N&W in 1911--Depot wanted

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Harry, Jeff

Thank you for the inputs on Hockman.  Louis Newton had pointed out to me that ETT's show Hockman to be a conditional stop for Clinch Valley trains No. 5 and 6.  On the other hand, my scrutiny of ETT's in the Archives did not reveal any indication that there might have been a wye at Hockman, but it was interesting to see in a 1911 ETT that there was a turntable at Fink, VA.  In case there is someone out there who is not familiar with Fink on the Clinch Valley, it is known today as Boody.  The namesake for the former name was likely Henry Fink, President N&W 1896--1902.

Gordon Hamilton
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  There is a follow-up article which will appear on the Mailing List in a few days mentioning again the need for the depot at Hockman, and mentioning that there was not even a shelter for people wanting to get on the passenger trains, so this indicates that Hockman must have been a flag stop.

  Gordon:
  I don't know what your research of old timetables will reveal.  From a 1939 Pocahontas Div. timetable,
  Hockman doesn't appear on the schedule page, BUT in the special instructions, it indicates that
  Nos. 5 and 6 would stop on signal there -- no time given.  Track chart indicates it was at the west
  end of Furnace passing siding and it appears that there was a wye there.  Traffic control was late
  coming to the Clinch Valley and it was only  half-a-mile (or so) from "HQ" to the east end of Furnace.
  Westbound trains to the Clinch Valley received orders at the tower and hurriedly thumbed through
  a dozen or so "flimsies"  to check for overdues, and meets at Furnace before digesting the rest. Harry Bundy


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