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One of the prime benefits of membership in the Norfolk & Western Historical Society is our quarterly magazine, THE ARROW. The publication takes its name from N&W's famous passenger train, The Powhatan Arrow. Each issue is packed full of historical material, wonderful stories from the past, and modeling articles, all complemented with lots of photos. Our magazine is professionally designed and utilizes the latest digital technology in printing, resulting in one of the premier publications in its field. To get all that's packed into every issue, join the N&WHS! Your issue will arrive promptly every quarter!
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| Date | Vol-Issue | Cover Title / Subtitle |
| Jul/Sep 2019 | 35-3 | 50 Years Ago / Remnants of Hurricane Camille brings major flooding to the N&W's Shenandoah Valley |
| Apr/Jun 2019 | 35-2 | The Arrow / High Noon on the N&W: Clinch Valley District; An N&W Pin-up!; Gordon Hamilton’s 1978 Strike Memories |
| Jan/Mar 2019 | 35-1 | The ARROW Norfolk and Western Historical Sociaty Magazine / High Noon on the N&W: KenovaDistrict, Modeling Virginian's "JK" Tower, A Bad Day on the N&W |
| Oct/Dec 2018 | 34-4 | The Arrow / High Noon on the N&W: Columbus District, The Beginnings of a Great Railroad, 1978 Strike Experience, 1968 Part 3 |
| Jul/Sep 2018 | 34-3 | / 1968 Part 2, High Noon on the N&W, The Beginnings of a Great Railroad |
| Apr/Jun 2018 | 34-2 | / Outwitting the U-Boats, 1968 on the N&W, Destructive Fire, Virginian at Roanoke |
| Jan/Mar 2018 | 34-1 | Signaling Part 6 / The Unusal from Roanoke, Walton Tower, Villamont VA. |
| Oct/Dec 2017 | 33-4 | Steam's Last Stand / N&W Signaling 1930-1959 Part 5, The Virginian's V&W Branch |
| Jul/Sep 2017 | 33-3 | N&W Signaling, Part 4 / Portlock Yard, Bucky Wilson, Steel Gang Memories, Passenger Service on the Virginian’s New River Division |
| Apr/Jun 2017 | 33-2 | Men and Their Machine / Symbols of Renewal and Restoration, Virginian Railway Weekends at Twin Falls, Modeler: Buchanan County, Wreck of the Virginian 702 |
| Jan/Mar 2017 | 33-1 | Buchanan Branch / The News is Never Easy: N&W 228 • T.R. Marshall’s Virginian Memories • N&W Signaling 1930–1959, Part 2 • Virginian C-1 Overview |
| Oct/Dec 2016 | 32-4 | N&W Signaling, Part 1 / Roanoke VGN Station, Beyond the Appalachians, The N&W-EL Cannonball |
| Jul/Sep 2016 | 32-3 | The N&W in Buffalo / Modeler: N&W and VGN Electrics, N&W-NKP Odds and Ends, Beyond the Appalachians |
| Apr/Jun 2016 | 32-2 | N&W's P&WV and AC&Y Diesels / N&WHS Archives: Deuces Wild, Buchanan Branch Summary, Beyond the Appalachians |
| Jan/Mar 2016 | 32-1 | N&W's Nickel Plate Diesels / High Bridge: Last Hope of the Confederacy • The N&W and the FP&E |
| Oct/Dec 2015 | 31-4 | Enlarging Honaker Tunnel / When Pocahontas Coke Started West, Rails Remembered-Chapter 88, Implementing the N&W Vision-part 4 |
