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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 railroad began c. 1901 as the Greenbrier and Elk River Railroad, which ran from Cass to Spruce under the ownership of the West Virginia Spruce Lumber Company. In addition to the large lumber mill in Cass, the road also served a pulp mill , built in Spruce, beginning in 1904. [ 2 ]
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.
Cheat Bridge also serves as a stop for the Cheat Mountain Salamander train operated by the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad. Prior to 2008, the Cheat Mountain Salamander was powered by a railcar that departed from Cheat Bridge. Beginning in 2008, this train is now operated as a regular passenger train departing from the Elkins depot. For a ...
P&WV P&WV 1916 1967 Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad: Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Kentucky Railroad: PRR: 1871 1917 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad: Pocahontas Railroad: 1901 N/A Pocahontas, Coal River and Kanawha Railway: C&O: 1899 1903 Coal River and Western Railway: Point Pleasant Bridge Company: NYC: 1886 1935 ...
Durbin is a town in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States.The population was 235 at the 2020 census. [3]The town was named in 1895 in honor of Charles R. Durbin Sr, the Grafton, WV bank official responsible for lending funds to John T. McGraw to purchase the site of the town in 1890.
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.
Locomotive Number Model Designation Status Notes #1: EMD GP10: Operational: Built 1957 as GP9 IC 9337, rebuilt as GP10 8337 #2: EMD GP10: Non-Operational: Built 1954 as GP9 IC 9060, rebuilt as GP10 8060 #3: EMD GP8: Operational: Built 1952 as GP7 WAB 475, rebuilt as IT 1750; now DVGR 24 and painted in Western Maryland colors [3] #4: EMD GP9 ...