#powhatan arrow

Norfolk & Western class J 4-8-4 No. 609 stands with a set of new cars for the Powhatan Arrow at Williamson, W.Va., during a 1950 display tour.

A publicity photo of Norfolk & Western's newly reequipped "Powhatan Arrow" (Norfolk - Cincinnati) led by 4-8-4 #609 (J), taken at Singer, Virginia (a few miles west of Roanoke) on December 8, 1949.

In this scene Norfolk & Western's "Powhatan Arrow," led by 4-8-4 #604 (J), heads westbound just west of Cooper Tunnel (West Virginia) during July of 1955. The train is on Bridge 854 spanning the Bluestone River. O. Winston Link photo.

Cincinnati–Norfolk Powhatan Arrow eastbound at Winton Place in suburban Cincinnati, May 1956. Mert Leet

In this Norfolk & Western publicity photo the westbound dayliner "Powhatan Arrow" (Norfolk - Cincinnati) skirts the south bank of the New River outside of Christiansburg, Virginia during the 1950's. Pictured is the tavern-lounge-observation while other accommodations included coaches (reserved), a diner, and coach-dormitory for the crew. On the head-end is almost certainly a streamlined J (4-8-4). Not visible is the Virginian's electrified main line across the river.

Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 #606 departs Roanoke, Virginia with train #25, the westbound "Powhatan Arrow," during the 1950s. A.C. Kalmbach photo.