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Until the late 1980s West Virginia Northern crews could be found somewhere along its roller coaster route switching its numerous coal tipples. The line became a tourist railroad in August 1994, operated by Kingwood Northern, Inc. The tourist operation ran until 1999, when its "First Annual Railfan Weekend" was abruptly announced to be its final ...
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: West Virginia Short Line Railroad: B&O: 1895 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: West Virginia South Western Railroad: N&W: 1902 1909 Norfolk and Western Railway: West Virginia and Southern Railroad: 1897 N/A WV Southern Railway: WVSR 2003 2005 R.J. Corman Railroad/West Virginia Line: West Virginia Southern Railway ...
The Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway (reporting mark PWV) was a railroad in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Wheeling, West Virginia, areas.Originally built as the Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway, a Pittsburgh extension of George J. Gould's Wabash Railroad, the venture entered receivership in 1908, and the line was cut loose.
The Keister branch, near Waltersburg, PA, was built in 1899–1900. [5] The Monongahela and Washington Railroad Company built a railroad from Monongahela to Ellsworth, PA in 1899–1900 and a branch to Cokeburg, PA in 1902. [5] The PV&C merged the line July 1, 1904. [3] On April 1, 1905, the PV&C was merged into the Pennsylvania Railroad. [3]
The name was changed to West Virginia Northern Railroad Company on May 8, 1899. It was incorporated as a reorganization of the Kingwood Railway Company, which had been incorporated January 12, 1882, under the general laws of West Virginia. The property of the Kingwood Railway Company had been sold after foreclosure to individuals who ...
The Monongahela Railroad's headquarters and base of operations was Brownsville, Pennsylvania. "As early as 1883, the Pittsburgh, Virginia & Charleston Railway served Brownsville as evidenced by an old lithograph of the Three Towns showing a diamond stacked locomotive coupled to four passenger cars, ready for a northward move, sitting on the track close to the Snowden House and the United ...
Harriet Tubman, c. 1868–1869, who was a significant figure in the history of the Underground Railroad. The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Cambridge recognizes her efforts to free enslaved people. President Street Station — Baltimore [27] Harriet Tubman's birthplace — Dorchester County [39] [40]
The West Virginia Wesleyan College Archives and Special Collections houses materials documenting the history of West Virginia Wesleyan College and materials documenting the Buckhannon and Upshur County area. Collections include photographs, manuscripts, newspapers, alumni magazines, and performance arts programs. [55]