Vol. 8, No. 1 January / February 1992  Issue Select 
Issue Details
Cover Title: The Powhatan Arrow
Cover Subtitle: The Inspiration of a Name
On the Cover: J Class #604 rounds the curve with the Powhatan Arrow west of Iaeger, W. Va/
Articles In This Issue
"Conductor, Trains 25 & 26..." - James F. Brewer
The Powhatan Arrow...The Inspiration of a Name - James Nichols
  Photo "What a train it was!" The new Phowhatan Arrow is westbound, near Welch, W.Va.. (Photo by Ray Tobey, Tom Dressler Collection)
  Photo "Elegance: Diner 1024 entering Bluefield station on Train No. 25, westbound, early 1949. (Jim Nichols photo)
  Photo Everything is still first class as the westbound Arrow comes into Kenova station in September, 1955. (photo by Ray Tobey, Tom Dressler Collection)
  Photo May 1956, The Arrow had lost a little polish. At Wheelersburg, the westbound Arrow has its consist still intact, but the skirting is gone, and the storage mail car is the first of compromises to come. (photo by Roy Tobey, Tom Dressler Collection)
  Photo "Alas, how the mighty have fallen." Cut-backs have put head end cars on the Arrow and a doghouse on the tender of #603. No. 25 is westbound into North Kenova in September 1957. (photo by Ray Tobey, Tom Dressler Collection)
  Photo "The end is near." Darkness has fallen, actually and symbolically, in March, 1967. No. 25 does not have much time left, as the train pauses for servicing at Portsmouth, Ohio. (Tom Dressler photo)
Williamson will host railroad convention / By Charlotte Sanders for The Daily News - Pat Ryan; Charlotte Sanders
The Powhatan Arrow / (To the tune of the Wabash Cannonball) - Thomas D. Dressler
Current News - Robert G. Bowers
N&WHS 1992 Convention Update - Pat Ryan
The Powhatan Modeler - Thomas D. Dressler
The Virginian Local - Roger Nutting
  Drawing Class HC-1 Covered Hopper painting diagram (Charlie Schlotthober)
  Drawing Class HC-1 mechanical drawing (Roy Hurlburt)
Proposed Photo Service - Thomas D. Dressler
Norfolk & Western History 1886-1890 / Part One - Jim Cochran
Member's Photos - James F. Brewer
  Photo On May 24, 1927, at 11:53 a.m., Train No. 3, behind PA 212 collided with Eastbound Extra 103 Electric freight at Ingleside, W. Va. Details of the wreck and injuries are recounted in H. Reid's classic "The Virginian Railway", at p. 197. N&WHS member, Dale Crompton, has supplied these photographs. The top photo was taken by his grandfather, H. T. Compton. The bottom photo was taken by his father, Mr. J. J. Compton. (photo by H. T. Compton/Dale Compton collection)
  Photo On May 24, 1927, at 11:53 a.m., Train No. 3, behind PA 212 collided with Eastbound Extra 103 Electric freight at Ingleside, W. Va. Details of the wreck and injuries are recounted in H. Reid's classic "The Virginian Railway", at p. 197. N&WHS member, Dale Crompton, has supplied these photographs. The top photo was taken by his grandfather, H. T. Compton. The bottom photo was taken by his father, Mr. J. J. Compton. (photo by J. J. Compton/ Dale Compton collection)
Vol. 8, No. 1 January / February 1992  Issue Select