Akukho nto inokuphumla njengoko uhambo lohambo. Unethuba lokuthatha kuyo yonke indawo ngaphandle kokukhathazeka malunga nezithuthi kunye nezingozi zendlela. Ukuba uhambo lwakho lusetha eWest Virginia, ungakhetha kwiintlobo ezine zeendlela zokuhamba ngomzila.
Cass Scenic Railroad
I-Cass Scenic Railroad yaqala njengomqeqeshi wokungena, inxalenye yecandelo le-woodberger yokuqala ye-20 ye-West Virginia. I-Shay locomotives ezithatha isitima se-Cass Scenic Railroad namhlanje esetyenziselwa ukukrazula izigodo kunye nokugqitywa kweemithi emigqeni yomzila.
Namhlanje, unako ukukhwela iinqwelo ezivela kwiCass ukuya kwi-Whittaker Station kunye nomva, uhambo lweeyure ezimbini, okanye uqhubeke kwi-Bald Knob okanye kwi-Spruce, nganye ngekota kunye no-hafu uhambo olujikelezayo ukusuka eCass. Isitimela sineemoto ezivulekileyo kunye nezivaliweyo. Unokuzisa ukutya ukutya kwisitimela okanye uthenge i-snack e-Whittaker Station.
Ngokutsho kukaG. Fred Bartels, u-Trainmaster, isitimela singakwazi ukuhlala kubasebenzisi abane-wheelchair uhambo ngalunye. Omnye umqeqeshi unesiphakamiso sabakhubazekile esinokukwazi ukudlulisa ezininzi izihlalo zabakhubazekile. Amathuba okuhamba kuMaspala eWittittaker, izikhululo zeBal Knob kunye neTrukruka zingancinci; nceda ushayele phambili kwiinkcukacha kunye nocwangciso lwencedo.
Izitimela ziqhuba imihla ngemihla kwiSonto leSikhumbuzo ngeveki ukuya ngasekuqaleni kukaSeptemba, ngoLwesihlanu nangeeveki ngoSeptemba nangemihla ngemihla ngo-Oktobha. Iziganeko ezikhethekileyo ziquka ukuhlwa kwe-Elf Train ngoDisemba kunye nokuzifihla imfihlakalo. Amaxabiso amathikiti ayahluka ngeendlela, umhla weveki kunye nexesha.
Cass malunga neeyure ezine ngemoto esuka ePittsburgh kunye neeyure ezintlanu ukusuka eWashington, DC. Ukuba oko kukude ukuqhuba uhambo olujikelezayo ngenye imini, unokuchitha ubusuku "kwindlu yenkampani," eyayihlala kwindawo yomsebenzi wokugaya imithi, kwintlango yenkangala okanye kwi-caboose.
Potomac I-Eagle Scenic Railroad
I-Potomac I-Eagle ye-Scenic Railroad ithatha igama layo kwii-eagle ezintshontsho eziqhelekileyo zibona "kwi-Trough," entlambo enqamlekileyo ephuma kuyo isebe laseMzantsi eMlambo wasePotomac.
Isitishi sePoppocomo sePotomac sePotomac, indawo yokuhamba kuzo zonke izitimela, eseRomney, malunga neeyure ezimbini neyesigamu ngemoto esuka eWashington, DC, kunye neeyure ezintathu zokuhamba ukusuka ePittsburgh. Umqeqeshi we-Potomac I-Eagle uhanjiswa yiiGeneral Motors zokuhlaselwa ezakhiwa ngasekupheleni kwe-1940 neye-1950. Unokuhlala kwindawo evulekile okanye emotweni yemidare. Kukho umrhumo wokumisa emotweni, kwaye unokuzisa i-cooler onboard. Uninzi lweehambo luyiiyure ezintathu neyesigamu ubude, kodwa i-Eagle yePomomac yenza kwakhona uhambo lwemihla ngemihla.
I-Potomac Ikhupha igijima ngoMgqibelo ngoJulayi ukuya kuSeptemba, imihla ngemihla ngo-Oktobha, kunye neemeko ezizodwa zempelasonto ngoNovemba noDisemba. Amaxabiso amathikiti ayahluka ngexesha kunye nobude bokuhamba.
