The Pocahontas (or the Pokey for short) was a named overnight passenger train, operated by the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) in the United States.

3 and 4, which both ran 676 miles (1,088 km) daily at night on the N&W mainline between Norfolk, Virginia, and Cincinnati, Ohio, with a through-connection to and from Chicago, Illinois.

[1] On November 21, 1926, N&W management, determined to maintain their ridership, launched their brand-new Pocahontas train service, which ran on N&W's 676 miles (1,088 km) mainline daily at night between Norfolk, Virginia, and Cincinnati, Ohio.

[1] The train was named after the Native American woman, Pocahontas, who rescued English explorer John Smith.

In April 1946 the N&W ordered sufficient passenger cars to re-equip the Pocohontas partially and the Powhatan Arrow completely.

They were smooth-sided and were delivered in Tuscan Red and Black; even the stainless-steel Budd cars were painted, and they lacked the usual fluted sides.

[6] The N&W streamlined/lightweight trains were originally painted as follows: sides, ends, and skirts ("Tuscan Red"), roofs ("Dark Brown"), with Trucks ("Pullman Green") and lettering/striping ("Gold Leaf").