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The West Virginian, train #23 and #24, was operated by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on a route from New York to Parkersburg, West Virginia. As with all B&O trains, the New York destination was a misnomer since trains never actually entered New York City. Instead, the B&O used the Central Railroad of New Jersey’s Jesey City Depot, which was directly across the river from New York.
For much of the route the West Virginian was a daylight train. Traveling overnight from New York, it left Washington, DC, in the early morning and made the 351-mile trip to Parkersburg in approximately five hours. This train was especially patronized on weekends as many Federal workers traveled home to West Virginia. Eastbound, the train was combined at Cumberland, Maryland, with either the Chicago - Washington Express or the Cleveland Night Express with through cars continuing on to New York. By 1954 the West Virginian was combined with the Cleveland Night Express westbound and was switched out at Cumberland for the trip to Parkersburg.
However, improving road conditions in West Virginia began taking its toll on ridership. Passenger counts fell and the train was extended to Cincinnati, Ohio. This was done to accommodate changes in the overall B&O schedule, including the discontinuance of the Diplomat on September 18, 1960. The Diplomat had brought large amount of head-end mail and express packages from Cincinnati, and without a means to move what was becoming the major revenue source for all trains, the B&O changed the schedule of the West Virginian. In fact, the West Virginian would be reconfigured several times in its life to accommodate the needs of the railroad and to appease politicians in West Virginia. In 1962, the train was renamed the Tri Stater, and received upgrades in equipment. However, this was not successful in attracting riders. Eventually, as losses mounted, the train was dropped on July 4, 1964.
The West Virginian, later known as the Potomac Turbo and Potomac Special, was a daily passenger train operated by Amtrak between Washington, D.C. and Parkersburg, West Virginia. This route was previously served by the Baltimore & Ohio's (B&O) train of the same name, and was the first of several services in the state of West Virginia established at the behest of US Representative Harley Orrin Staggers (D-West Virginia), the powerful chair of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee. This patronage earned the train the derisive sobriquets "Harley's Hornet" and the "Staggers Special".
West Virginian may refer to:
- West Virginia people or related
- West Virginian (Amtrak train), an Amtrak service
- West Virginian (B&O train), a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train
Usage examples of "west virginian".
In spite of the relocation of the family out West, the Ramseys still essentially considered themselves Atlantans, and Patsy, a native West Virginian who had represented the state in the Miss America pageant, missed many aspects of the Southern lifestyle.
Strait approached Thorne and jabbed a rigid finger into the West Virginian’.
The West Virginian took to the business of war the way a duck took to water.
A West Virginian named Shattuck knew something of the country, and led them.
For the first tune, Dawn noticed Sandy's soft, lilting West Virginian accent.
The same thing had happened that same night on the same road to another West Virginian.
When quite an infant, he had been taken by the Indians and carried into the fastnesses of the West Virginian forests.
All this seems to amaze the West Virginian doctor, and suggests to him that Shakespeare was a pretty smart fellow.
Given the nature of its West Virginian topography, there simply wasn’.
The West Virginian rocks that came through the Ring of Fire are sedimentary.
Given the nature of its West Virginian topography, there simply wasn't room in Grantville –.