Domed Passenger Cars

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Tue Apr 17 11:38:47 EDT 2007


The Wabash Domes were used on #15 &#16 from Cincinnati to Norfolk. I wassn't
in the area to see the use on the Powhatan Arrow but the presence of head
end cars on the Arrow it seems most possible.---Bob Stump

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>Subject: Re: Domed Passenger Cars

>Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:51:55 -0400

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>Frank,

>

>The N&W did most certainly offer regular dome car service during the late

>60's up until Amtrak took over. They refurbished the Pocahontas after the

>demise of the Powhatan Arrow, probably as much to convince the ICC that

>they were seriously trying to attract ridership to their one remaining (on

>the former N&W main) passenger train. I've seen many photos of these

>refurbished

>Wabash domes on the Pokey. Better still, I rode them a couple of times.

>All three were in the consist of the last Pocahontas eastbound on the day

>before Amtrak. From Roanoke east the train was pulled by the former Nickel

>Plate Berk #759. My grandmother and I rode the last Pokey west to

>Williamson to catch the last Pokey east, and we rode in one of the domes

>most of the way form Williamson to our hometown of Farmville.

>

>Sam Putney

>

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> Subject: Domed Passenger Cars

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>

> Question -

>

> Did the Norfolk & Western every use any of the Domed Passenger cars on

>any of their regular passenger trains? I realize that they "inherited" some

>from the Wabash after their merger, but I am asking specifically about

>either the Powhatan rrow, or the Pocahontas.

>

> Thanks

>

> Frank Jefferson

>

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