Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad

(Redirected from West Virginia Central Railroad)

Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad
Overview

A preserved Climax locomotive #3 of the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad.
Headquarters	Elkins, West Virginia
Reporting mark	DGVR
Locale	West Virginia
Dates of operation	1997–present
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
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), 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 or Heisler geared logging locomotive, operates from Durbin. though this series has since been discontinued in favor of the “Greenbrier Express” series.
The Cheat Mountain Salamander which operates out of Elkins.
The Mountain Explorer Dinner Train which also leaves from Elkins.
The Cass Scenic Railroad which operates from Cass. Five CSR trains are offered - one to Whittaker Station (Friday-Sunday); one to Bald Knob (Wednesday-Sunday), one to Durban (Wednesday-Sunday), one to Spruce (special schedule), and one to Walnes (special schedule).

v t e Railroads of Virginia
Common carriers	Buckingham Branch Railroad Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad Chesapeake Western Railway CSX Transportation Commonwealth Railway Delmarva Central Railroad Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad North Carolina and Virginia Railroad Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Norfolk Southern Railway Shenandoah Valley Railroad Virginia Southern Railroad Winchester and Western Railroad
Passenger carriers	Amtrak Virginia Railway Express
Private carriers	Fort Eustis Military Railroad Newport News Shipbuilding Corporation Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Heritage railroads	Busch Gardens Railway
See also: Former carriers in Virginia List of United States railroads by political division

v t e Railroads of West Virginia
Common carriers	Appalachian and Ohio Railroad Beech Mountain Railroad CSX Transportation Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad Elk River Railroad Kanawha River Railroad Norfolk Southern Railway R.J. Corman Railroad/West Virginia Line South Branch Valley Railroad Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Winchester and Western Railroad
Passenger carriers	Amtrak MARC Train
Heritage railroads	Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad
See also: Former carriers in West Virginia List of United States railroads by political division

This United States rail–related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.