And here is why historical aerials are so valuable. Above, we have Hope as it was in 1961. Below is Hope ca. 2010. In 2010, the railbed is completely gone. Hope Street and 3rd Ave, as it turns out, did not cross the tracks (couldn’t have – 3rd would have run smack into the middle of the wye, and Hope would have found itself bisecting the yard), but rather 3rd ended at Hope St. and Hope St. bent southeast and paralleled the tracks back to 4th Ave. In fact, that little alleyway running off of 4th towards the northwest appears to be a remnant of that road. The triangular area the wye occupied became housing, and just to the east Hope Secondary School’s field has appeared in what was railway tracks. It’s really quite amazing to see how much changed in a space of 50 years. You would never know there was a railway there today. But it’s neat seeing where old roads were – now when I’m in Hope, I know why some intersections near the former yard look kind of weird or like they were hacked apart. Some spots still retain vestiges of the old intersections before the roads were realigned. Brain candy for a history buff!