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The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
The present Whitewater Valley Railroad was formed as a not-for-profit corporation in 1972, and began weekend passenger operations in 1974 on 25 miles (40 km) of leased Penn Central track between Connersville and Brookville. After a substantial washout closed the track between Metamora and Brookville in 1974, the Penn Central lifted 4 miles (6.4 ...
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 Western Railroad: N&W: 1902 1909 Norfolk and Western Railway: West ...
West Virginia portal; ... South Branch Valley Railroad (15 P) Pages in category "West Virginia railroads" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Eden, Ohio County, West Virginia; Elm Grove, West Virginia; Elm Grove Stone Arch Bridge; Elm Hill (Wheeling, West Virginia) Feay Inn; Fischer-Lasch Farmhouse; Greggsville, West Virginia; H. C. Ogden House; Harry C. and Jessie F. Franzheim House; Henry K. List House; Highland Park Historic District (Wheeling, West Virginia) John McLure House
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of West Virginia: West Virginia – U.S. state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States. West Virginia became a state following the Wheeling Conventions of 1861, in which 50 northwestern counties of Virginia decided to break away from ...
Thurmond-Minden Trail: follows an old rail line from a now-active rail line just west of Thurmond to Minden in the New River Gorge [3] [10] West Fork Rail-Trail: this 22-mile (35 km) trail extends through the Monongahela National Forest (Randolph and Pocahontas counties) with a trailhead in Glady; this is near the Allegheny Trail
Pages in category "Narrow gauge railroads in West Virginia" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... Mann's Creek Railroad; T. Twin Mountain ...