Ma jirto wax aad u fiican sidii safar tareen ah. Waxaad haysataa wakhti aad ku qaadatid dhammaan muuqaallada iyada oo aan laga walwalin gaadiidka iyo khatarta wadada. Haddii safarradaadu ku qaadato West Virginia, waxaad dooran kartaa afar tiknoolaji muuqaal oo kala duwan.
Cass Scenic Railway
Cass Scenic Railroad wuxuu bilaabay inuu noqdo tareenka gawaarida, qayb ka mid ah West Virginia horaantii sanadka 20-aad. Tareenka xayawaanka ee jidka tareenka ee Cass Scenic Railroad ayaa maanta loo isticmaalay in lagu rido bakhaarada iyo dhererka dhererka qadka tareenada.
Maanta, waxaad raaci kartaa calaamadaha ka yimaada Cass ilaa Whittaker Station iyo gadaal, safar laba saacadood ah, ama sii wadaan Bald Knob ama Loobir, mid waliba afar saac iyo bar hal saac oo wareeg ah oo ka socda Cass. Tareenku wuxuu leeyahay labada gawaar oo furan iyo gawaarid xiran. Waxaad keeni kartaa cunto si aad ugu cunto tareenka ama aad u iibsato cunto fudud at Whittaker Station.
Sida laga soo xigtay G. Fred Bartels, Trainmaster, tareenku wuxu qaadan karaa ilaa afar qof oo kursi curyaan ah safar kasta. Mid ka mid ah macalinka wuxuu leeyahay kursi curyaan ah oo awood u leh inuu badalo kuraasta curyaamiinta badankood. Fursadaha dhaqdhaqaaqa ee Xarunta Whittaker, Bald Knob iyo Station-yada ayaa xaddidaya; fadlan horay u soo wac faahfaahinta iyo gargaarka qorsheynta.
Tareenadu waxay maalin kasta ka bilaabaan Maalinta Sabtida ah ee Sabtida illaa iyo Sebtembar, Jimcaha iyo Sabtida iyo Axsiyada ee Sebtembar iyo maalin walba bisha Oktoobar. Munaasabadaha gaarka ah waxaa ka mid ah fiidkii Elf ee fiidkii bishii Diseembar iyo dilka qarsoodiga ah. Qiimaha tigidhku wuxuu ku kala duwan yahay waddada, maalinta toddobaadka iyo xilliga.
Cass wuxuu qiyaastii afar saacadood ka jiraa baabuur ka timid Pittsburgh iyo shan saacadood 'oo laga wado Washington, DC. Haddii ay taasi aad uga fog tahay in aad waddo wareeg ah maalin safar, waxaad ku qaadan kartaa habeenkii "guri shirkad ah," horeyna u deganaa shaqaale qashin qubeys ah, ku dhex yaalla boodhadh ama cabsi.
Eegle Eagle Scenic Railway
Shirkadda 'Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad' ayaa magaceeda ka qaadaysa rakaabyadii baalashka ah ee loo yaqaan 'The Trough', oo ah dooxo isdaba-yaal ah oo ka soo qulqulaya Koonfurta Looxda Webiga Potomac.
Xarunta Wappocomo ee Potomac Eagle, oo ah tareenka oo dhan, ayaa ku yaal Romney, laba saacadood iyo hal saacadood oo baabuur laga soo waday Washington, DC, iyo saddex saacadood oo laga waday Pittsburgh. Tareenka Eulle Eagle waxaa soo jiidanaya General Motors tareenada oo la dhisay dabayaaqadii 1940-yadii iyo 1950-yadii. Waxaad ku fariisan kartaa gawaarida furan ama gawaarida dhaqanka. Waxaa jira lacag dhimis oo ku xiran tareenka, waxaadna soo raaci kartaa qaboojiye yar. Safarrada intooda badani waa saddex saacadood iyo badh saacadood ah, laakiin Eagle Potomac ayaa sidoo kale ka dhigaya safar maalinle ah.
Gorgortamta Potomac ayaa sabtiya July illaa September, maalin kasta inta lagu guda jiro bisha Oktoobar, iyo dhacdooyinka isboortiga ee gaarka ah inta lagu jiro Nofember iyo December. Qiimaha tigidhku wuxuu ku kala duwan yahay xilli iyo muddada safarka.
