My Epic Steam Adventure: Episode 6 - Cass Scenic Railroad's Greenbrier Express

[@johnwest9756]

Thanks for taking me back to Durbin, Eric and Carson! I lived in Durbin above my antique store on Route 250 and worked with John Smith on the D&GVR/WVC. You're doing a wonderful service with your excellent videos. Brings back floods of memories living along the Greenbrier River in that town while working for a time on the West Virginia Central

[@ehadder]

So glad you enjoyed the video John. It’s great to hear from you!

[@DerKrampus-ou2ln]

I love Shays. Creeping along at 5 mph, exhaust sounding like they're going 70.

[@Sugarmountaincondo]

In my 3 trips to Cass, I've been fortunate to be pulled by shays #2, 4, 5 & 6 and Heisler #6. The 2 trips I have made to Bald Knob were both double headers. How many people rode this train to Durbin that required 4 passenger cars? I am also curious as to how they get fresh water to the camping cabooses and also what sort of interior cooking and refrigeration units they have in them. Your son's analysis of the 2 rides is spot on, smart boy 😛

[@cassscenicproductions8888]

Sweet video!

[@evanf1293]

Watching this sure makes me hyped for when the day BC&G 4 runs the line as it's to be used for the like you rode on once it's operational again.

[@bryceweeks7685]

Come on up to maine to the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum for a ride on the 2ft narrow gauge!!

[@RJCormanRailfan]

This is just a hypothetical matter, but even if the flood of 1985 didn't occur, I think Cass and Durbin would have still been technically isolated from the national rail network until the Cass-Spruce connector track was completed in the 1991-92 offseason as the Western Maryland line connecting the two communities was abandoned in 1984.