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Engineer Willard W. " Bill " Hatfield had transferred from Memphis back to a run out of Water Valley thus opening up trains No. 2 ( north ) and No. 3 ( south ) to another engineer.

It meant moving his family to Memphis and separation from his close friend John Wesley McKinnie and No. 638 as well, but Jones saw the move as a good one, and had bid for and got the job.

Jones would drive Hatfield's Engine No. 384 until the night of his fateful last ride on Engine No. 382.