Cass Scenic Railroad State Park

Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
Cass Scenic Railroad Heisler #6 along with Shay #11 lead a loaded log train down the former C&O Greenbrier Division mainline.
Map showing the location of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
Map showing the location of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
Location of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park in West Virginia
LocationPocahontas County, West Virginia, United States
Nearest townCass, West Virginia
Coordinates38°23′48″N 79°54′53″W / 38.39667°N 79.91472°W / 38.39667; -79.91472
Area940 acres (380 ha)[2]
Elevation2,438 ft (743 m)
EstablishedMarch 7, 1961[3][page needed]
Named forFormer logging railroad at Cass, West Virginia
Governing bodyWest Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Websitewvstateparks.com/park/cass-scenic-railroad-state-park/
Cass Scenic Railroad
LocationCass, West Virginia
Built1900-1960
NRHP reference No.74002019[4]
Added to NRHPJuly 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.

  1. ^ "Cass Scenic Railroad State Park". Protected Planet. IUCN. Archived from the original on April 30, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "Facilities Grid" (PDF). West Virginia State Parks. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 5, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2008.
  3. ^ Where People and Nature Meet: A History of the West Virginia State Parks. Charleston, West Virginia: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. April 1988. ISBN 0-933126-91-3.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.