Akukho lutho njengokungcebeleka njengohambo lwesitimela. Unesikhathi sokuthatha yonke indawo ngaphandle kokukhathazeka mayelana nomgwaqo kanye nezingozi zomgwaqo. Uma ukuhambela kwakho kukuyisa eNtshonalanga Virginia, ungakhetha kusuka ezenzweni ezine ezihamba phambili zesitimela.
I-Cass Scenic Railroad
I-Cass Scenic Railroad yaqala njengesitimela sokungena, ingxenye yemboni yase-West Virginia yekhulu le-20 leminyaka. Izitimela ezinobuningi ezithatha isitimela seCass Scenic Railroad namuhla zazivame ukukhipha izingodo nezinsimbi eziqediwe emigwaqeni esitimeleni.
Namuhla, ungakwazi ukugibela imigwaqo esuka eCass ukuya e-Whittaker Station bese ubuyela emuva, uhambo lwamahora amabili, noma uqhubeke no-Bald Knob noma u-Spruce, uhambo olulodwa olulodwa nohhafu uhambo olulodwa ukusuka ku-Cass. Isitimela sinezimoto ezivulekile nezivaliwe. Ungaletha ukudla udle esitimeleni noma uthenge isiphuzo ku-Whittaker Station.
Ngokusho kukaG. Fred Bartels, Trainmaster, isitimela singahlala kwabasebenzisi abanezihlalo zabakhubazekile ngalunye uhambo ngalunye. Omunye umqeqeshi unesiphakamiso sabakhubazekile esikwazi ukuhambisa izihlalo zabakhubazekile abaningi. Amathuba okuhamba e-Whittaker esiteshini, iziteshi ze-Bald Knob ne-Spruce zingalinganiselwe; sicela ushayele phambili ukuze uthole imininingwane kanye nosizo lokuhlela.
Izitimela zigijima nsuku zonke kusukela ngeSonto leSikhumbuzo ngempelasonto ngasekuqaleni kukaSeptemba, ngoLwesihlanu nangezimpelasonto ngoSepthemba nangomhla ka-Okthoba. Izenzakalo ezikhethekile zihlanganisa i-Elf Train kusihlwa ngoDisemba nokuzibulala imfihlakalo. Izintengo zamathikithi ziyahlukahluka ngomzila, usuku lwesonto nonyaka.
I-Cass cishe amahora amane ngemoto esuka ePittsburgh kanye nokuhamba kwamahora amahlanu ukusuka eWashington, DC. Uma lokho kude kakhulu ukushayela uhambo olujikelezayo ngosuku olulodwa, ungasebenzisa ubusuku "endlini yenkampani," okwakuhlala kuyo isisebenzi sokugaya izinkuni, esiteshini sehlane noma e-caboose.
I-Potomac Eagle Railroad Scenic
I-Potomac Eagle E-Scenic Railroad ithatha igama layo kubagibeli bama-eagles abavame ukubona "I-Trough," isigodi esinqamule esingaphansi koMfula iNingizimu eMfuleni iPotomac.
I-Wappocomo Station ye-Potomac, iphuzu lokuhamba kuzo zonke izitimela, eseRomney, cishe amahora amabili nesigamu ngemoto esuka eWashington, DC, nohambo lwamahora amathathu ukusuka ePittsburgh. Isitimela se-Potomac Eagle sithathwe yizindwendwe zikaGeneral Motors ezakhiwa ngasekupheleni kwawo-1940 no-1950. Ungahlala emoyeni ovulekile noma emigwaqeni yesitimela. Kukhona ukuma kwemvume ekugibele isitimela, futhi ungaletha ukupholisa okuncane. Ukuhamba okuningi kunamahora amathathu nesigamu ubude, kodwa i-Potomac Eagle nayo yenza izinsuku zonke.
I-Potomac Eagle igijima ngoMgqibelo ngoJulayi kuya kuSeptemba, nsuku zonke ngo-Okthoba, kanye nemicimbi yezimpelasonto ezikhethekile phakathi noNovemba noDisemba. Izintengo zamathikithi ziyahlukahluka ngenkathi nobude bokuhamba.
