Mountaineer Country Region

From West Virginia Railroads - Model Railroading

In 1852 the longest tunnel in the United States was completed, the Kingwood Tunnel (http://www.wvexp.com/index.php/Kingwood_Tunnel), in the vicinity of Tunnelton in Preston County, the major tunnel on the B&O Railroad (B&O) between Baltimore and Wheeling. The Mountaineer County Region of West Virginia includes the following counties:

Barbour County

List of historic railroad structures (http://www.rrshs.org/W.V./barbour.htm) in Barbour County from RHHS

Harrison County

List of historic railroad structures (http://www.rrshs.org/W.V./harrisonwv.htm) in Harrison County from RHHS

Marion County

List of historic railroad structures (http://www.rrshs.org/W.V./marionwv.htm) in Marion County from RHHS

Monongalia County

List of historic railroad structures (http://www.rrshs.org/W.V./monongalia.htm) in Monongalia County from RHHS

Preston County

Kingwood Tunnel (http://www.wvexp.com/index.php/Kingwood_Tunnel), near of Tunnelton, WV, in Preston County,

List of historic railroad structures (http://www.rrshs.org/W.V./preston.htm) in Preston County from RHHS

Taylor County

List of historic railroad structures (http://www.rrshs.org/W.V./taylor.htm) in Taylor County from RHHS