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To the High Falls of the Cheat River…

Posted on August 10, 2016 by merlinjr01

On the New Tygart Flyer.   Two years ago, we traveled to West Virginia and stayed in East Fork Campground. That year we rode the Durbin Rocket. This year, we went to Elkins, West Virginia, some 40 miles north of … Continue reading →

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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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Return Trip – The Durbin Rocket

Posted on June 3, 2015 by merlinjr01

Photo of the Week The Durbin Rocket was a logging train that worked out of Durbin, West Virginia. Today, it mission is to give tourists an up-close view of the East Fork River and the experience of a smoke-puffing, cinder-showering … Continue reading →

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Steam Engine Wheels

Posted on March 11, 2015 by merlinjr01

Photo of the Week – March 11, 2015 Taken: August 8, 2014 These steam engine wheels are stored behind the engine house for the Durbin Rocket, in Durbin, West Virginia. Since these are essentially antique rusty wheels that date back … Continue reading →

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Durbin Rocket in its Tree Tunnel

Posted on February 18, 2015 by merlinjr01

Photo of the Week – February 18, 2015 The Durbin Rocket Railroad, August 01, 2014 The Durbin Rocket spent many years hauling logs out of the mountains along the East Fork near Durbin, West Virginia. Today the train continues to … Continue reading →

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Fun Camping and Horsing Around

Posted on August 7, 2014 by merlinjr01

East Fork Campground – Camping the way it was meant to be. There are not many campgrounds where you can have your morning coffee accompanied by the not-to-distant sound of a coal-fired locomotive venting steam, or a pair of short … 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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My First Night with the Car!

Posted on January 31, 2014 by merlinjr01

(Or how to break curfew the first night and get away with it!) I am guessing almost every young man (and many girls, too) have had that tension filled moment when they asked for the first time to take the … Continue reading →

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