| Jul/Sep 2015 | 31-3 | 611 is Fired Up! / Inside Roanoke Shops During WWII, Implementing the N&W Vision part 3 |
| Apr/Jun 2015 | 31-2 | Beyond the Appalachians / Implementing the N&W Vision, N&W's 1964 Merger, The Sandusky District |
| Jan/Mar 2015 | 31-1 | Beyond the Appalachians / N&W Crossbucks, The Electric Virginian - part 5, Implementing the N&W Vision - part 1 |
| Oct/Dec 2014 | 30-4 | The Electric VGN part 4 / Back to Boaz, Rails Remembered, The Electric Virginian |
| Jul/Sep 2014 | 30-3 | The Electric VGN / Three for the Ages, and Rails Remembered |
| Apr/Jun 2014 | 30-2 | A Great Locomotive Chase / The City Point Railroad, Rails Remembered Chapter 85: Diesels on the Peavine |
| Jan/Mar 2014 | 30-1 | The Debut of Alco RS-11s / On Home Rails, Rails Remembered, Chapter 84: The Debut of Alco |
| Oct/Dec 2013 | 29-4 | On the Durham Local in 1948, Modeler: The Station at Stanley pt 3 / Rails Remembered, Chapter 83: Diesels Invade the Pocahontas Coal Fields |
| Jul/Sep 2013 | 29-3 | BS&C Part 5, Today's Buchanan Branch, A Day at the Park Street Yard Office / Rails Remembered Chapter 82, Modeler: The Station at Stanley |
| Apr/Jun 2013 | 29-2 | TRAIN MASTERS / A Tribute to the Train Masters. Rails Remembered - Chapter 80 |
| Jan/Mar 2013 | 29-1 | TRAIN MASTERS |
| Oct/Dec 2012 | 28-4 | Modeler: The Station at Stanley / 755th Battalion & Rails Remembered - Chapter 79 |
| Jul/Sep 2012 | 28-3 | Thoughts on Retirement / A Vacation Relief Clerk at Bristol |
| Apr/Jun 2012 | 28-2 | Wytheville, VA Combination Station / Rails Remembered, Chapter 77 |
| Jan/Mar 2012 | 28-1 | The Electric VGN, part 2 / Ex-N&W Locomotives in Service |
| Oct/Dec 2011 | 27-4 | The Electric VGN, part 1 / Modeler: Powhatan Arrow in HO |
| Jul/Sep 2011 | 27-3 | The Electric N&W, part 6 / Miracle at Coldwater |
| Apr/Jun 2011 | 27-2 | Rails Remembered, part 1 / The Electric N&W, part 5 |
| Jan/Mar 2011 | 27-1 | The Electric N&W Part 4 / A Visit to Richlands |
| Oct/Dec 2010 | 26-4 | 611 and 1218 at Night / August A. Thieme, Jr. / The McDowell County in HO / Fire in the Hole |
| Jul/Sep 2010 | 26-3 | Steam-Era GP9s / Dieselizing the N&W / The Electric N&W Part 3 |
| Apr/Jun 2010 | 26-2 | The Electric N&W Part 2 / Repowering N&W Derricks / A Night to Remember |
| Jan/Mar 2010 | 26-1 | The Electric N&W Part 1 / When the N&W Wrecked the Liberty Bell Special |
| Oct/Dec 2009 | 25-4 | Diesel Timeline Part 3 / A J at 111, part 2 / The End of N&W's Banner Blue / Christmas Eve in Rural Retreat |
| Jul/Sep 2009 | 25-3 | A Ride on the Powhatan Arrow / 1941 Tender Lettering / Modeling the Virginia Oak Tannery |
| Apr/Jun 2009 | 25-2 | Diesel Timeline Part 2 / N&W History - Coal Line Connection / Modeling a Virginian H-3 Coal Car |
| Jan/Mar 2009 | 25-1 | The Class A 2-6-6-4 / Tribute to James N. Gillum / Class C-10 Caboose / Virginian's Victoria Depot |
