Pocahontas Division article, 1945

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 Gordon,
No, Al Hock was the great-grandfather, whatever in the lineage, of Kim Hensley of Huntsville, AL, no relation.  I have always found an interest in those Railroad Magazine stories by/about him -- even found and took pictures of his Bluefield house.
My grandfather, Clyde Hensley was a C&O Kanawha/New River locomotive engineer. It was my mother's father Ben K. Bryant, who was an N&W Kenova yard conductor killed on duty in 1926.
By the way, I have some Princeton things for you, next time I am at the Archives.  Probably make a trip later this month.
Tim Hensley

    On Monday, April 8, 2024 at 02:21:09 PM EDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  
 
  Tim,
Your mention of your great-grandfather, Al Hock, brought back memories.
I think you know that my grandfather C. E. Yearout (Pocahontas Division engineer) and family were friends of the Hocks in Bluefield.  I remember visiting the Hocks with my mother when I was a wee laddie.  I was thrilled when your great-grandfather gave me a copy of Railroad Magazine with his article in it.  One item that Hock wrote about must have impressed me because I still remember what he told us about his employment in road service, "I have stood on a bouncing engine tank clinging to the hand holds on the cab, so worn out with loss of sleep after long hours on duty that I dosed off standing up."
Gordon Hamilton
    On Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 03:36:25 PM EDT, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  
 
  All,

This two-part Railroad Magazine series appeared in several N&W books, particularly Wolfe/Wilson/Mandelkern's:  Norfolk & Western's Clinch Valley Line.  Seems to me like it also appeared in The Arrow?

Tim Hensley

    On Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 02:42:39 PM EDT, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  
 
  Hello, Marty:

A the end of the article, it mentions that further recollections were to appear in the following month's issue. Have you scanned those as well?

Best wishes,

Frank Scheer
f_scheer at yahoo.com
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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".)

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9dzf7bl75olcsts9aj61i/4503_RM_NW_Pocahontas.pdf?rlkey=tf6554hy04iwh8189ve3kg6ms&dl=0

Marty Swartz
Pittsburgh, PA

Hi, Marty. That would be my great-grandfather, Al Hock.

Kim Hensley
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