Ammunition plant pass,

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Mr. Lyon,

If you scan any Railroad Magazines with articles on the N & W or VGN, please 
keep the NWHS archives in mind.  You may come across an article that the 
archives does not have.  In particular, I have wanted to re-read a two-part 
article from the 1930's (as I recall) on the Pocahontas Division by C. B. 
Hock, who was a fireman and, later, engineer on the Pokey.  His early 
service preceded the Federal hours of service laws, and he made one 
statement in the article that I remember.  Referring to his long hours 
working as a road fireman, he said that many a time he had gone to sleep 
standing up on a bouncing engine cab deck.

Mr. Hock was a friend of my grandfather, who was a Pokey Div. engineer also, 
and one time when I was quite young I met Mr. Hock, who was quite old then.

Gordon Hamilton

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Subject: Ammunition plant pass,



>I know this go's back aways but I remember reading sonething about this 

>train back in 1948 or 49 in "Railroad Magazine.

> I have the Magazines but I do not want to open it till I am ready to scan 

> it to disk. Most all of my collection from the 1930's to 50's are turing 

> to dust, so I have one shot to copy them. I have them sealed in airtite 

> plastic till I am ready. It's fun to see the cigarett ad's on the back 

> covers

> ("Smokers find: Camels never jangle the nerves') June 1939 Railroad 

> Magazine 15 cents

>

>                H.B.Lyon

>

>

>>

>> From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org

>> Date: 2006/03/15 Wed AM 07:11:58 EST

>> To: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org

>> Subject: Re: N&W Commuter Trains

>>

>> Not sure about the K-3, EdK.  Louis Newton told me about the

>> arrangement, but didn't get into detail.  Now I'm told that

>> train service to the ammunition plant was also available from  Lynchburg.

>>                                                    Harry Bundy

>>

>>

>



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