West Virginia Northern Railroad
- West Virginia Northern Railroad
The West Virginia Northern Railroad (WVNRR) was a Preston County short line railroad that ran from Kingwood to Tunnelton from 1899 to 1999.
From the beginning of its existence through November 1991, the railroad had but one purpose — to bring loads of coal from the mines of western Preston County to the B&O interchange at Tunnelton for shipment to points far removed from the mountains of Appalachia. Throughout weekdays until the late 80s the Northern could be found somewhere along its roller coaster route switching those nameless coal tipples, doing its part to keep the local economy in action.
The railroad became a tourism railroad in the 90's. It ran until 1999, when its "First Annual Railfan Weekend" was announced that it would be its last run. By 1999 the debt was totalng over a million dollars. After a final revenue run in November of 1999, the Northern closed its doors and slowly began to sell or return what equipment remained on-line.
The railroad was officially abandoned on June 26, 2002, and the two remaining locomotives, #50 and #52, were removed from the property that September, bound for storage near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In November 2002 rail removal began at Kingwood Junction and progressed steadily, leaving little behind to show a railroad ever existed there.
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* [http://www.wvrail.railfan.net/wvnrr/ WVNRR History Page]
* [http://www.wvrail.railfan.net/ WV Railroads]
* [http://www.wvrailmuseum.com West Virginia Rail Museum]
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