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The Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad (reporting mark DGVR) is a heritage and freight railroad in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia.It operates the West Virginia State Rail Authority-owned Durbin Railroad and West Virginia Central Railroad (reporting mark WVC), [1] [2] as well as the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in Virginia.
This new railroad was initially named the Greenbrier, Elk and Valley Railroad, and then renamed the GC&E in 1910. Spruce became the area's rail hub, as tracks were extended west through Laurel Bank ( Slatyfork ) and along the Elk River to Bergoo by 1914; and north along the Shavers Fork valley to Cheat Junction by 1917.
Elkins became a major hub for the railroad. A branch out of Elkins west and north along the Tygart Valley River was constructed and reached Belington in 1891. Another branch followed the river south, reaching Beverly in 1891 and Huttonsville in 1899. In 1899 the WVC&P established the Coal and Iron Railway (C&I
Cass Scenic Railroad State Park is a state park and heritage railroad located in Cass, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It consists of the Cass Scenic Railroad, a 11-mile (18 km) long 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge heritage railway owned by the West Virginia State Rail Authority and operated by the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad.
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The Coal and Iron Railway (C&I) was a railroad in West Virginia. Its main line ran from Elkins to Durbin . The C&I was a subsidiary of the West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway (WVC&P) and was later acquired by the Western Maryland Railway (WM).
An 1897 bird's eye view of Elkins. Thomas Skidmore (ca. 1733-1807), born in Maryland, obtained a title to 400 acres of land (“by virtue of a settlement”) in the future Elkins area before 1778. This land, on the east side of the Tygart Valley River, was surveyed by John Poage in 1780 and included the land that is now most of downtown Elkins ...
In the large valley near the mouth of Leading Creek and the Tygart Valley River, the WVC&P constructed the city of Elkins, West Virginia. Named after investor Stephen Benton Elkins, Elkins was home to a large rail yard for the railroad and served as the hub of Western Maryland and Chessie System operations in the region well into the 1980s.