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Withywindle

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4. I've taken the Cardinal route many times to and from Chicago

Reply to Chin music (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 21, 2021, 11:45 PM

Apr 2021

Beautiful route. It stops in Huntington, Charleston, and goes into the New River Gorge area, which is amazing. It goes through some ghost towns - Thurmond is owned by the National Park Service now for its historical value. It's where the movie Matewan was filmed because it looks more like a 1920 coal town than real Matewan does now. White Sulphur Springs, where the Greenbrier is. Prince, WV, which has an amazing tiny 1930/40s vintage station. It comes into Virginia at Clifton Forge. They used to run a shuttle bus to and from Roanoke, don't know if they still do.

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Passenger trains make their way to the New River Valley [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2021 OP

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WV has 10 Amtrak stations on two major routes unc70 Apr 2021 #2

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I've taken the Cardinal route many times to and from Chicago Withywindle Apr 2021 #4