Powhatan Arrow Train Wreck

NORFOLK & WESTERN TRAIN WRECK IN POWHATAN, WV

POWHATAN ARROW

POWHATAN ARROW TRAIN WRECK IN POWHATAN, WV

Dateline: Wednesday, June 12, 1946:

Two Bluefield railroad men were killed and two others injured in this Norfolk and Western train wreck at Powhatan, West Virginia, 18 miles west of Bluefield, WV.

Fngineer Grover C. "Nap" Roberts and fireman Beecher Lawson were killed when the eastbound crack stream-liner "Powhatan Arrow" left the tracks on this date over fifty four years ago.

ELeven passengers were hurt in the wreck. This deluxe train was eastbound from Cincinnati, Ohio to Norfolk, Virginia. Several thousand people from Mercer and McDowell counties were

attracted to the wreck. It was reported that automobiles lined both sides of the highway for more than a half mile. The "Powhatan Arrow" had made it's maiden run on 27 April 1946.

( Photo by United States C & C Co. and furnished by Kermit Blizzard, BHS Class '46 )

Powhatan Arrow shortly after maiden run on 27 April 1946.

Powhatan Arrow shortly after maiden run on 27 April 1946.

Dateline: Wednesday, June 12, 1946:

Two Bluefield railroad men were killed and two others injured in this Norfolk and Western train wreck at Powhatan, West Virginia, 18 miles west of Bluefield, WV. Engineer Grover C. "Nap" Roberts and fireman Beecher Lawson were killed when the eastbound crack stream-liner "Powhatan Arrow" left the tracks on this date over fifty four years ago. Eleven passengers were hurt in the wreck. This deluxe train was eastbound from Cincinnati, Ohio to Norfolk, Virginia. Several thousand people from Mercer and McDowell counties were attracted to the wreck. It was reported that automobiles lined both sides of the highway for more than a half mile. The "Powhatan Arrow" had made it's maiden run on 27 April 1946.--Below are men killed: "

EMPLOYEES KILLED IN POWHATAN ARROW TRAIN WRECK