| Oct/Dec 2008 | 24-4 | Diesel Timeline, Part 1 / Standard No. 2 Depot, 50-Ton Class B-5 boxcar, HC-19 Covered Hoppers, N&W Draftsmen |
| Jul/Sep 2008 | 24-3 | N&W's Alco RS-36s / Achival Data: N&W's Class SK Stock Car; Modeling N&W's Bicentennial SD45; Unloading a Car from a Boxcar |
| Apr/Jun 2008 | 24-2 | A J at 111 / A more Powerful Steam Locomotive / N&W Position Light Signals |
| Jan/Mar 2008 | 24-1 | The N&W in Marion, Ohio / O. Winston Link's N&W Recordings |
| Oct/Dec 2007 | 23-4 | The Buchanan Branch, Part 4: The Levisa Extension / T-6 Out the Windows, A tour at Dunlap, Running Trains by Remote Control |
| Jul/Sep 2007 | 23-3 | Alcos of Lamberts Point / Virginian USRA 2-8-8-2s / Coal Pier 6 at Lamberts Point |
| Apr/Jun 2007 | 23-2 | The J Juniors |
| Jan/Mar 2007 | 23-1 | The Big Sandy & Cumberland, Part 2 |
| Nov/Dec 2006 | 22-6 | T vs J / The day the Pennsy came to Roanoke, and why |
| Sep/Oct 2006 | 22-5 | RETURN TO STEAM! / Full Coverage of our 2006 Convention! |
| Jul/Aug 2006 | 22-4 | The Big Sandy & Cumberland, Part 1 / Plus: N&W Freight Car Roster #20-1955 |
| May/Jun 2006 | 22-3 | Streamliner No More / The Class J's in Freight Service |
| Mar/Apr 2006 | 22-2 | EMD's SD40-2 / From N&W to NS |
| Jan/Feb 2006 | 22-1 | Depot Extraordinaire, Part 2 / Roanoke 1905 |
| Nov/Dec 2005 | 21-6 | Floating Locomotives / N&W in the Military Railway Service: The Sequel |
| Sep/Oct 2005 | 21-5 | Roanoke: Depot Extraordinaire! / Plus: Full Coverage of our Williamson Convention |
| Jul/Aug 2005 | 21-4 | N&W's Y-3's / Sage of an unsung workhorse |
| May/Jun 2005 | 21-3 | The Making of a Railfan I: / Austinville and the coming of the railroad |
| Mar/Apr 2005 | 21-2 | Williamson: An Early History / Reflections on the "A" |
| Jan/Feb 2005 | 21-1 | The Archives Story: A Legacy in Process / Over the course of a decade, a dream became an idea, then a reality |
| Nov/Dec 2004 | 20-6 | From Bluefield to Bellevue, The western end of the original N&W is still alive today / Pocahontas Division Passenger Trains after 1946 |
| Sep/Oct 2004 | 20-5 | N&W Steam vs. Southern Diesels: The truth exposed! / Homecoming 2004: Convention in Roanoke and: Foreign Passenger Cars on the N&W |
| Jul/Aug 2004 | 20-4 | The Clinch Valley Line Part 3: Freight trains, branch lines and passengers too / What's the scoop with scoop cars? |
| May/Jun 2004 | 20-3 | Our Clinch Valley Series Continues: Touring the Clinch / your railfanning guide to Roanoke |
| Mar/Apr 2004 | 20-2 | The Clinch Valley Line / A young boy's best day in Welch,WV...see back page |
| Jan/Feb 2004 | 20-1 | Elkhorn Tunnel -- The Sequel! / The Maybeury Trestles and Westward |
| Nov/Dec 2003 | 19-6 | Rebirth! N&W's Roanoke Station Comes Alive Again / A Progress report on the N&W/O. Winston Link Museum Opening January 2004 |
