Article on Last Years of N&W Passenger Service in Arrow.

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Paul,

Did you perhaps get any photos of the train being switched out that day,?  I'm looking for one of the diesel that switched out the train.

Skip Salmon

> On May 7, 2021 at 5:21 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org > wrote:
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> 
>     Just received the latest issue of the Arrow and their is an article in
>     there that brought back memories.  Issue included lots of photos of the
>     Pocahontas last run which I had the good fortune to ride from Roanoke to
>     Lynchburg.  My in-laws were N&W employees and had gotten my wife and I
>     tickets for the ride.  It was crowded at the station in Roanoke and
>     difficult to get good pictures (plus I was a novice at train
>     photograph).   When I saw the article I went back to slides I had
>     scanned and was able to find the few photos I took that day.  Attached
>     are two of those photos I took that day.  These are not the best quality
>     scans and someone with Photoshop skills could improve them but I thought
>     I would share them with society members.
> 
>     Love the hats the men had.
> 
>     Paul Mirick
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SKIP SALMON
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