looking for Pocahontas passenger line info

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Mr. Meyers:  If the brass handle is about 7" long and has a square hole in
the end (and it should) it is his brake handle and not the throttle.  

Steam locomotives typically had no brake handle so only the hostler or
engine men could release the brakes and move an engine.

Gary Rolih
Cincinnati Ohio

 
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Thank you for this information, it is more than I've had. I found the 
accident report. I have heard there was an article written not that many 
years ago in an Ohio newspaper and had also heard it was a serial in one of 
the older magazines like "Dectective" perhaps. I am continuing to search for

these. If there was some way to share the photos of the wreck, that would be

good as have never been able to locate that. I have a photo of 133 from 
1930. Our family knows about the wreck but not details like these. My sister

met a distant cousin a number of years ago who is in possesion of J. H. 
Myers' brass throttle handle.

Ed Meyers


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> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:24:17 -0500

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> The wreck was caused by deliberate tampering of the switch and signals

> preventing the crew from determining that their route was incorrect. 

> Engine

> 133 turned over killing the engineer and the fireman (I think).  (I have 

> the

> ICC accident report somewhere but it should be available on the ICC

> website).

>

>

>

> Jimmy Thompson was convicted in Ironton Ohio Common Pleas Court in 1935 of

> First Degree Murder and sentenced to death.  Frank Smith was convicted of

> conspiracy to commit First Degree Murder and sentenced to life without

> parole.

>

>

>

> My photos show 133 on its side with the cab torn off and the tender well

> smashed.  While there were injuries among the passengers, no cars turned

> over and there were no fatalities among them.

>

>

>

> Thompson and Smith were found to have attempted a derailment at this

> location a few times before April 20th, but track walkers and signal

> maintainers located any trouble prior to any train movements.

>

>

>

> Gary Rolih

>

> Cincinnati

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>

>

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

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>

> Good evening,

>

> I'm new to the list and am searching for information on my

> great-grandfather, John Henry Myers. He was the engineman on the 

> Pocahontas

> which derailed April 21 1932 in Union, Ohio resulting in his death. Any 

> help

> would be great. Thanks

>

>

>

> Ed Meyers

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> Wow, Do you know the backstory on this? It might make an interesting 

> article

> for the NWHS magazine.

>

>

>

> Mike Weeks

>

> Charlotte NC

>

>

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>

>

> The wreck was caused by deliberate tampering of the switch and signals

> preventing the crew from determining that their route was incorrect. 

> Engine

> 133 turned over killing the engineer and the fireman (I think).  (I have 

> the

> ICC accident report somewhere but it should be available on the ICC

> website).

>

>

>

> Jimmy Thompson was convicted in Ironton Ohio Common Pleas Court in 1935 of

> First Degree Murder and sentenced to death.  Frank Smith was convicted of

> conspiracy to commit First Degree Murder and sentenced to life without

> parole.

>

>

>

> My photos show 133 on its side with the cab torn off and the tender well

> smashed.  While there were injuries among the passengers, no cars turned

> over and there were no fatalities among them.

>

>

>

> Thompson and Smith were found to have attempted a derailment at this

> location a few times before April 20th, but track walkers and signal

> maintainers located any trouble prior to any train movements.

>

>

>

> Gary Rolih

>

> Cincinnati

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>  _____

>

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

> [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org] On Behalf Of NW Mailing List

> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 8:41 PM

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

> Subject: looking for Pocahontas passenger line info

>

>

>

> Good evening,

>

> I'm new to the list and am searching for information on my

> great-grandfather, John Henry Myers. He was the engineman on the 

> Pocahontas

> which derailed April 21 1932 in Union, Ohio resulting in his death. Any 

> help

> would be great. Thanks

>

>

>

> Ed Meyers

>

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> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:59:02 -0500

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> Is it possible to share the photos?

>

> Rick Huddle

> Delaware, OH

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>

>  Wow, Do you know the backstory on this? It might make an interesting 

> article for the NWHS magazine.

>

>

>

>  Mike Weeks

>

>  Charlotte NC

>

>

>

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>  Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 5:24 PM

>  To: 'NW Mailing List'

>  Subject: RE: looking for Pocahontas passenger line info

>

>

>

>  The wreck was caused by deliberate tampering of the switch and signals 

> preventing the crew from determining that their route was incorrect. 

> Engine 133 turned over killing the engineer and the fireman (I think).  (I



> have the ICC accident report somewhere but it should be available on the 

> ICC website).

>

>

>

>  Jimmy Thompson was convicted in Ironton Ohio Common Pleas Court in 1935 

> of First Degree Murder and sentenced to death.  Frank Smith was convicted 

> of conspiracy to commit First Degree Murder and sentenced to life without 

> parole.

>

>

>

>  My photos show 133 on its side with the cab torn off and the tender well 

> smashed.  While there were injuries among the passengers, no cars turned 

> over and there were no fatalities among them.

>

>

>

>  Thompson and Smith were found to have attempted a derailment at this 

> location a few times before April 20th, but track walkers and signal 

> maintainers located any trouble prior to any train movements.

>

>

>

>  Gary Rolih

>

>  Cincinnati

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

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>  Subject: looking for Pocahontas passenger line info

>

>

>

>  Good evening,

>

>  I'm new to the list and am searching for information on my 

> great-grandfather, John Henry Myers. He was the engineman on the 

> Pocahontas which derailed April 21 1932 in Union, Ohio resulting in his 

> death. Any help would be great. Thanks

>

>

>

>  Ed Meyers

>

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