http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:08:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=36793#comment-66252 RonaldB Tue, 18 Nov 2025 05:10:22 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CP5006Starlight-Aug1967-Bayview.jpg#comment-66252 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. 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.

]]> http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=36793#comment-31918 mile27 Mon, 11 Mar 2019 03:21:15 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CP5006Starlight-Aug1967-Bayview.jpg#comment-31918 Sweet scene, Doug. Sweet scene, Doug.

]]> http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=36793#comment-31913 Stephen C. Host Sun, 10 Mar 2019 23:50:18 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CP5006Starlight-Aug1967-Bayview.jpg#comment-31913 Oh my , consecutively numbered too! This is a great low light photo. Conductor (fireman?) seems amused at it too! Oh my , consecutively numbered too! This is a great low light photo. Conductor (fireman?) seems amused at it too!

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