Hapana chinhu chakanaka sokuzorora sekufamba rwendo. Iwe une nguva yekuenda munzvimbo dzose kunze kwekutya nezvemigwagwa uye njodzi dzemugwagwa. Kana mafambiro ako achienda newe kuWest Virginia, unogona kusarudza kubva kune dzimwe nzira dzakasiyana dzakasiyana dzezvitima.
Cass Scenic Railroad
Gwara reCass Scenic Railroad rakatanga sechitima chekuchera matanda, chikamu chekuWest Virginia yekutanga kwemazana emakore ekuma1900. I Shay locomotives iyo inokwira chitima cheCass Scenic Railroad nhasi inoshandiswa kubvarura matanda uye kupedza matanda mumigwagwa yakare.
Nhasi, unogona kutasva mabhiza kubva kuCass kusvika ku Whittaker Station uye kumashure, rwendo rwemaawa maviri, kana kuti ramba uchienda kuBald Knob kana kuti Kuputika, imwe neimwe nehafu nehafu yenguva inofamba kubva kuCass. Ichitima chacho chakasununguka uye yakavhara motokari. Iwe unogona kuuya nezvokudya kuti uidye pachitima kana kutenga chikafu pa Whittaker Station.
Maererano naG. Fred Bartels, Mutungamiri weChikoro, chitima chacho chinogona kugadzirisa kusvika kune vashandi vemavili vanofamba rwendo rumwe. Mumwe mudzidzisi ane chikwama chevasimhu chekusimudza chinokwanisa kutamisa mavhiriji akawanda. Mikana yekufambisa panzvimbo ye Whittaker station, Bald Knob neEspruce stations zvingave zvishoma; tapota fonai mberi kuti uwane ruzivo uye urongwa hwekubatsira.
Terei dzinomhanya zuva nezuva kubva kuChirangaridzo Svondo rapera kusvika pakutanga kweSeptember, musi weChishanu nemagumo evhiki munaSeptember uye zuva nezuva munaOctober. Zviitiko zvakakosha zvinosanganisira manheru eElf Train munaDecember uye kuuraya zvakavanzika zvidzidzo. Mitengo yematikiti inosiyana nenzira, zuva revhiki uye nguva.
Cass inenge maawa mana nemotokari kubva kuPittsburgh uye motokari maawa mashanu kubva kuWashington, DC. Kana izvi zvakanyanya kurega kutenderera-rwendo rwezuva rimwe chete, unogona kupedza usiku huri mu "imba yekambani," yaimbova kugara kwemugadziri wemagetsi, murenje murenje kana mune caboose.
Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad
Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad inotora zita rayo kubva kumakumbo evhiri vanoenda ku "The Perrough," mumupata wakadzika-mhiri unoyerera muSouth Branch weMupata wePotomac.
Chipotori chePopomcomo yePotomac, iyo pfungwa yekuenda kune dzose zvitima, iri muRomney, inenge maawa maviri nehafu yengoro nemotokari kubva kuWashington, DC, uye maawa matatu kubva kuPittsburgh. Potomac Eagle motokari inokweverwa neGeneral Motors locomotives yakavakwa kuma1940 ne1950. Iwe unogona kugara mumhepo yakasununguka kana tsika dzetsika motokari. Pane chibvumirano chima pabhotheni, uye iwe unogona kuuya nechinguva chiduku pahobho. Nzira dzakawanda dzinofamba maawa matatu nehafu yenguva refu, asi Potomac Eagle inofambawo mazuva ose.
Iyo Potomac Egungu inomhanya Mugovera Julai kusvika munaSeptember, zuva rega rega muna Gumiguru, uye kwezviitiko zvakakosha zvevhiki nevhiki munaNovember naDecember. Mitengo yematikiti inokera nenguva uye kureba rwendo.
Imwe motokari motokari inonzi retrofitted pamwe chete nemotokari (hafu yekutakura, hafu yevatakuri) vane zvigaro zve16, nzvimbo dzinosvikika dzekufambisa uye gonhi rinotenderera rakakura zvakakwana kuti riwane soroti, maererano nePomomac Eagle Vachigaro weMutungamiri Dan Snyder. Vashandi vepaguruvhiri vanogonawo kushandisa zvakanakisa gumbo rechitima chekusimudza gumbo rechikwata kuti vaende kune mavheche avo, izvo zvavanogona kuisa patafura mune imwe yemamwe motokari motokari. Zvakanakisisa kudana hofisi yekuchengetedza mberi, kunyanya munaOctober, apo motokari iri nemotokari gumi nemakore, saka vashandi vanogona kuvharidzira chitima kuti vaone kuti zviri nyore kuwana.
Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad
Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad inopa maitiro mana akasiyana-siyana ezvitima. Vakawanda vanobva kuElkins, asi Durbin Rocket, yakashongedzwa nemiti yakagadziriswa yakagadziridzwa yakatanga kushandiswa pamigwagwa yekutema miti, mashizha kubva kuDurbin, uye Cheat Mountain Salamander inopa kubva kumativi maviri kubva kuElkins uye Cheat Bridge. Iyo New Tygart Flyer uye Mountain Explorer Dinner Train inobva kuElkins. Iwe unogona kunyange kugara usiku humwe mu "Castaway Caboose," iyo inodedzwa neDurbin Rocket uye yakasara usiku humwe mumisasa yerwizi.
Rwendo rwakareba runokera maawa maviri kusvika mapfumbamwe. Zvizhinji zvezvitima zvinoshanda kumavhiki ekupedzisira kubva munaMay kusvika munaSeptember uye kuwedzerwa kwemavhiki ezuva raOctober. Guta Rekutsvaga Zvokudya Zvokudya rine hurongwa hushoma. Mitikiti yemamwe mafurati anosanganisira sandwich buffet, uye mutengo wetikiti unosiyana nerwendo uye nguva.
Maererano nehurukuro yeDurbin & Greenbrier Railroad, Amai Amanda Swecker, "Durbin Rocket ine magetsi anowanikwa," asi anowedzera, dzimwe dzezvikoro zvekare hazvisi. Ndapota fonai tereti kuti muwane ruzivo rwemashoko.
New River River Train
The New River Train inomhanya kanomwe chete pagore, muna Gumiguru kwevhiki, uye matikiti anodhura. Nokuda kwezvikwata zvezvitima uye vanoda nzvimbo dzakanaka, rwendo rwemakiromita 300 runobhadhara mari imwe neimwe, nokuti New River Train inokutora kuWest Virginia muNew River Gorge National River, chikamu cheNational National Park system, panguva yepamusoro inowira mashizha - uye nzvimbo yacho inoshamisa. The New River Train, iyo inoshandiswa neCollis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society, inoshandisa Amtrak nemigwagwa yegairi. Iwe unogona kukwira chitima muHuntington kana kuSt. Alban kuti uende kuHinton uye shure. Huntington iri maawa maviri uye hafu nemota kubva kuColumbus, Ohio, maawa mana nehafu kubva kuPittsburgh uye anenge maawa manomwe kubva kuWashington, DC.
Mitengo yematikiti inowirirana nerudzi rwebasa. Premium service inosanganisira continental kudya kwemanheru uye kudya kwemanheru, asi basa revadzidzi harisi. Zvokudya uye zvisiri izvo zvinwiwa zvinodhaka zvinowanikwa kuti zvitenge muchitima, uye iwe unogona kutenga zvokudya paunomira muHinton. Motokari haisi yevasimhuya-inogona; kana ukashandisa chikwama chavasingadi iwe unenge uchida kufamba neshamwari. Taura neCC Huntington Railroad Historical Society kuti uwane mamwe mashoko.