The Powhatan Arrow

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Sam,

 

I saw the dome on the Arrow headed west one morning at Blue Ridge while
I was travelling on Rt 460 headed back to Virginia Tech.  This surprised
me and I think it was soon moved to the Pocahontas.

 

    Ray

 

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Actually, Ray, I think the domes were added to the Pocahontas after the
Powhatan Arrow was discontinued.  It was part of the effort to convince
the ICC that the railroad really was trying to run a good train.

 

Sam Putney

 

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	There was a dome car on the Powhatan Arrow for a brief while in
the mid/late 1960's,  long after the days of steam.

	 

	      Ray Smoot

	 

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	The N&W had no dome cars until the merger with the Wabash, long
after the end of steam. Those Wabash dome cars were painted blue, as
were essentially all N&W passenger cars and locomotives after the
merger. Most of the N&W dome cars I have seen in O (Lionel?) depict a
full-length dome, which never was in the inventory until one came from
Conrail after the recent split with CSX and was repainted from Conrail
olive to NS (N&W match) maroon.
	An excellent reference is the website
http://www.trainweb.org/web_lurker/WebLurkersDOMEmain/ which has
available information on all flavors of prototype dome cars.
	There were a few cases of dome cars in fan trip service behind
the 611, including one full-length dome in Milwaukee orange and probably
the Virginia Rail Investment Program dome car which I can't find a link
to at the moment. 
	
	Jeff Cornelius

	 

	 

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	Hey Guys,

	 

	I collect 'O' scale electric trains. These are rather expensive
large model trains, not toys. Anyway, I have a complete

	Powhatan Arrow train set with the #611 engine. This train came
with an overhead observation car. I grew up in Bluefield

	during the '40s and '50s and I never recall seeing the Arrow
pulling an overhead observation car. And the train passed

	in front of our home twice a day in Bluefield, VA. It ran
westbound at 3pm and back eastbound at 4pm. every day. Does 

	anybody know for sure if the Arrow ever pulled an overhead
observation car?  If it did then somehow I missed it, but if it

	didn't then my Arrow model set is not quite as accurate as it
should be. Thanks for any help with my curiosity. 

	 

	Jack Tibbs

	Martinsville, Va.

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