, and it is reported that plans are under consideration for a new passenger station at Bayview, the junction of the Oakville and Dundas Subdivisions. Such a station would also allow the closing of Dundas as a passenger facility and would allow the acceleration of through trains on the London to Toronto route.

With the removal of the Ferguson Avenue trackage, it will be necessary to route the three trains daily over the Toronto Hamilton and Buffalo trackage from Bayview (Hamilton Junction to the present C.N.—T.H. & B. crossing just east of the T.H. & B. Hunter Street passenger station.

Railways: C.N.Rys.

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