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Cass Scenic Railroad State Park | |
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Location | Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States |
Nearest town | Cass, West Virginia |
Coordinates | 38°23′48″N 79°54′53″W / 38.39667°N 79.91472°W |
Area | 940 acres (380 ha)[2] |
Elevation | 2,438 ft (743 m) |
Established | March 7, 1961[3][page needed] |
Named for | Former logging railroad at Cass, West Virginia |
Governing body | West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |
Website | wvstateparks |
Cass Scenic Railroad | |
Location | Cass, West Virginia |
Built | 1900-1960 |
NRHP reference No. | 74002019[4] |
Added to NRHP | July 12, 1974 |
Cass Scenic Railroad State Park is a state park and heritage railroad located in Cass, Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
It consists of the Cass Scenic Railroad, a 11-mile (18 km) long 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge heritage railway owned by the West Virginia State Rail Authority and operated by the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad. The park also includes the former company town of Cass and a portion of the summit of Bald Knob, the highest point on Back Allegheny Mountain.