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When it was abandoned by the Chessie System in May 1975, the office was not torn down and is one of the few buildings that remain today in Jerome. There was also an operating connection with the B&O "low line" ( see Magnolia, West Virginia ) at milepost 137 but it was later removed when the B&O abandoned the low line in 1961.
The Grave Creek Mound measures 69 feet (21 m) tall and 295 feet (90 m) in diameter. Built c. 250–150 BCE, it is the largest Adena culture mound. It was purchased by the state in 1909 and maintained by the West Virginia State Penitentiary warden until 1970, when it became a state park
White Oak Rail Trail: an asphalt trail along a 7.5-mile-long (12.1 km) abandoned Norfolk Southern Railway corridor that travels through Oak Hill, West Virginia, beginning near a church along West Virginia Route 612 on the south and ending at Summerlee Road on the north end, with a spur beginning near the existing Norfolk Southern Railway along ...
The Chesapeake and Ohio donated most of its right-of-way south of Durbin, including the land that became the Greenbrier River Trail, to the State of West Virginia on June 20, 1980. [10] A contractor for the railroad removed the track south of Cass in 1979–1980 and the state purchased the track from Cass to Durbin for its scrap value to be ...
Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburg Railroad, West Virginia Railroad: West Virginia Northern Railroad: WVN 1899 1991 N/A Continued as a tourist railroad until 1999 West Virginia and Pittsburg Railroad: B&O: 1890 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: West Virginia Short Line Railroad: B&O: 1895 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: West Virginia South ...
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.
Wardensville Railroad; West Penn Railways; West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway; West Virginia Midland Railroad; West Virginia Northern Railroad; Western Maryland Railroad; Western Maryland Railway; Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad (1899–1916) Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1886–99) Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1916–1988 ...
Cass Scenic Railroad. Cathedral. Cedar Creek. Chief Logan. Droop Mountain. Fairfax Stone. Greenbrier River Trail. ... West Virginia state parks map with 37 clickable ...