Sunset annouces O scale Powhatan Arrow Cars

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That photo on the cover of the January 1950 issue was from a hand tinted print from N&W Photographer J.D. Kanode. 

I suspect that it was done that way as the color transparencies that were shot at the same time were rather dull in color. Considering that it was early December when they were made, as I recall (reading, I was certainly not there) that the weather was a bit drab going west on the press run but dramatically improved on the eastbound run.

The same reason for the black roof on the retouched version, it simply looked more dynamic in the print.

Ken Miller

On Apr 28, 2014, at 7:03 AM, NW Modeling List wrote:


> However, I have my questions about the brown roof on the Arrow as I remember the cover of the January 1950 issue of the Norfolk and Western Magazine, featuring the new cars for the Powhatan Arrow. It shows a view of the train from the rear, with black roofs. Of course, I am open to a legitimate explanation.

> Lois J.Ponton

> N&W steam historian

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> On 4/26/2014 2:45 PM, NW Modeling List wrote:

>> Jimmy Diners #493 and #494 were delivered with the names listed in my email and not the Arrow logo. Harold 

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> Harold,

>     If one wants to believe Tom Dixon's "Arrow" book, there is a Pullman-Standard builder's photo in there of diner #491 with Powhatan Arrow clearly on the side of the car. Has the history of the different paint schemes and logos been published? Maybe Jim or Ken can straighten this thing out for those of us who don't know.

> I must say that when I said they should be the as built versions, I had completely forgot about the brown roof. I do not want a brown roof version.

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> Jimmy Lisle

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