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Welcome to: WVRailroads, your source for information on West Virginia's railroads, past and present. In addition, you'll also find info and links to model railroading, train excursions, photos and more.

West Virginia Railroad Categories History  Historic Structures and Sites  Museums  Organizations and Clubs Multimedia : Photos: Videos: Sounds: Gallery of New Images Locomotives and Rolling Stock Model Railroading  Scale Drawings (RR subjects): Coal Mining  Articles (RR subjects)  Virtual Model Railroading Railroad Companies (present-day):  Historic/Defunct RR's  Tourist, Excursion & Dinner Trains  Passenger Trains Regions of West Virginia All categories N&W #611 Class J The Virginia Museum of Transportation is studying the feasibility of returning the iconic Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steam locomotive to excursion service (see video at right.) Visit FireUp611.org for the latest news about #611.

Videos

WV Railroads @ Blogger

Our newest sister website, SteamSoundz, features steam locomotive enginesound sound effect files, e-specs, and content for Trainz Simulator. And don't forget to check out the blog edition of WV Railroads @ Blogger, which features news, editorials, and information about the railroad lines and operations in West Virginia and the greater Appalachian region

Riding the Virtual Rails The blog edition of WV Railroads provides additional information on our video series, "Riding the Virtual Rails". The videos in this series are produced using Auran's Trainz Simulator software and feature West Virginia railroad related themes.

Photos

West Virginia Southern Railway

Marlinton Depot

N&W Virtual Modeling

Visit the WV Railroads Photos section to browse the images online our new photo gallery. Although currently under construction, we'll be adding many more photos to the gallery during the coming weeks.