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Thomas W. Dixon Jr.
Softcover
112 pages
Back to Steam Trains
Norfolk & Western’s Powhatan Arrow
$29.95
Complete history of N&Ws post-WWII flagship train, including the first equipment of 1946, the competely re-equipped train of 1949, with details on all the cars and motive power. Included in the book is a general album of the train during its life over the entire N&W system. Text gives a detailed history of the train from concept to retirement, schedules, connections, and changes. One of America’s most famous trains.
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