| Sep/Oct 2003 | 19-5 | The Engines They Called 'Water Buffalos' / Our 2003 Convention: Weekend in Winston |
| Jul/Aug 2003 | 19-4 | Modeling an Accurate N&W Coal Train: Conclusion / N&W's Service in WWII: 2 |
| May/Jun 2003 | 19-3 | N&W in the MIlitary Railway Service / "Keeping 'em Rolling" in World War II |
| Mar/Apr 2003 | 19-2 | The Search for the First Elkhorn Tunnel / N&W's "Racetrack" |
| Jan/Feb 2003 | 19-1 | 1776: The one you saw...the ones you didn't / N&W's Class BMf Baggage/Mail Cars |
| Nov/Dec 2002 | 18-6 | Monkey Motion / Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Steam Locomotive Valve Gear |
| Sep/Oct 2002 | 18-5 | Our Lynchburg Convention / And... A Depot Reclaimed, A Depot Reborn |
| Jul/Aug 2002 | 18-4 | The Forgotten N&W: POTTS VALLEY / Adventures on the Durham Line and: N&W's Class GD Gondola |
| May/Jun 2002 | 18-3 | The N&W... Circa '57 / N&W Branch Lines III: POCAHONTAS |
| Mar/Apr 2002 | 18-2 | Bluestone Junction / 3 Miles of Track... A century of Change |
| Jan/Feb 2002 | 18-1 | Our Dieselization Series Continues! / Chaos Out Of Order . . . |
| Nov/Dec 2001 | 17-6 | The Bluestone Branch / Revisited! |
| Sep/Oct 2001 | 17-5 | The new technology / Our Dieselization Series Continues |
| Jul/Aug 2001 | 17-4 | How Dieselization Happended / The Complete Story! |
| May/Jun 2001 | 17-3 | THE BASICS of STEAM, Part 3 / Exploring the Bluestone Branch |
| Mar/Apr 2001 | 17-2 | Norfolk and Western's Domeliner to Los Angeles! / And: The Battle For Jenny's Gap |
| Jan/Feb 2001 | 17-1 | End of the Line ...for a famed Cincinnati bridge / The Basics of Steam, Wandering Tuscan: An Update |
| Nov/Dec 2000 | 16-6 | Mr. Percival's Island, The fascinating story of N&W Island Yard in Lynchburg / Death of a Pelican, Trains 41/42, from A-powered to sad demise |
| Sep/Oct 2000 | 16-5 | Convention 2000 / Less is more (more or less), Boiler improvements to N&W's Y5s & Y6s |
| Jul/Aug 2000 | 16-4 | "Gateway To the Future" Cincinnati Union Terminal, The Glorious Conclusion of the Cincinnati Story / "I Saved an N&W Signal!", Improving the N&WHS "Fishbelly" Hopper |
| May/Jun 2000 | 16-3 | The Cincinnati Story 2: Cincinnati Union Terminal / Railroading in our Convention City: That Ol' All Day Eastbound |
| Mar/Apr 2000 | 16-2 | The Cincinnati Story: How the magnificent Cincinnati Union Station came to be / Discovering the oddities in the N&W steam fleet |
| Jan/Feb 2000 | 16-1 | One Man's Quest: The search for "The Shops" At Page / Designing N&W Steam Power: Part 2 |
| Nov/Dec 1999 | 15-6 | Before The J's / Design N&W Steam Power, Tractive Effort Explained! |
| Sep/Oct 1999 | 15-5 | Reunion in Roanoke, Convention '99 / Love Affair With An 8-Wheel Switcher |
| Jul/Aug 1999 | 15-4 | N&WHS 15th Anniversary |
| May/Jun 1999 | 15-3 | A Home Away From Home / Norfolk & Western's YMCAs |
| Mar/Apr 1999 | 15-2 | The Sleepers they called 'The County Cars' / Changing Signals on the Bristol Line |
