N&W power car pix

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Jim

The power cars had multiple uses, both of the views you had attached, were probably the same purpose, powering the Safety Car. They also powered, if I recall correctly, the air brake instruction car and maybe a few other things. 

There is at least one preserved for eventual restoration.

Ken Miller
> On Mar 4, 2019, at 7:18 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Duplicates of this slide (link is below) have surfaced on ebay several times over the past couple years.  What I find interesting is the single car in the train:  a portable power generator converted from a boxcar.  Strange that it’s being moved by itself.  Suggestions as to why?  Maybe an “emergency” situation somewhere?
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> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Slide-Train-Railroad-Steam-Engine-N-W-Norfolk-Western/163571303064?hash=item26159c0298:g:-PMAAOSwUElceGkG
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> I have attached a shot of power car 410 and I’ve seen a power car in the background of the 0-8-0 228 shot (also attached).  Just curious as to if there were several of these cars and where would they have been used other than with office cars as may be the case with 410.
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> Jim King
> www.smokymountainmodelworks.com
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