Re: “New Powhatan Arrow” Press Book Question

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Dutch

I expect that there was no N&W items in hand, as the Commissary was in Roanoke. It would require pulling the material, and shipping it to Pullman in Chicago. 

The photos were all taken before the cars left Pullman. I think the NYC had a commissary in Chicago and it was easy to borrow enough equipment to outfit the cars for the photographer for Pullman to make photos. 

Remember the press materials were sent out either on delivery or before the N&W got the cars. N&W took some of its own photos as time went by, but no detail ones like these, and even copied the prints or negatives into their own photo files. 

This was probably part of Pullman’s “package” of including press photos of the new cars, N&W may not have given it a thought.

Best
Ken Miller

> On Oct 19, 2022, at 9:58 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> I was recently looking at the Press Book of the Norfolk & Western’s “New Powhatan Arrow” and noticed several of the accompanying interior car photos show items like drinking glasses and coffee pots clearly marked with a “NYC”.
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> One photo shows the observation car’s bartender standing in front of the Cascade Falls photomural while wearing a shirt embroidered with “NYC Systems”.
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> What’s the story behind this?
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> Was there just no N&W items on hand for the shoot so they (P-S?) used what was available? If so, it seems strange no effort was made to remove another road’s name from the press kit of of a company’s newly kitted out flagship train.
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