Date for Commerce St Gate Tender?

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Can anyone provide the date that the Commerce St Gate Tender at Roanoke was abolished and replaced with automatic crossing circuits?

I have two photos of the last train over the crossing while the gate tender's job was "manned," but I forgot to write the date on the prints.  I think it was around 1970.

In thinking about this situation, I wonder who the gate tenders "reported to"?  What craft did they come from, and what seniority roster were they on?

-- abram burnett
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