Domed Passenger Cars

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When the N & W got permission to discontinue all Norfolk - Cincinnati passenger trains except the Pocahontas, it was upgraded to include a "Reclining seat dome coach...Norfolk and Cincinnati."

Interestingly, a couple of other non-traditional improvements were also included.  For one thing, coach tickets were honored in sleeping cars upon paying just a sleeping car charge (no first class fare required).  Also, sleeping car passengers got complimentary meals in the diner.

The above info is from the April 1971 Official Guide, which covered the last month before Amtrak took over.

Gordon Hamilton
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  Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 7:22 PM
  Subject: Re: Domed Passenger Cars


  No.  None on any N&W trains or the combined trains with the Southern that ran through.

  Ed Painter - Narrows, Va   (currrently Russellville, AR)


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    Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 11:16 AM
    Subject: Domed Passenger Cars


    Question - 

    Did the Norfolk & Western every use any of the Domed Passenger cars on any of their regular passenger trains? I realize that they "inherited" some from the Wabash after their merger, but I am asking specifically about either the Powhatan rrow, or the Pocahontas.

    Thanks

    Frank Jefferson

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