| Jan/Feb 1999 | 15-1 | Slickin' 'Em through Sardinia: N&W's Pesky Peavine / All Cabeese Were NOT Created Equal |
| Nov/Dec 1998 | 14-6 | Passenger Station Paint Schemes: Just what color WERE they? / A Day in the Life of a Yard Crew |
| Sep/Oct 1998 | 14-5 | Convention '98 / Travelin' the Bristol Line |
| Jul/Aug 1998 | 14-4 | Markers / Everything you always wanted to know about Markers but were afraid to ask |
| May/Jun 1998 | 14-3 | The Many Stations of Mullens / Convention Preview: The history and modeling of THe Abingdon Branch |
| Mar/Apr 1998 | 14-2 | The Shay! / N&W's Stemwinding Sidewinder: |
| Jan/Feb 1998 | 14-1 | Norfolk & Western's Oil-Burners / Steam vs. Diesel In 1952: Did N&W Cheat? |
| Nov/Dec 1997 | 13-6 | The Trouble With Steam / Modeling the Shenandoah Depot |
| Sep/Oct 1997 | 13-5 | N&WHS Convention '97 / Old memories New technology |
| Jul/Aug 1997 | 13-4 | Steam Locomotive Lettering / The Evolution of the "N&W Look" |
| May/Jun 1997 | 13-3 | The Pickaway County Special / Tribute to a Trackside Physician |
| Mar/Apr 1997 | 13-2 | Collision at Kumis / Dueling Railroads: The C&O and N&W in Ohio. History of the South Side RR:4 |
| Jan/Feb 1997 | 13-1 | Bluefield's Tower of Power / N&W Passenger Car History - An Update |
| Nov/Dec 1996 | 12-6 | Salute to a Streamliner / The Powhatan Arrow Turns 50 |
| Sep/Oct 1996 | 12-5 | Convention '96: Bluefield and Black Diamonds |
| Jul/Aug 1996 | 12-4 | The Travelin' Molly / Saga of the 485 |
| May/Jun 1996 | 12-3 | Next Stop ...Bluefield / 1996 N&WHS Convention Preview |
| Mar/Apr 1996 | 12-2 | Return to Splendor |
| Jan/Feb 1996 | 12-1 | Hagerstown, A Post-Merger report |
| Nov/Dec 1995 | 11-6 | Photographic Memories |
| Sep/Oct 1995 | 11-5 | Convention '95! The N&WHS in Petersburg / Special All Passenger Issue |
| Jul/Aug 1995 | 11-4 | The Huckelberry, A fond look back at the Blacksburg Branch / Plus...In-Depth Modeling By Wilson McClung: N&W Bulkhead Flats |
| May/Jun 1995 | 11-3 | The Arrow |
| Mar/Apr 1995 | 11-2 | Remaining N&W GP-35s Now Retired |
| Jan/Feb 1995 | 11-1 | The Arrow / Official Publication of the Norfolk & Western History Society |
| Nov/Dec 1994 | 10-6 | N&W Class A #1208 |
| Sep/Oct 1994 | 10-5 | The 1994 Roanoke Convention / A decade of progress |
| Jul/Aug 1994 | 10-4 | A Pictorial Review of N&W Motive Power / Last Installment |
| May/Jun 1994 | 10-3 | The Red Birds |
| Mar/Apr 1994 | 10-2 | A Pictorial Review of N&W Motive Power / Part Two |
| Jan/Feb 1994 | 10-1 | A Pictorial Review of N&W Motive Power / Part One |
| Nov/Dec 1993 | 9-6 | N&W Class Y3a 2-8-8-2 |
| Sep/Oct 1993 | 9-5 | Where Rails Meet Sails 1993 / Convention coverage |
| Jul/Aug 1993 | 9-4 | N&W GP-18s / Part 2 |
| May/Jun 1993 | 9-3 | N&W GP-18s / Part 1 |
| Mar/Apr 1993 | 9-2 | All Aboard, Shenandoah / N&W Passenger Service in the Shenandoah Valley |
