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Location / Name:
Romney WV, Hampshire County

What's Here:
The Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad

Data:
GPS Coordinates: 39.360757, -78.751936
149 Eagle Drive, Romney, WV 26757
PO Box 657 Romney, WV 26757
Phone: 304-424-0736

Access by train/transit:
None

The Scoop:

From Wikipedia: The railroad operates excursion trains over a former Baltimore & Ohio RR line that runs between Green Spring and Petersburg.  The West Virginia State Rail Authority (SRA) owns the line and freight service is provided by the South Branch Valley Railroad.

The Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad's excursion trains run from Romney to Moorefield with occasional longer trips to Petersburg.

All excursions use diesel locomotives.

The Potomac Eagle runs on the track of the South Branch Valley Railroad, which was established by the state of West Virginia in 1978 to operate a line abandoned by the B&O.  Freight service on this line operates on weekdays and occasionally on weekends, so the line is usually free for excursions on the weekends.

In 1989 efforts began to attract an excursion operator, and service began in 1991.

A highlight of the trip is passage along the South Branch Potomac River through "The Trough", an area noted for bald eagle sightings.  end Wiki.

The Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad is a little over a mile north of Romney WV.

All trains depart from Wappocomo Station, 1.5 miles north of Romney on WV 28.

The Potomac Eagle had been up for sale for a while, and was "just" sold to new owners in March 2019.

Acknowledgements:
Denver Todd

Websites and other additional information sources of interest for the area:
http://www.potomaceagle.com/


Getting Here

Find your way to Romney WV. 

Coming in from the east via US50?  Turn right onto WV 28 North.  Wappocomo Station is approximately 1-1/2 miles on the left.  Follow signs; train is in station.  Entrance is on north end of the train (pass the train for entrance).

Romney WV is located
~130 miles from Baltimore MD
~100 miles from DC
~75 miles from Hagerstown MD
~125 miles from Staunton VA and I-81 at I-64
~210 miles from Roanoke VA
~100 miles from Morgantown WV
~150 miles from Pittsburgh PA









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Pictures


The



Engines


The Potomac Eagle currently runs with two diesel engines as seen below.



In the past, they had former CSX engines #116 and #118, former Clinchfield engines.  Too bad they got rid of them, because they looked "swell"!
See below for these guys.



I guess the Wikipedia entry needs updating since the Potomac Eagle website says they only have two engines???



Tickets


There are two classes of travel on the Potomac Eagle: Club and Coach.  Club fares are decidedly higher.  These are 2019 prices.

Club Trough Trip: $110
Club All Day Fare: $175
Club Green Spring Trip: $50
It's not looking like Seniors get a break here.....
Club tickets must be purchased ahead of time by phone or on the internet - no in person sales.

Coach Trough Trip: $50 / $45 Seniors
Coach All Day Fare: $90 / $80 Seniors
Coach Green Spring Trip: $25 / $20 Seniors

NOTICE:  ALL tickets have a PROCESSING FEE.  It is 9 bucks for the $50 tickets, and higher on the Club tickets. 
That's easily an extra 20%+ with sales tax.  Make sure you factor that in before you load up the car and head out!



Floobydust


Postcards

Over the years, there have been quite a few postcards printed up for the Potomac Eagle, here are a few I have found on EBay.
Credits for the postcards can be found on my West Virginia stations (& postcard) page: https://railfanguides.us/stations/wv/





 

 

 

Here are the CSX engines, one while on the lead of the CSX Business Train heading out of Baltimore, and one when still in Family Lines colors while in Erwin TN, home to the Clinchfield.







Historical USGS Maps


Courtesy of the University of Texas Library, click here for their index page.



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Please Note:  Since the main focus of my two websites is railroad signals, the railfan guides are oriented towards the signal fan being able to locate them.  For those of you into the modeling aspect of our hobby, my indexa page has a list of almost everything railroad oriented I can think of to provide you with at least a few pictures to help you detail your pike.

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Aerial shots were taken from either Google or Bing Maps as noted.  Screen captures are made with Snagit, a Techsmith product... a great tool if you have never used it! 

By the way, floobydust is a term I picked up 30-40 years ago from a National Semiconductor data book, and means miscellaneous and/or other stuff.

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