Omunye wemoto isitimela imoto ehlanganisiwe (imithwalo esigamu, umgibeli wesigamu) enezihlalo ezingu-16, izindawo zokuphumula ezifinyelelekayo kanye nomnyango wokugcoba ububanzi ngokwanele ukuhlala esikoleni samagoli, ngokusho kukaMengameli we-Potomac Eagle uDan Snyder. Abasebenzisi basezihlalo zabakhubazekile bangasebenzisa futhi isitulo sabakhubazekile besayizi wesitimela ukuze badlulisele ezihlalweni zabo zezihlalo zabakhubazekile, abangabeka etafuleni kwenye yezinye izimoto zesitimela. Kungcono ukubiza ihhovisi lokubhuka kusengaphambili, ikakhulukazi ngo-Okthoba, lapho isitimela sinezimoto ezingu-16 ubude, ngakho-ke abasebenzi bangakwazi ukuhlonipha isitimela ukuze kutholakale ukufinyelela okulula.
I-Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad
I-Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad inikeza izinkambo ezine ezihlukahlukene ezihamba phambili zomzila. Abaningi basuka ku-Elkins, kodwa i-Durbin Rocket, ehanjiswe ngamakamelo okuqhuma ama-Climax asetshenziselwa ekuthungeni izitimela, amaqabunga avela ku-Durbin, ne-Cheat Mountain Salamander inikeza ukuhamba okuhambayo kokubili kusukela ku-Elkins no-Cheat Bridge. I-Tygart Flyer ne-Mountain Explorer Dinner Train bephuma e-Elkins. Ungakwazi ngisho nokulala ubusuku "kwi-Castaway Caboose," edonswa yi-Durbin Rocket futhi ushiye ubusuku obukhulu emakamu omfula.
Ubude bokuhamba buhluka emahoreni amabili kuya kwangu-9. Iningi izitimela zisebenza ngezimpelasonto kusukela ngoMeyi kuya kuSeptemba bese zengeza ukuhamba ngeviki ngo-Okthoba. I-Train Explorer Dinner Train inehlelo olulinganiselwe. Amathikithi ohambo oluthile afaka i-sandwich buffet, futhi izintengo zamathikithi zihluka ngokuhamba nangenkathi.
Ngokusho komkhulumeli we-Durbin & Greenbrier Railroad, u-Amanda Swecker, "I-Durbin Rocket ifinyeleleke ngabakhubazekile," kodwa uyanezela ukuthi ezinye izitimela zomlando azikho. Sicela ushayele umzila wesitimela wokuthola ulwazi olufinyelelekayo.
I-New River Train
I- New River Train iqhutshwa kane kuphela ngonyaka, ngezimpelasonto zango-Okthoba, futhi amathikithi ayabiza. Ukuhamba kwezitimela nokuthanda indawo ehle kakhulu, uhambo lwamamitha angu-300 lufanelekela wonke ama-penny, ngoba iNew River Train iyakuhambisa eMfuleni iNew River Gorge National, eNtshonalanga Gorge, ingxenye ye-US National Park system, ngesikhathi seqanda lokuwa kwamahlamvu - futhi indawo ehle kakhulu. I-New River Train, eqhutshwa nguCollis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society, isebenzisa u-Amtrak kanye nezitimela zangasese. Ungakwazi ukugibela isitimela eHuntington noma eSt. Alban ukuze uhambo oluya eHinton futhi emuva. I-Huntington yimizuzu emibili nengxenye ngemoto esuka eColumbus, Ohio, amahora amane nesigamu ukusuka ePittsburgh futhi cishe amahora angu-7 esuka eWashington, DC.
Amanani amathikithi ahluka ngohlobo lwenkonzo. Isevisi ye-Premium ihlanganisa kwasekuseni kwasekuseni nasekuseni, ngenkathi insizakalo yomqeqeshi ingenzi. Ukunambitha nokuphuza okungezona utshwala kuyatholakala ekuthengeni esitimeleni, futhi ungathenga ukudla ngesikhathi sokuma kwakho eHinton. Isitimela asisihlalo sabakhubazekile-kufinyeleleke; Uma usebenzisa isihlalo sabakhubazekile cishe uzodinga ukuhamba nomngane wakho. Thintana neCC Huntington Railroad Historical Society ukuthola olunye ulwazi.