N&W first-person story from Railroad Magazine 1945

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Marty, great idea scanning this article. I stumbled across a September, 1944 issue of Railroad Magazine in an antique store in Wapakoneta, Ohio, several years ago. It had two N&W centric articles - one called “Geared for Tonnage” that gave a nice description of the full railroad, with “ride along” descriptions (in a dated folksy writing style that seemed to be common before the war) describing train operations through several areas. It was really interesting. 

I may follow your lead and pull it apart and scan it. 

Matt Goodman
Columbus, Ohio, US 

> On Apr 7, 2024, at 1:13 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Hi, Marty.  That would be my great-grandfather, Al Hock.
>  
> Kim Hensley
> Huntsville, AL
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>  
>> On 04/07/2024 10:50 AM CDT NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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>> Here's an interesting first-person accounting of working on the Pokey in its very early days, from Railroad Magazine's March 1945 issue. (Its early years are an underappreciated treasure trove of first-person "Tails of the Rails".) 
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>> [ungainly link to PDF, which contains issue cover, table of contents, and the feature article in question] 
>> https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9dzf7bl75olcsts9aj61i/4503_RM_NW_Pocahontas.pdf?rlkey=tf6554hy04iwh8189ve3kg6ms&dl=0 
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>> - Marty Swartz 
>> Pittsburgh, PA
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