Powhatan Arrow

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Charles:
 
As you have probably noticed, the consist of the Powhatan Arrow was made up 
 of three types of coaches, P1, P2, and P3, the diner, and the  
observation/lounge.  From everything I have read, a five-car Arrow would  have the 
following consist:
P1 (501, etc.), vestibule trailing
P2 (510, etc), vestibule trailing
Diner, kitchen leading
P3, vestibule trailing
Observation/lounge
 
Sometimes a six- or seven-car Arrow would be run if traffic  warranted.  
MTH released additional P3s with different numbers to allow  this.  Although 
it's reasonable to expect that practice varied, it appears  that the most 
common way to expand the consist was first to add a second P3  after the diner, 
then for a seven-car consist put a P3 between the P2 and the  diner.  But, 
if you choose to run a longer version, anyone who nit-picks  how you do it 
should be ignored.  
 
Have fun!
 
Regards,
 
Dave Phelps
 
 
In a message dated 8/15/2015 1:04:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

I am a  retired railroader living in Phoenix. I have a HO Broadway 
Limited class J  Locomotive and a set of Mikes Train House Powhatan Arrow 
cars. As I model  as correctly as possible, I would like information on 
the exact consist of  the Powhatan Arrow. All passenger trains that I 
know anything about had a  message that said the order of the cars and 
which way the vestibule faced  (front or back). Also which way the diner 
faced, Kitchen front or back.  Which way the Jim Crow section faced. 
Where was the Jim Crow placed in the  consist. The set I have has 5 cars 
and as far as I can tell they are  correct in every way. On most long 
distance passenger trains the kitchen  was closest to the coaches. They 
did not want the first passengers walking  through the kitchen hallway, 
Any help would be appreciated.

Thank  you for your consideration.
Charles V  Weart


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