Durbin Snow Train

Rare video of one of West Virginia's premiere tourist steam trains doing a winter run. The Durbin Climax #3 worked as a logging train for years before being sold for scrap. It was brought back to West Virginia and started a new life as a tourist train. Due to the extreme difficulties of heating up a steam train in sub-zero weather, winter runs like this are rare. Terry Lively, MA, award-winning WV documentarian produced and directed this clip.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Train
• trains
• rails
• rail fans
• tourist trains
• West Virginia
• West Virginia tourist trains
• winter trains
• Durbin Railroad
• Climax #3
• Terry Lively
• Vandalia Productions
• www.vandalia-productions.com

[TerraXtra]

It is a beautiul train and revived the economy of the small town of Durbin, WV.

[TerraXtra]

The Rocket was purchased in 1910 by the Moore-Keplar Logging Company to haul logs and transport crew and supplies.

[johnnyshilo]

I have photos of this engine sitting in the woods when it was owned by the middlefork rr, it was sold to the Ct trolley museum in East windsor ct, there it was restored, no it west Virginia, I worked on it many years and have restore and video photos of it. it was sold to the west virgina museum in restored condition

[301trainman]

Wow I need to back there !!!

[97trainman]

she wasn't a logging engine, she was a coal engine

[JesseHAVOCLively]

Great Job.