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West Virginia's Once-Thriving Historic Train Town Is Now A Hidden Gem In The New River Gorge

West Virginia once had a truly bustling train town in the New River Gorge, but the town has since become a hidden gem of a ...
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Pa. students ride century-old steam locomotive to school

HUNTINGDON COUNTY, JUST WEST OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, MAKING SOME HISTORY TODAY. INSTEAD OF BOARDING THE BIG YELLOW BUS, THEY GOT ON A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE BUILT MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO. NOW THAT’S THE ...

Locomotive transport begins with departure of coal tender

The relocation of the former Chesapeake & Ohio Railway steam engine displayed near 14th Street West has begun as the coal tender attached to the locomotive displayed in Huntington since 1962 was ...
The Appalachian

‘Wild west by day, Ghost Train by night’: Tweetsie Railroad’s seasonal attraction returns to the High Country

The smell of burning coal fills the chilly autumn air as night descends on Tweetsie Railroad. As anticipatory organ music is ...
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Huntingdon County students ride century-old steam locomotive to school

Students in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, made history by trading in their typical big yellow school buses for a ride on a historic steam locomotive. The 150-year-old coal-powered train on the East ...