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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Chris; It is highly unlikely that
any employment records can be found. The N&WHS doesn’t have any
and the Federal Privacy Act keeps the railroads from releasing any. Most older records
were discarded decades ago. At any rate, the information about what
trains he ran and what locomotives he operated were never in employment files.
For that you would need his personal time books where he would record what
trains he operated and (likely) what locomotives he was using. Since the
engineer was paid by the run, this info determined how much he was paid- weight
of train and weight of locomotive being critical items. This info was in
the crew registers but this was usually discarded after about 6 months.
The Time book was the engineer’s way to check what the company recorded
and dispute any differences. These are little ledger books, pocket sized.
If you are lucky your family will have them. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The employee magazine probably does not
have an article with him in it. However these were not indexed
completely, so a page-by page search is likely required to find anything about
him. Given that the first issue was written in June of 1923, it is mostly
likely that no article was ever written about him. This sort of article
would have been extremely rare in any case. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>In short it is going to be very, very
difficult to construct his history as for the most part the company records
never had any of his details of work. Think about what is in your
employment files.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Gary Rolih<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Secretary N&WHS <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><st1:PersonName w:st="on">NW
Mailing List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, July 05, 2009 7:31
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> nw-<st1:PersonName w:st="on">mailing-list@nwhs.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> seeking information on
engineer and his engines</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>I am starting a detailed geneology
record of my great-grandfater, and he was an engineer for the
N&W. His name was James Cecil Neff. I am seeking information on
how to search for his employment records, and some history on the lines and
engines that he worked on. Also is there a way to find if he was the
topic of any articles in the N&W magazine or any other of the companies
documentation. He lived in Rural Retreat, Va, <st1:City w:st="on">Kenova</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">WV</st1:State>, and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Portsmouth</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">OH</st1:State></st1:place>. I have some pass cards
and engineer cards dated between 1905-1919. He died in 1921. He
served at the Kenova sub-division during those times.<br>
<br>
His picture did appear in a N&W magazine in July 1953(page 392).<br>
I have two photographs that show the engine numbers he worked on. They
were 1136 and 1447.<br>
<br>
Any information about him, his engines, or how to find this information would
be greatly appreciated.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
</span></font><em><i><font color=blue face="Lucida Handwriting"><span
style='font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:blue'>Chris Neff</span></font></i></em><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><br>
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