Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad

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Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad
Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad logo.jpg
Durbin & Greenbrier Valley RR Station (3805661916).jpg
The DGVR depot on July 19, 2009
Overview
Headquarters Elkins, West Virginia
Reporting mark DGVR
Locale West Virginia
Dates of operation1997present
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length92 mi (148 km)
Other
Website mountainrailwv.com

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.[ citation needed ]

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Beginning in 2015, the 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. [3]

Trains

The DGVR operates five different excursion trains in West Virginia:

[4] [5]

Locomotives

Locomotive details [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
NumberImageTypeClassBuilderBuiltStatus
2 2003-05-16 Cass RR Shay Engine, Cass, WV USA.jpg Shay PC-13 Lima Locomotive Works 1928Operational
3 Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Climax (3804838529).jpg Climax 70-3Climax Locomotive Works1910Stored, awaiting 1,472-day inspection and overhaul
4 Locomotive No. 4 chugs through the trainyard at Cass Scenic Railroad State Park in Cass, West Virginia LCCN2015634271.tif ShayC 70-3Lima Locomotive Works1922Operational
5 Cass Scenic Railroad State Park - Shay 5 - August 2010 - 01.jpg ShayC 80-3Lima Locomotive Works1905Operational
6 Western Maryland Shay 6 on Cass Scenic Railroad.JPG ShayC 150-3Lima Locomotive Works1945Operational
11 Cass Scenic Railroad State Park - Shay 11 - 1.jpg ShayC-90-3Lima Locomotive Works1923Operational
6 Cass Scenic Railroad - 6 steam locomotive (Heisler 3-truck) 7 (27442561690).jpg Heisler C-90Heisler Locomotive Works1929Operational
9Climax70-3Climax Locomotive Works1919Operational
4 Q&E 4 on runby on LV at Mountain Top, PA on June 29, 1969 02 (26137484786).jpg Steam 2-8-0 Baldwin Locomotive Works 1926Under restoration
7094 DGVR 7094 and 6641 (19049429419).jpg Diesel F7A Electro-Motive Diesel 1950Operational
243 One Classy Engine (3981392917).jpg DieselF7AElectro-Motive Diesel1952Operational

References

  1. West Virginia Department of Transportation, Durbin Railroad Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. West Virginia Department of Transportation, WV Central Railroad
  3. "POCAHONTAS TIMES: "State Rail Authority takes over Cass trains"". 24 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  4. "Durbin-Greenbrier Valley Railroad/New Tygert Flyer". Archived from the original on November 21, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
  5. "Tourist Railway review : Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad in Durbin, WEST_VIRGINIA". Archived from the original on November 24, 2006. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
  6. "SHAY NO. 2". Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad.
  7. "SHAY NO. 4". Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad.
  8. "SHAY NO. 5". Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad.
  9. "SHAY NO. 6". Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad.
  10. "SHAY NO. 11". Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad.
  11. "HEISLER NO. 6". Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad.
  12. "CLIMAX NO. 9". Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad.
  13. "A legend is reborn". www.steamthe4.com.
  14. "Chesapeake & Ohio 7094". Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad.
  15. "Western Maryland 243". Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad.