A Day at the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad 5/22/22
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
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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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Check out the other videos in my 2022 Appalachian trip video trilogy:
Railfanning CSX & NS in Appalachia - May 2022: czcams.com/video/QeDnTgW6PVY/video.html
Cass Scenic Railroad: czcams.com/video/QeDnTgW6PVY/video.html
Nice video! Thanks for riding. Matthew, Brown and Ross are a great crew!
The old wooden house with the musicians on the front porch and the barking dog in the yard was like something a Disney theme park ride would have scripted.
I am very glad this appeared in my recommendations
I love the whistle at the end.
Wow that's really awesome that you got to ride a logging locomotive
What a whistle!
I would love to go to the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad in the future. They have a beautiful railroad line. Their Heisler locomotive is pretty cool too.
They're shutting down at the end of this year due to the completion of the Cass to Durbin line.
@@TrainsAreReallyCool I wish to go here. Will it ever come back to service again?
@@nathancorcoran5347 The ride is being extended and will depart from Cass. The Heisler and other locomotives in the CSRR's roster will be used on the line. We hope you can visit soon!
@@cassscenicrailroad3191 Thanks.
Awesome job
Wow that's good 👍 video I see the video I like steam trains so beautiful and cool 😎😎😎 and I love it
Wild and Wonderful...Almost Heaven!!
Great Video!
Awesome video friend!
Gotta stay at Graceland on the grounds of D&E college.
Green as far as the eyes can see
Wow.
Nice
I do believe that first locomotive is called a Heisler am I correct
Anyone know if and when their old climax will return to service
Does anyone know what kind of whistle 6 was using?
I'm guessing it's a Crosby 3 Chime, it sounds like it's a 3 Chime
@@EngineerDaylight It's a PRR 3 chime
steam.....
RETURN HER BACK TO CASS
CASS IS NOTHING WITHOUT HER
Patience... The Heisler will return to Cass soon.
I thought The D&GBVRR Was A Part Of Cass