Pocahontas blue cars

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Perhaps I should clarify myself. The 540 survived as the only car NEVER 
repainted to blue that remained in company ownership. The railroad 
quietly went back to tuscan red in July after Amtrak for its own 
business fleet, of which 501 and 533 were a part of. The first car 
noted as repainted was the 500 ''Claytor Lake'' in August of 1971.

Additional documentation from the time show the 501 in the consist of a 
4501 excursion  on August 19-20, 1972, running from Portsmouth to 
Roanoke as painted blue. The next report showed the 501 in an N&W 
inspection train leaving Roanoke on December 3, 1972 but now in red. 
These are notes from long time consist watcher Dorr Tucker and 
published in Turntable Times in 1971 and 1972.

In addition, I believe that Jim's name is spelled Nichols.

Ken Miller
On Jan 2, 2006, at 10:22 PM, nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org wrote:


> Jim Nickols book shows #501 in the red scheme in 1973.

>  

> Stephen Rineair

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>> All the 1949 cars, to the best of my knowledge, except for 540 were

>> repainted to the blue. The 540 survived in storage to be restored for

>> excursion service in 1982.

>>

>> Ken Miller

>> On Jan 2, 2006, at 8:16 PM, nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org wrote:

>>

>> > Does any one kow if the Powhattan Arrow cars #501 - 502 cars made it

>> > to the blue Pocahontas paint scheme?

>> > I don't believe the #501 did but not sure.

>> >

>> > Stephen Rineair

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