Powhatan Arrow ca 1989

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Actually, I seem to recall a charter (beverage distributors?) excursion 
to Walton. It was a rare (only?) excursion of the 611 with maybe five 
N&W coaches and the Mardi Gras. The first coach, maybe two, may have had 
the original sealed windows and were coupled directly behind the 
tender--no auxiliary tender, no tool car. An exceptionally photogenic 
train on a cloudy, light rain, saturated color kind of day, but with no 
publicity and no chase entourage. I seem to remember the usual Roanoke 
Chapter drumhead (?) was replaced with the Powhatan Arrow.

Grant Carpenter

On 4/22/2015 2:49 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> Mike has confirmed it was on a fan trip.
> You are correct, that's the six-axle observation commonly used on the 
> fan trips, not an original N&W Powhatan Arrow observation.  The 
> proportions and window arrangement looked wrong immediately.
> And, the open windows just cemented things.
> Dave Phelps
> In a message dated 4/22/2015 3:45:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:
>
>     Mike,
>
>     Just to be clear about things. I don't think your high red image
>     is of an original tail end observation car from the Powhatan Arrow.
>     First it seems to have a boxed end look and doesn't have the more
>     tapered boat tail look of the original cars.
>      In addition, I understood the original observation cars were sold
>     to some potentate in the Middle East who eventually painted them
>     white. The last anyone knew they were sitting in a desert
>     somewhere. I think they were sold by N&W sometime in the late 1950's.
>
>     The image you have might be of an old piece of Illinois Central
>     Equipment painted up to simulate the Arrow cars.
>      If I'm wrong, someone please correct me.
>
>     Kevin Byrd
>     Chesterfield, VA
>
>     Sent from my iPhone
>
>     On Apr 22, 2015, at 12:07 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List
>     <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
>
>>     Mike:
>>     Sep. '89 would be a fan trip, yes?
>>     Dave Phelps
>>     In a message dated 4/22/2015 11:57:35 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>     nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> writes:
>>
>>         Here is the tail end of the Arrow departing Roanoke in Sept.,
>>         1989. If any member wants a high res copy of this just get me
>>         your email address and i will be glad to send it along ---
>>         without charge.
>>
>>         Mike Pierry, Jr.
>>         mpierryjr at gmail.com <mailto:mpierryjr at gmail.com>
>>
>>         Moderator:
>>         http://nwhs.org/mailinglist/2015/20150422.9-89ArrowOb.jpg
>>
>>         On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 6:58 AM, NW Mailing List
>>         <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>>
>>         wrote:
>>
>>             Is this a new record for an original slide? Eastbound 
>>             (?) Powhatan Arrow at Cincinnati 1957. Slide sold for
>>             $1100.99. Wow!
>>
>>             Jeff Lisowski
>>             Formerly of Virginia, however my feet will be in Roanoke
>>             on May 30th!
>>
>>             Moderator:
>>             http://nwhs.org/mailinglist/2015/20150421.01.jpg
>>
>>
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