| Jan/Feb 1993 | 9-1 | Rogers and His Railroad / A History of the Virginian Railway |
| Nov/Dec 1992 | 8-6 | N&W Auxillary Water Tenders |
| Sep/Oct 1992 | 8-5 | Williamson 1992 / Convention coverage |
| Jul/Aug 1992 | 8-4 | Coal Piers / Coal Pier #5 |
| May/Jun 1992 | 8-3 | Williamson WV |
| Mar/Apr 1992 | 8-2 | Class E-3 Pacifics |
| Jan/Feb 1992 | 8-1 | The Powhatan Arrow / The Inspiration of a Name |
| Nov/Dec 1991 | 7-6 | NS Steam Program |
| Sep/Oct 1991 | 7-5 | The Narrows Branch |
| Jul/Aug 1991 | 7-4 | Bellevue 1991 / Convention coverage |
| May/Jun 1991 | 7-3 | N&W Wrecks / Part 2: 1948 - 1953 |
| Mar/Apr 1991 | 7-2 | N&W Wrecks / Part 1: 1948 - 1953 |
| Jan/Feb 1991 | 7-1 | Coal Piers / Part 4 |
| Nov/Dec 1990 | 6-6 | Norfolk and Western's 4-8-0's / The proposed Class M3 |
| Sep/Oct 1990 | 6-5 | The Virginian Railways Eastern End... / ...as it appears today |
| Jul/Aug 1990 | 6-4 | Coal Piers / Part 3 |
| May/Jun 1990 | 6-3 | Norfolk and Western's 4-8-0's / Part 3, Class M2 |
| Mar/Apr 1990 | 6-2 | Coal Piers / Part 2 |
| Jan/Feb 1990 | 6-1 | Norfolk and Western's 4-8-0's / Part 2, Class M1 |
| Nov/Dec 1989 | 5-6 | Coal Piers / Part 1 |
| Sep/Oct 1989 | 5-5 | Norfolk and Western's 4-8-0's / Part 1, Class M |
| Jul/Aug 1989 | 5-4 | The EMD GP30 / From an Operating Viewpoint |
| May/Jun 1989 | 5-3 | Passenger Geeps / Part 3 |
| Mar/Apr 1989 | 5-2 | Modern Steam Engine Facilities / N&W Streamlines Steam Servicing |
| Jan/Feb 1989 | 5-1 | The Celanese Pressure Cooker |
| Nov/Dec 1988 | 4-6 | Passenger Geeps / Part II |
| Sep/Oct 1988 | 4-5 | Shenandoah Junction |
| Jul/Aug 1988 | 4-4 | Passenger Geeps / Part 1 |
| May/Jun 1988 | 4-3 | Headlights and Backup Lights / Part 2: Diesel Locomotives |
| Mar/Apr 1988 | 4-2 | The Chesapeake Western Bridge is Back |
| Jan/Feb 1988 | 4-1 | Headlights and Backup Lights / Part 1: Steam Locomotives |
| Nov/Dec 1987 | 3-6 | Field tests of GE C39-8 locomotives |
| Sep/Oct 1987 | 3-5 | The Norfolk & Western Coaling Towers |
| Jul/Aug 1987 | 3-4 | The N&W's T-6 Part 2 |
| May/Jun 1987 | 3-3 | The ALCO T-6, N&W's Switcher |
| Mar/Apr 1987 | 3-2 | Scale Test Cars |
| Jan/Feb 1987 | 3-1 | Annual Report 1955 |
| Nov/Dec 1986 | 2-6 | The Norfolk & Western Coal Piers |
| Sep/Oct 1986 | 2-5 | Passenger Equipment / Part II |
| Jul/Aug 1986 | 2-4 | The "Modern" Steam Switcher |
| May/Jun 1986 | 2-3 | Christiansburg Depot |
| Mar/Apr 1986 | 2-2 | H-10-44's and H-12-44's / Prototype and Model |
| Jan/Feb 1986 | 2-1 | The Flood of '85 / Part 1 |
| Nov/Dec 1985 | 1-6 | N&W's First Diesels |
| Sep/Oct 1985 | 1-5 | Is the 1218 to Breathe Again? |
| Jul/Aug 1985 | 1-4 | Coal Cars of the N&W / New series begins this issue... |
| May/Jun 1985 | 1-3 | Twenty-Five Years Ago This Month... |
| Mar/Apr 1985 | 1-2 | N&W Trainmasters |
| Jan/Feb 1985 | 1-1 | N&W Alco C628's |