N&W first-person story from Railroad Magazine 1945

Sun Apr 7 13:13:04 EDT 2024

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:
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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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