Petersburg, Virginia Roanoke, Virginia Bluefield, West Virginia Williamson, West Virginia Kenova, West Virginia Portsmouth, Ohio
Distance travelled
676 miles (1,088 km)
Service frequency
Daily
Train number(s)
25 (westbound) 26 (eastbound)
On-board services
Seating arrangements
Reclining seat coaches
Catering facilities
Dining-lounge car
Technical
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Operating speed
20–60 mph (32–97 km/h)
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Norfolk
Suffolk
Petersburg
Blackstone
Crewe
Farmville
Appomattox
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Christiansburg
Pearisburg
Virginia
West Virginia
Bluefield
North Fork
Welch
Iaeger
Panther
Wharncliffe
Devon
Delorme
Thacker
Matewan
Williamson
Kermit
Webb
Glenhayes
Fort Gay
Hewlet
Prichard
Kenova
West Virginia
Ohio
Ironton
Portsmouth
Rarden
Peebles
Winchester
Sardinia
Mount Oreb
Williamsburg
Batavia
Norwood
Winton Place
Cincinnati
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The Powhatan Arrow was a named luxurious passenger train, operated by the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) in the United States. It made its inaugural operation on April 28, 1946, and proclaimed as one of America's first new postwar streamliners, despite not having new equipment. The Powhatan Arrow had two trains; Nos. 25 and 26, which both ran 676 miles (1,088 km) daily at daylight on the N&W mainline between Norfolk, Virginia, and Cincinnati, Ohio in opposite directions. It takes about 15 hours and 45 minutes for both trains to run per day. They were hauled behind N&W's streamlined 4-8-4 class J steam locomotives.
In late 1949, N&W re-equipped the Powhatan Arrow consist with brand-new lightweight passenger cars, dining cars, and observation cars from the Pullman-Standard Company. In 1958, the consist was drastically changed with mail cars added, converting the dining cars into diner-lounge types, and eliminating the observation cars. Additionally, the class J locomotives were replaced with some Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) E units, which were leased from the Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) and Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac (RF&P) railroads until N&W's new EMD GP9s arrived towards the end of 1958.
In the 1960s, passenger traffic on the N&W started to decrease due to the population of airlines and automobiles, which led the Powhatan Arrow discontinued in late May 1969. The two locomotives involved in the Powhatan Arrow; class J No. 611 and GP9 No. 521 were both preserved at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, Virginia.
The PowhatanArrow was a named luxurious passenger train, operated by the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) in the United States. It made its inaugural...
The Powhatan people (/ˌpaʊhəˈtæn, ˈhætən/;) are Native Americans who belong to member tribes of the Powhatan Confederacy, or Tsenacommacah. They are Algonquian...
611 joined its fellow class J locomotives at work. They hauled N&W's PowhatanArrow, Pocahontas, and Cavalier passenger trains, running 676 miles (1,088 km)...
Powhatan or Virginia Algonquian was an Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian languages. It was formerly spoken by the Powhatan people of tidewater...
and scrapped later in 1961. Blanton, Burt C. (May 29, 1955). "[The "PowhatanArrow" passing the "Jawn Henry"]". The Portal to Texas History. "N&W "Jawn...
: 174–5 Ponce de Leon SOU 1924 1968 Inaugural service to CUT : 174–5 PowhatanArrow N & W 1946 1969 Royal Palm SOU 1970 Inaugural service to CUT : 174–5 ...
Southern Corporation are now located in Atlanta, Georgia. While the PowhatanArrow (all-coach, Norfolk–Cincinnati/Columbus) was the N&W's flagship passenger...
Lynchburg, Virginia, to Petersburg, Virginia, on June 13 and 14, "The PowhatanArrow" from Roanoke to Lynchburg and "The Pelican" from Roanoke to Radford...
Roanoke Pocahontas - Cincinnati, via Petersburg, Lynchburg, Roanoke PowhatanArrow - Cincinnati, via Petersburg, Lynchburg, Roanoke Official Guide of the...
amid the fight Turnbull is killed by an arrow. Opechanco kills Nataquas, who planned to tell Chief Powhatan, and Pocahontas runs to Jamestown and tells...
Archived from the original on March 23, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2023. "PowhatanArrow Coach". Watauga Valley Railroad Historical Society & Museum. Archived...
Pocahontas and the local station counterpart on the same route, the PowhatanArrow. The N&W also operated the Birmingham–Washington Birmingham Special...
John Smith was captured by the Powhatan and met with both their leader Wahunsenacawh (often referred to as "Chief Powhatan") and his brother Opechancanough...
Peltandra virginica is a plant of the arum family known as green arrow arum and tuckahoe. It is widely distributed in wetlands in the eastern United States...
inheritance of Chief Powhatan, before he incorporated the other tribes into his Confederacy, and were said to be closely connected with the Powhatan royal line...
in war: In warfare he described the Powhatan as having no armor or discipline but make good use of bows and arrows and tomahawks. He also wrote that "They...
between the Norfolk–Cincinnati trains - the Cavalier, Pocahontas and PowhatanArrow - and ACL Florida–New York trains. The ACL moved to a new station in...
swimming. The site was called "New" Camp Powhatan to distinguish it from the council's original camp, "Old" Camp Powhatan. The other base camp, Camp Ottari,...
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