Passenger Operations
While the Powhatan Arrow was N&W's flagship passenger train, sporting a regal maroon livery with gold trim, and hauled by a J Class 4-8-4 Northern Type steam locomotive, the railroad also rostered a number of other passenger trains. These include:
- The Cavalier (Norfolk – Cincinnati/Columbus).
- The Pocahontas (Norfolk – Cincinnati/Columbus).
- Trains 1 and 2 (Roanoke – Hagerstown, Maryland).
The N&W also participated in four inter-line passenger trains:
- Cannon Ball (New York – Norfolk in conjunction with Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad).
- Birmingham Special (New York – Birmingham, Alabama in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Railroad and Southern Railway).
- The Pelican (New York – New Orleans in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Railroad and Southern Railway).
- The Tennessean (New York – Memphis in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Railroad and Southern Railway).
The last three were unusual in that the Southern Railway operated the trains, either side of the N&W stretch between Lynchburg and Bristol.
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