Reporting from Cass, W. Va. — At the old mill town of Cass, nestled deep in a remote holler of West Virginia, coal smoke and history hang in the air. The smoke is from the geared steam locomotives ...

If a unique family adventure sounds good this Independence Day weekend, consider visiting the Cass Scenic Railroad on Friday to ride the rails to Whittaker from historic downtown Cass on a three-hour ...

In this Monday Oct. 1, 2012 photo, the Shay No. 5 pushes a caboose and a load of specially designed culvert liner to a brook trout stream along the headwaters of Shavers Fork in Cass, W.Va. Shay No. 5 ...

CASS, W.Va. — The Cass Scenic Railroad is a hard-working, up-the-mountain tourist rail line. It’s a slow 7 miles per hour on the steam-powered trains up Cheat Mountain to Whittaker Station and upward ...

STRANGE CREEK, W.Va. (WCHS) — Lane Friend and his family took a trip to Cass Scenic Railroad when he was a child. That turned out to be a life-altering event for the Braxton County teenager. “I grew ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Three days a week, Kenova resident Tim Hensley drives the Amtrak train from Huntington on its route that snakes through the New River Gorge and between the mountains over east ...

In Cass, W.Va., visitors can ride working steam trains to a replica of a logging camp. Clanking and whirring, a steam locomotive in Cass, W.Va., noses three wagonloads of tourists past a mammoth ...