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Norfolk & Western's passenger service ceased in 1971. Here is the Pocahontas on her last run, traveling eastbound at Blue Ridge, Virginia. An estimated 100,000 spectators lined the route to catch a glimpse of a passing era.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
1 May 1971
Nelson Harris; Virginia Museum of Transportation
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HNWR126
Taken from the Roanoke passenger station, this photograph shows the Birmingham Special in the background and the Pocahontas in the foreground..
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
September 1969
Nelson Harris; Virginia Museum of Transportation
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HNWR098
The Pocahontas traveling along the New River. This route was the most spectacular and difficult. After leaving the New River Valley, The Arrow climbed abruptly to Bluefield and then downhill along the Tug River at Williamson.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
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The Pocahontas moves east through Blue Ridge, Virginia pulled by Diesel No. 1014. The engine, though bearing the N&W name, was a diesel originally belonging to the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac. By the late 1950s, as the N&W was transitioning to diesel, a number of RF&P engines were bring used by N&W for its passenger trains.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
September 1959
Nelson Harris; Virginia Museum of Transportation
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Engine No. 500 pulls out of Norfolk with the Pocahontas. The Pocahontas' maiden run occurred on November 21, 1926, when she ran between Norfolk and Columbus, Ohio. That run replaced the former "Norfolk-Chicago Express".
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
1937
Nelson Harris; Virginia Museum of Transportation
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Scyphers28 Pocahontas
Passengers aboard the Norfolk & Western Pocahontas, possibly on its last excursion. The passenger train ran from November 1926 through May 1971.
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Roanoke Public Libraries
May 1971
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Scyphers26 Pocahontas
Norfolk & Western employees stand in the doorway of the Pochontas, possibly on its last excursion. The passenger train ran from November 1926 through May 1971.
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Roanoke Public Libraries
May 1971
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Scyphers21 Pocahontas
Passengers aboard the Norfolk & Western Pocahontas, possibly on its last excursion. The passenger train ran from November 1926 through May 1971.
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Roanoke Public Libraries
May 1971
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Scyphers20 Pocahontas
The Norfolk & Western Pocahontas passenger train, possibly on its last excursion. The passenger train ran from November 1926 through May 1971.
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Roanoke Public Libraries
May 1971
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