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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.
The DGVR operates The New Tygart Flyer, The Cheat Mountain Salamander, and The Mountain Explorer Dinner Train over a 70-mile section of the line. The excursion trains run between Elkins, Cheat Bridge and Spruce. [5] Also, the Cass Scenic Railroad operates on the section of the line from Cass to Spruce. [6]
The West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway (WVC&P) was a railroad in West Virginia and Maryland operating in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It had main lines radiating from Elkins, West Virginia in four principal directions: north to Cumberland, Maryland; west to Belington, WV; south to Huttonsville, WV; and east to Durbin, WV.
Located in Central Pennsylvania, the East Broad Top Railroad offers nostalgic one-hour fall foliage train excursions that are the perfect length if you're vacationing with toddlers or grade-school ...
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.
By 2022, the railroad had abandoned all trackage south of the rail yard in Gassaway, West Virginia. There were two different rail lines in this section of track, the ex-B&O Elk Subdivision, from Gassaway to Hartland, which was ripped up in December 2020, and the 18.6mi section of the former Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad, which was sold to ...
The rail line was built over Valley Mountain, along the Shavers Fork valley and the West Fork of the Greenbrier River. By 1903 the construction of the rail line was completed to Durbin, where it connected with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O). Locomotives on the C&I were operated by the WVC&P. In 1905 the C&I was acquired by the WM.
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: 1895 1897 West Virginia and Southern Railroad: Western Maryland Railroad: WM: 1905 1909 Western Maryland Railway