portable "step boxes"

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I think I remember a promotional image from when the Powhatan Arrow got its
new streamlined cars, with 'Pocahontas' getting on board - or off? Was
there a step box in use in that photo? I tried to find the image, but did
not have a lot of time to search. Maybe someone else will remember the
image I am thinking of. It may have been captioned "Fine New Feathers for
the Arrow" or something like that?

Mike Rector

On Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 11:41 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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> I wonder if there are any pictures good enough to model?  What color, if
> panted, were they?
>
> Walter Davis, Youngsville, NC
> On 10/18/2022 10:06 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>
> They were not used just at Crewe. I can remember seeing step boxes used at
> stations with platforms. That first step is pretty high for some people.
> The portable step boxes were pretty much standard in the 1940's and '50's.
> And, I think I remember, not just on the N&W.
>
> Jim Nichols
>
> On Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 01:36:28 AM CDT, NW Mailing List via
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> Yes - they were used at Crewe for all passenger trains that I saw in the
> 50's and 60's:  Nos 7-8, 25-26, 3-4, 15-16.  They are all the ones that I
> was familiar with. I rode on 7-8 as a child and 3-4 later.
>
> William M (Bill) Mason
> wmmason at verizon.net
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