N&W first-person story from Railroad Magazine 1945

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 All, 

Kim of no relation.  Several years ago, I got real interested in the articles.  Found Al's house in Bluefield and took pictures of it.  I  have a lot of info about Bluefield, the Clinch Valley and the rest of the Pocahontas Division during that time frame.  If you'd like to talk about it, my number is 304-633-8512.
Tim Hensley

    On Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 03:35:57 PM EDT, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  
 
 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 GoodmanColumbus, Ohio, US 


On Apr 7, 2024, at 1:13 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
 
  Hi, Marty.  That would be my great-grandfather, Al Hock.       Kim Hensley   Huntsville, AL          
  On 04/07/2024 10:50 AM CDT NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:           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".) 
 
[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 
 
- Marty Swartz 
Pittsburgh, PA 
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