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This is the end of my Appalachian trip video trilogy. The day after visiting the Cass Scenic Railroad, I wound up at the neighboring Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad. The D&GV operates on a short section of the former timber-hauling C&O Greenbrier Division. The line started construction in 1897 and saw a good amount of passenger and freight traffic ranging from general goods, timber, and coal. By the 1970s, traffic on the line had greatly diminished and the last C&O train ran in December 1978. In November 1985, a flood washed out the trackage and cut Durbin off from the national railroad network. In 1997, John and Kathy Smith took over operations on the line running excursion trains 2 miles south out of Durbin. Extensions to the right of way would continued in years following. Since then, the "Durbin Rocket" has operated out of Durbin, but stops in the middle of the line short of its former connection with Cass. Work has continued to reconnect the two lines. For now, the train known as the Durbin Rocket starts in rural Durbin, West Virginia and heads south following the Greenbrier River. It saunters down the riverside line until reaching a siding outside Nottingham where a "castaway caboose" can be found. People can rent out the caboose and camp out along the river, then the Durbin Rocket will come and pickup the caboose and bring it back to Durbin. The people of the D&GV make the railroad worth visiting. They treat you with kindness and the upmost respect. It's a very relaxed operation and everyone is truly passionate and cares about what they do for the D&GV. Special thanks to the crew, Matthew and Brown, for allowing some friends and I to ride in the cab of Heisler 6!
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Негізгі бет Автокөліктер мен көлік құралдары A Day at the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad 5/22/22
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