Hal baabuur oo tareen ah ayaa lagu rakibay gaari (rakibaad kala badh, rakaab badhkiis) oo leh 16 xabbo, musqulo la heli karo iyo albaab rogrog ah oo ku filan in lagu qabsado mootada, sida uu sheegay Madaxa Wareegga Potomac Eagle Dan Snyder. Isticmaalayaasha curyaanka ayaa sidoo kale ka faa'iideysan kara kursiga curyaanka ee cirifka curyaanka qaada si loogu wareejiyo kuraasta-curyaanka, kuwaas oo ay ku fadhiisan karaan miis ka mid ah baabuurta tareenka kale. Waxaa ugu wanaagsan in xafiiska horay loo sii waco, gaar ahaan bisha Oktoobar, marka tareenku uu 16 gaadhi dheer yahay, sidaas darteed shaqaaluhu waxay awood u siin karaan tareenka si loo xaqiijiyo helitaan fudud.
Durbin iyo Dooxada Greenbrier Railroad
Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad waxay bixisaa afar tikniko oo kala duwan. Inta badan waxay ka baxaan Elkins, laakiin Durbin Rocket, ayaa soo jiidatay feerka dhuxusha oo la yiraahdo tareenka tareenka, oo ka soo baxa Durbin, Cheat Mountain Salamander waxay bixisaa safar safar ah oo ka yimaada Elkins iyo Cheat Bridge. Tababaraha Cusub ee New Tygart iyo Tababaraha Cunnada Dabiiciga ah ee Mountain View ayaa ka tagaya Elkins. Xitaa waxaad joogi kartaa habeenkii "Castaway Caboose," kaas oo laga jiido Durbin Rocket oo habeenkii ka baxo xeryaha webiga.
Dhererka safarka waxay ku kala duwan yihiin laba ilaa sagaal saacadood. Tareenada intooda badan waxay shaqeeyaan dhamaadka usbuucyada laga bilaabo May illaa Sibtember illaa bisha sebtambar. Tareenka Cunnada Dabiiciga ee Mountain View wuxuu leeyahay jadwal kooban. Tikidhada dalxiisyada qaarkood waxaa ka mid ah barkadda sandwich, qiimaha tikidhadu waxay ku kala duwan yihiin safar iyo xilli.
Sida laga soo xigtay afhayeenka Durbin & Greenbrier Railroad, Amanda Swecker, "Durbin Rocket waa kursiga curyaanka oo la heli karo", laakiin waxay intaas raacisay, qaar ka mid ah tareenada kale ee taariikhi ah maahan. Fadlan wac jidka tareenka si aad u hesho macluumaadka.
Tareenka Cusub ee Cusub
Wareegga Cusub ee Cusub wuxuu ku shaqeeyaa afar jeer sanadkiiba, maalmaha fasaxa todobaadka, iyo tikidhadu waa qaali. Tareenka jidka tareenka iyo jecelada hudheellada caanka ah, safarka 300-mile wuxuu u qalmaa dayn kasta, sababtoo ah Tareenka Cusub ee Cusub ee Wareega ee Woqooyiga Virginia, ee qayb ka mid ah Nidaamka Qaranka ee Maraykanka National Park, inta lagu jiro xilliga xagaaga oo aad u sarreeya - iyo muuqaalkuna waa mid cajiib leh. Tareenka Wabiga Cusub, oo ay maamusho Collis P. Huntington Railroad History Society, wuxuu isticmaalaa Amtrak iyo tareenada gaarka loo leeyahay. Waxaad tegi kartaa tareenka Huntington ama St. Alban's safarka safarka Hinton iyo dhabarka. Huntington waa laba saacadood iyo nus saacadood oo baabuur laga soo bilaabo Columbus, Ohio, saacado afar saac iyo bar ah laga bilaabo Pittsburgh iyo ku dhawaad toddoba saacadood oo ka socda Washington, DC.
Qiimaha tigidhku wuxuu ku kala duwan yahay nooca adeegga. Adeegga premium waxa ku jira quraacda iyo casho-joogta, halka adeegga macallinu aanu ahayn. Cuntooyinka iyo cabitaanka aan khamriga ahayn ayaa diyaar u ah iibsashada tareenka, waxaadna ka iibsan kartaa raashinka inta lagu jiro joogitaankaaga Hinton. Tareenku ma aha kursi curyaan ah oo la heli karo; haddii aad isticmaasho kursiga curyaanka ah waxaa laga yaabaa inaad u baahatid inaad la safartid saaxiib. La xiriir xarunta CP Huntington Railroad si aad u hesho macluumaad dheeraad ah.