Hammer and Rails

The Terminal Episode

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT

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A neighborhood leaves clues

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:05:35 GMT

Following the path of the Radial line through Hamilton is easy, if you know where and what to look for.

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Rail by the Beach

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT

A scenic run along the lake in a rail car? All too possible when Hamilton was a city of rails.

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From Hamilton to the Fruit Belt by Rail

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

If you know where to look there are some clues to a reality that existed when you could get on a rail car and travel all the way to Grimsby and Winona for a fraction of a dollar.

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Steel Town to Valley Town on the rails

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT

With cars zooming by at 80km/h you wouldn’t think anything about a patch of woods with a creek running through it and certainly not about a a rail line that took people from Hamilton to Dundas efficiently. But the clues are there.

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Never Toronto and Not Buffalo

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Some times more survives than you think. Whether it’s good architecture or just repurposing , it’s good someone saw fit to save a station.

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Ferguson Station

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Grand Trunk Railway was just the precursor to a rock band from the 70’s. It leaves behind a number of clues to its existence in downtown Hamilton and beyond.

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Great Western Railway

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

In this Episode we get to the very beginning of rail service in Hamilton.

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