N&W Playing Cards

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Could anyone supply me any information about a set of playing cards that I 
have?

 There are two decks - one with a tuscan  border, and the other with green. 
The picture is a J (number not readable) pulling 7 smoothside cars (no 
head-end cars).  The background is mountains, and in the lower left corner 
there is water.

 At the top right above the locomotive is "Norfolk and Western" in script 
with "RAILWAY" in a smaller sans-serif font below.  Below the locomotive it 
says "Route of" in script, with '"The POCAHONTAS" AND "THE POWHATAN ARROW"' 
in the sans-serif font..

 In the water appears to be the word "Walton".  Don't know if that is meant 
to be the artist name, or the location.

I don't know if the two-deck box is original or not.  The top is covered in 
a red velvet-like material, and the bottom in silver paper.  Stamped into to 
bottom of the box is "PATENT PENDING, BROWN & BIGELOW, ST.PAUL, MINNESOTA".

 Dick Dunford