Pocahontas blue cars

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Thanks so very much for the clarification Ken.  I was also wondering if any of the society modelers would be interested if OMI did the Powhattan cars in the blue Pocahontas.  Any feedback would be appreciated.

Stephen Rineair
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  Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 11:41 PM
  Subject: Re: Pocahontas blue cars


  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:


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