Agents?

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The Powhatan Arrow carried uniformed  Traveling
Passenger Agents.  They were a little better at
p.r. than some conductors.  They assisted  passengers
in making connections and made sure they sat
in the correct  reserved seat.
 
Traveling Freight Agents worked for the Trans-
portation Department.  ONE of their assignments  was
to police use of N&W hoppers by foreign  railroads.
When hoppers became empty, there's a
requirement that they're returned to the owning
road.  These Traveling Freight Agents would 
review the car records on file at off-line  stations
to make sure railroads weren't appropriating N&W
hoppers for their own loading.
                                        Harry Bundy 



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