Photograph—Courtesy I. Wilson.
Reproduction of an early type of steam locomotive used by the Great Western Railway of Canada and photographed on the area then known as “Kent’s Paradise”, below Dundurn Park, Hamilton, Ont., in 1864. This locomotive was the first mogul built in Hamilton shops.
The occasion was the visit to Canada of Sir Thomas Dakin, English Chairman of the Great Western Railway, whose name appears on the engine. A key to the interesting headquarters group beside it is given below and some of the gentlemen in the picture still survive.
| Top row reading from headlight to tender— | |
| W. A. Robinson | Ass’t. Mch’l. Sup’t. |
| Geo. Forsyth | Gen. Foreman Shops |
| Wm. McMillan | Fuel Purc’g. Agent |
| Samuel Sharp | Mechanical Sup’t. |
| John Robertson | Locomotive Eng’eer. |
| William Paine | Loco. Fireman |
| Dick Furness | Conductor |
| Aaron Penny | Mess’r. official car |
| Lower row, reading left to right— | |
| Geo. L. Reid | Civil Engineer |
| Wm. Wallace | Traffic Agent |
| G. Harry Howard | Booking Agent |
| William Orr | Dist. Freight Agent |
| Geo. B. Spriggs | Through Fr’t Agt. |
| James Howard | Gen. Purch’g. Agent |
| Thomas Swinyard | General Manager |
| Brackstone Baker | English Secretary |
| Thomas Bell | Treasurer |
| John Hall | Foreman Run’g. Dep. |
| John Weatherston | Track Superin’dent. |
| John A. Ward | Mech. Accountant |
| Peter Neilson | Station Agent |
| William Wilson | Track Foreman |
| James Fawcett | Call Boy |