Coal West-Passengers East Photo.

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I don't know about online, it was termed, “Passengers East, Coal West”  
is how N&W termed this classic publicity shot made in Williamson at  
approximately 1:15 p.m. on the afternoon of August 11, 1953.   
Eastbound Train No. 26, The Powhatan Arrow, pauses at the station for  
five minutes, while Class A 2-6-6-4 1213 heads out on the yard lead  
with an extra west of Lake-bound coal.

It was shot in both black and white and color, and used, in color on  
the N&W Magazine cover September 1953.

That price is outlandish for the set of photos, they were a company  
give away, poorly printed in the late 1970s.

I wouldn't recommend spending anything over $10 for the works, you'd  
probably be disappointed.

Here is a small black and white one at
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/NS2966.jpeg

Ken Miller


On Dec 16, 2011, at 12:04 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:


> In the link that follows there is a nice picture of an A class with  

> the Powhatan Arrow in Williamson, WVa. Does anyone know if this  

> picture is available online anywhere? Also, curiously, why would it  

> be titled "Coal West"- "Passengers East?"

>

> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?VISuperSize&item=190614331375

>

> http://www.ebay.com/itm/190614331375?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_500wt_715

>

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