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Oh my , consecutively numbered too! This is a great low light photo. Conductor (fireman?) seems amused at it too!
Sweet scene, Doug.
The crew member would likely have been the head end brakeman. In 1967 there would have been a good number of firemen working as such, yet to be set up as engineers, but I imagine few would want to work the Hamilton pool because it was low mileage on a per trip basis. The goal of firemen was to accumulate their maximum allowable mileage & have the rest of the mileage period off. That meant longer hauls would make that happen sooner. The fireman’s rate of pay was rather low. If they were off for miles and there were no available engineers, they were sometimes called to work as an Engineer, thus adding something to that low paycheque.
The Conductor would have been in the van with the tail end brakeman.