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May 11, 2007

Get Out! Tracks That Talk: Old rail path is avenue into West Virginia of the past

Rolling along on a mountain bike through dense forests and past forgotten farms, it's easy to imagine the high, lonesome whistle and chug-chugging of a steam engine echoing through the narrow valleys of this remote pocket of West Virginia. During the state's logging boom, more than 100 years ago, trains used a branch of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad to haul timber from the mountains to sawmill

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Posted by Matt at May 11, 2007 08:04 AM