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The South Branch Valley Railroad (reporting mark SBVR) is a 52.4-mile-long (84.3 km) railroad in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.The branch line, which parallels the South Branch Potomac River, runs north from Petersburg to Green Spring, where it connects to the national rail network at a junction with the CSX Cumberland Subdivision.
Glade Creek Trail: located in the New River Gorge along Glade Creek, this 5.6-mile-long (9.0 km) trail follows an old rail bed [6] Glen Dale to Moundsville Rail Trail: a 3.1-mile (5.0 km) rail trail; Greenbrier River Trail: a 77-mile (124 km) rail trail that goes through pristine eastern West Virginia
At the lowest (ground) level, Norfolk Southern Railway operates a line to West Point, Virginia on its Richmond District line. The line was first built by the Richmond and Danville Railroad [ 1 ] between 1886 and 1895 and split off from its main line on the north side of the railroad's James River bridge and ran to the eastern end of the ...
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of West Virginia. List of West Virginia rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers. There are also smaller streams (i.e., branches, creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc.) in the state. Exclusive of major tributaries, there are about 46 named rivers in West Virginia.
A 2005 photograph of US 52 and WV 75 ending at an interchange stub south of Kenova, West Virginia. US 52 at Prichard, West Virginia where the 1998 and 2001 sections join; it is visible by the change of pavement. The Crum, West Virginia bypass. The Tolsia Highway is defined as running from I-64 at Kenova to Corridor G north of Williamson. [1]
Central West Virginia and Southern Railroad: Blacksville and Western Railway: MGA: 1917 1917 Morgantown and Wheeling Railway: Blackwater and Potomac Railroad: 1915 1922 N/A Blue Stone Railroad: N&W: 1881 1881 New River Railroad of West Virginia: Buckhannon and Northern Railroad: MGA: 1902 1915 Monongahela Railway: Buckhannon River Railroad: B&O ...
The state established the West Virginia Central Railroad, which has contracted with the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad (DGVR) to operate a heritage railway on portions of the line. [ 4 ] Out of the locomotives owned and operated by the company, two are preserved, both under ownership of the State of West Virginia.
The Greenbrier River Trail (GRT), [1] is a lineal state park comprising a 77.1-mile (124.1 km) rail trail between North Caldwell and Cass in eastern West Virginia, United States. [ 2 ] The GRT route and its contours were originally engineered by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway , serving as a passenger and freight line before becoming unviable ...