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Train Guides and Trips in West Virginia
Below are popular Train guides and trips in West Virginia that you can use to plan your next adventure. You can download guides, including a detailed map, description and points of interest for a small fee to your iPhone or Android.
Guides
Fun for all levels. Very scenic.
Trips
A pleasant train ride through the wilderness of West Virginia. You can ride in an authentic 1920-era coach and vintage wooden cabooses a vintage steam engine as it puffs and whistles her way along the free-flowing Greenbrier River in Northern Pocahontas County. You can also ride a private caboose to the end of the line and stay overnight. They will pull you back, in your private caboose, the next day.
We caught the 12 o'clock train up to Bald Knob. After going through two
switchbacks, the train stopped at Whitaker Station for a short break
then headed back up the mountain. We stopped at Bald Knob for about a
half hour and took in the scenic views of the surrounding mountains,
then the train headed back down. It was a very enjoyable train ride with
wonderful views. The weather was fantastic and...
My Independence Day 2012 trip included a railroad excursion at Cass Scenic Railroad State Park. The park maintains several Shay geared steam locomotives for rides to a reconstructed logging camp, and the top of Bald Knob one of the highest points in West Virginia.
The Durbin Rocket steam locomotive runs an excursion along the Greenbrier River
Trip to Cass Scenic Railroad State Park.
Trip to ride the Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad near Romney, WV.
Trip to ride the Durbin Rocket train at Durbin, West Virginia.