Bucolic Rail Adventures a West Virginia

Babu wani abu da ya dace sosai kamar yadda yake tafiya a jirgin kasa. Kuna da lokacin da za ku yi a duk wuraren da ba tare da damuwa game da zirga-zirga da haɗari na hanya ba. Idan tafiyarku ya kai ku zuwa West Virginia, za ku iya zaɓar daga birane hudu na filin jirgin sama.

Cass Scenic Railroad

Cibiyar Cass Scenic Railroad ta fara ne a matsayin jirgin motsa jiki, wani ɓangare na masana'antun katako na West Virginia a farkon karni na 20. Sharuɗɗan Shay wanda ke jan hanyar Cass Scenic Railroad a yau ana amfani da shi don ɗaukar kwalliya kuma ya gama katako a kan hanyoyi masu tsawo.

A yau, za ku iya hawan raga daga Cass zuwa Whittaker Station da kuma dawowa, tafiya guda biyu, ko ci gaba zuwa Bald Knob ko Spruce, kowane sa'a hudu da rabi na tafiya daga Cass. Kwanan jirgin yana da dukkanin motoci da kuma motoci. Zaka iya kawo abinci don cin abinci a kan jirgin ko saya abinci a Whittaker Station.

A cewar G. Fred Bartels, Trainmaster, jirgin zai iya ajiyewa har zuwa hudu masu amfani da karusar tafiya ta tafiya. Ɗaya daga cikin koleji tana da taya na keken hannu wanda zai iya canja wurin mafi yawan igiya. Za'a iya iyakance tashoshin motsi a Whittaker, tashar Bald Knob da Spruce; don Allah a kira gaba don ƙarin bayani da taimakon shirin.

Harkokin jiragen ruwa suna gudana kullum daga Ranar Tunawa da Mutuwar zuwa karshen Satumba, ranar Jumma'a da kuma karshen mako a Satumba da kullum a watan Oktoba. Ayyuka na musamman sun hada da maraice Elf Train a watan Disambar da kisa. Yanayin tikitin ya bambanta ta hanyar hanya, rana ta mako da kakar.



Cass yana da kimanin sa'o'i hudu daga mota daga Pittsburgh da kullun sa'o'i biyar daga Washington, DC. Idan wannan ya yi nisa don fitar da tafiya cikin rana ɗaya, za ku iya kwana a gidan "gidan kasuwa", wanda ya kasance gidan zama ma'aikacin katako, a cikin kurkuku ko cikin caboose.

Potomac Eagle Scaric Railroad

Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad yana dauke da sunansa daga fannonin gaggawa fasinjoji suna gani sosai a cikin "The Trough," wani kwari mai zurfi wanda ke gudana a yankin Kogin Kudu na Potomac River.

Cibiyar Wappocomo ta Eagle na Eagle, watau tashi zuwa ga dukan jiragen ruwa, yana cikin Romney, kimanin sa'o'i biyu da rabi da mota daga Washington, DC, da kuma sa'o'i uku daga Pittsburgh. Rukunin Eagle na Potomac ya samo asali ne daga ƙa'idodin motocinsu na General Motors waɗanda aka gina a farkon shekarun 1940 da 1950. Zaka iya zama a cikin sararin samaniya ko kayan gargajiya na gargajiya. Akwai kaya a kan jirgin, kuma zaka iya kawo karamin mai kwantar da hankali a kan jirgin. Yawancin tafiye-tafiye na tsawon sa'o'i uku da rabi, amma Potomac Eagle yana yin tafiya a duk rana.

Eagle Potomac yana gudanar da Asabar zuwa Yuli zuwa Satumba, kowace rana a watan Oktoba, da kuma abubuwan da suka faru na karshen mako a watan Nuwamba da Disamba. Farashin farashi ya bambanta da kakar da tsawon tafiya.

Ɗaya daga cikin mota na motar motar da aka tara ta haɗa motar (rabin kayan aiki, rabin fasinja) tare da kujeru 16, ɗakunan dakunan da ke cikin gida da kuma ƙofar da ke faduwa don isa masauki, a cewar Potomac Eagle mataimakin shugaban kasar Dan Snyder. Masu amfani da fafutuka suna iya amfani da karusar jirgin sama na girman jirgi na jirgin kasa don canjawa zuwa ɗakansu, waɗanda za su iya ajiyewa a tebur a ɗaya daga cikin motocin motar. Zai fi kyau a kira ofishin reshe na gaba, musamman a watan Oktoba, lokacin da jirgin ya ke da motocin motoci 16, don haka ma'aikata zasu iya shiga jirgi don tabbatar da damar samun sauki.

Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad

Dandalin Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad yana da hanyoyi hudu na nisa. Yawancin tashi daga Elkins, amma Durbin Rocket, wanda aka yi amfani da shi a lokacin da ake amfani da shi a Durbin, wanda ke amfani da shi a Durban, kuma mai suna Mountain Mountaineering ya ba da tafiyar tafiya daga Elkins da yaudara Bridge. Sabon Tygart Flyer da Kayayyakin Kayan Duka na Mountain Explorer sun bar Elkins. Kuna iya zama na dare a cikin "Castaway Caboose," wanda Durbin Rocket ya kwashe shi kuma ya bar dare a cikin sansanin kogi.

Tsawon tafiya yana bambanta daga awa biyu zuwa tara. Mafi yawancin jiragen ruwa suna aiki a karshen mako daga watan Mayu zuwa watan Satumba da kuma kara safiya a ranar Oktoba. Taron Kayan Dama na Mountain Explorer yana da iyakacin iyaka. Hanyoyi na wasu yawon shakatawa sun haɗa da gurasar gurasar, kuma farashin tikitin ya bambanta ta hanyar tafiya da kakar.

A cewar Durbin & Greenbrier Ma'aikatar Railroad Amanda Swecker, "Durbin Rocket yana da karfin motsi," amma, ta kara da cewa, wasu daga cikin manyan jiragen tarihi ba su da. Don Allah a kira filin jirgin don samun bayanai.

New River Train

New Train Train yayi kawai sau hudu a kowace shekara, a cikin Oktoba karshen mako, kuma tikitin yana da tsada. Ga masu kullun jiragen kasa da masoya na wuraren shimfidar wurare masu kyau, tafiyar miliyon 300 ya fi kowanne dinari, saboda New River Train yana dauke da ku ta hanyar kogin New River Gorge National River na Virgin Virginia, wani ɓangare na tsarin Amurka na kasa, kuma shimfidar wuri yana da ban mamaki sosai. New Train Train, wadda kamfanin Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society ke sarrafawa, yana amfani da Amtrak da kuma tashar jiragen kasa na sirri. Kuna iya shiga jirgi a Huntington ko St. Alban don tafiya zuwa Hinton da baya. Huntington na tsawon sa'o'i biyu da rabi ne daga mota daga Columbus, Ohio, awa hudu da rabi daga Pittsburgh kuma kusan kusan bakwai daga Washington, DC.

Farashin farashin ya bambanta ta hanyar sabis. Kyautattun ayyuka sun hada da karin kumallo da abincin dare na duniya, yayin da aikin kocin. Gurasa da abubuwan shan giya ba su samuwa don sayan jirgin, kuma zaka iya saya abinci a lokacin da kake dakatar da Hinton. Rashin jirgin kasa ba mai sauki ba ne; idan kuna amfani da keken hannu za ku buƙaci tafiya tare da abokin. Tuntuɓi CP Huntington Railroad Historical Society don ƙarin bayani.