Inqwelo yomzila omnye udibanisa imoto (umthwalo wesigxina, umgibeli wesigxina) kunye nezihlalo ezili-16, indawo yokuphumla efikelelekayo kunye nomnyango okhuselekileyo ngokwaneleyo ukwenzela ukufumana i-scooter, ngokubhekiselele kuMongameli we-Potomac Eagle u-Dan Snyder. Abasebenzisi beevili ezikhuseli ngeevili ezinokuhamba nazo bangasebenzisa ngokunjalo isitulo sabakhubazekile besayizi-moya ukuba batshintshele kwiivili zabo ezizihlalo zamasondo, apho banokumisa etafuleni kwenye yezinye iinqwelo zokuhamba. Kungcono ukubiza i-ofisi yokubhuka kwangaphambili, ngokukodwa ngo-Oktobha, xa isitimela sineemoto ezili-16 ubude, ukuze abasebenzi bakwazi ukuhlonipha isitimela ukuqinisekisa ukufikelela lula.
Railway Railway
I-Railway ye-Durbin & Greenbrier Valley inikezela ngeendlela ezine ezahlukeneyo zoololiwe. Ininzi iphuma e-Elkins, kodwa i-Durbin Rocket, idonwe yi-locomotive yase-Climax esetyenzisiweyo ekusebenziseni izitimela, ukuhamba ukusuka kwi-Durbin, kunye ne-Cheat Mountain Salamander ihamba ngokuhamba ngokujikelezayo ukusuka kwi-Elkins kunye neCheat Bridge. I-New Tygart Flyer kunye ne-Mountain Explorer Dinner Train ukusuka e-Elkins. Ungakwazi ukuhlala ubusuku bonke kwi "Castaway Caboose," ekhankanywa yiDybin Rocket kwaye yashiya ubusuku kwinqampu yomlambo.
Ubude bokuhamba buhluka ukusuka kwiiyure ezimbini ukuya kwezi-9. Ininzi izitimela zisebenza ngeveki ukusuka ngoMeyi ukuya kuSeptemba kwaye zongeza iintsuku zemihla ngemihla ngo-Oktobha. I-Train Explorer Dinner Train inexesha eliphantsi. Iikitikiti zezinye i-excursions ziquka i-sandwich buffet, kwaye ixabiso lesitikiti lihluka ngohambo kunye nexesha.
Ngokomlomo we-Durbin & Greenbrier okhulumela i-Railroad spokesman u-Amanda Swecker, "I-Durbin Rocket ifikeleleke ngesihlalo sabakhubazekile," kodwa, uyongezelela, ezinye zeeetriki ezihamba phambili azikho. Nceda ucele umnxeba ngolwazi lokufikelela.
Uqeqesho olutsha lweMlambo
I- Trains River entsha iqhuba kuphela ezine kuphela ngonyaka, ngo-Oktobha ngeeveki, kwaye amathikithi axabisa. Ukuhamba kweendlela zomzila wezitroli kunye nabathandi beendawo eziqhelekileyo, uhambo lwama-300-mayela lufanelekile yonke ipenki, kuba u-New River Train uhamba nawe kwiNew River Virginia i-New River Gorge National River, inxalenye ye-US National Park system, ngexesha le-peak liwa ngamahlamvu- kunye neendawo ezibonakalayo zikhangeleka ngokwenene. I-New River Train, eqhutyelwa nguCollis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society, isebenzisa u-Amtrak kunye nomzila womzila wecala. Unokukhwela isitimela e-Huntington okanye eSt. Alban ukuze uhambo luye eHinton kwaye lubuyele. I-Huntington iyimizuzu emibini nesiqingatha ngemoto esuka eColumbus, eOhio, iiyure ezine neyesigamu ukusuka ePittsburgh kunye neeyure ezisixhenxe ukusuka eWashington, DC.
Amanani emathikiti ayahluka ngohlobo lwenkonzo. Inkonzo yeNkulumbuso iquka i-continental breakfast kunye nesidlo sakusihlwa, ngelixa uqeqesho lomqeqeshi alukho. Ukutya kunye neziyobisi ezingekhoyo utywala ziyafumaneka ukuthengwa kwisitimela, kwaye ungathenga ukutya ngexesha lokuma kwiHinton. Isitimela asikwazi ukufikelela kwi-wheelchair; Ukuba usebenzisa isitulo sabakhubazekile uya kufuneka uhambe kunye nomhlobo. Qhagamshelana neC CP Huntington Railroad Historical Society ukuze uthole ulwazi oluninzi.