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Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad

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Reporting mark
  
DGVR

Headquarters
  
Elkins, West Virginia

Locale
  
West Virginia

Website
  
mountainrailwv.com

Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad

Track gauge
  
4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

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), as well as the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in Virginia. Beginning in 2015, DGVR began operating the historic geared steam-powered Cass Scenic Railroad, which was previously operated by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources as part of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park.

Trains

The DGVR operates five different excursion trains in West Virginia:

  • The New Tygart Flyer, which operates out of Elkins.
  • The Durbin Rocket, powered by a Climax geared logging locomotive which operates out of Durbin.
  • The Cheat Salamander which operates out of Elkins.
  • The Mountain Explorer Dinner Train which operates out of Elkins.
  • The Cass Scenic Railroad which operates out of Cass. 3 Trains offered 1 to Whittaker Station, one To Bald Knob (daily) and one To Spruce. (Specials)

    • References

    Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad Wikipedia
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