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The Durbin Rocket “In the Tunnel”

Posted on August 26, 2015 by merlinjr01

Photo of the Week Durbin Rocket, Durbin West Virginia The Durbin Rocket is a re-purposed logging steam engine that now pulls a tourist train through five miles of West Virginia countryside streaking along at about five miles per hour. The … Continue reading →

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Durbin WV – A Town that Railroads Built, Left Behind, and Resurrected

Posted on August 6, 2014 by merlinjr01

Durbin, West Virginia grew up in the late 1700s in the densely forested Allegheny mountains of then western Virginia. The town is located in Pocahontas County, between the East and West Forks that form the Greenbrier River. The need to … Continue reading →

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