SBVR 92 South Branch Valley Railroad EMD GP9 at Moorefield, West


SBVR 90 South Branch Valley Railroad EMD GP9 at Greenspring, West

The South Branch Valley operates on 52.4 miles of former Baltimore & Ohio track between Green Springs and Petersburg, W.Va. Since the 1970s, the line has been owned and operated by the West Virginia State Rail Authority. The South Branch Valley has used a fleet of EMDs in a B&O-inspired paint scheme.


Photo SBVR 100 South Branch Valley Railroad EMD GP38

OmniTRAX took over West Virginia's South Branch Valley Railroad on December 1. The South Branch Valley operates on 52.4 miles of former Baltimore & Ohio track between Green Springs and Petersburg, W.Va. Since the 1970s, the line has been owned and operated by the West Virginia State Rail Authority. The South Branch Valley has used.


Photo SBVR 91 South Branch Valley Railroad EMD GP9 at

USA: On December 1 OmniTRAX took over operational management of the South Branch Valley Railroad under an agreement with West Virginia Department of Transportation. The 85 km SBVR between Petersburg and Green Spring is a former branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co serving the state's eastern panhandle, and has been owned and operated by West Virginia State Rail Authority since 1978.


SBVR 90 South Branch Valley Railroad EMD GP9R at Moorefield, West

The South Branch Valley Railroad is a State-owned, commercial freight railroad, which has served the counties of Hampshire, Hardy, and Grant for 100 years to support their agricultural, forest products, plastics, and lime industries. This shortline is 52 miles long and unique in that it is the only railroad in West Virginia that has never.


Photo B&O 6240 South Branch Valley Railroad EMD GP9

The South Branch Valley Railroad consists of a 52.4 mile line in the state of West Virginia extending north along the South Branch Potomac River from Petersburg to the CSX mainline at Green Spring. SBVR has been owned and operated by the West Virginia State Rail Authority since it was sold by the B&O on October 11, 1978.


SBVR 28 South Branch Valley Railroad Alco MRS1 at Green Spring, West

This group covers the operations of the South Branch Valley Railroad, and the Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad. The South Branch Valley Railroad (reporting mark SBVR) consists of a 52.4 mile (84.33 km).


SBVR 92 South Branch Valley Railroad EMD GP9 at Springfield, West

The South Branch Valley Railroad (reporting mark SBVR) is a 52.4-mile-long (84.3 km) railroad in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The branch line, which parallels the South Branch Potomac River , runs north from Petersburg to Green Spring , where it connects to the national rail network at a junction with the CSX Cumberland Subdivision .


Photo B&O 6240 South Branch Valley Railroad EMD GP9

The South Branch Valley Railroad (reporting mark SBVR) is a 52.4-mile-long (84.3 km) railroad in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The branch line, which parallels the South Branch Potomac River, runs north from Petersburg to Green Spring, where it connects to the national rail network at a ju


SBVR 91 South Branch Valley Railroad EMD GP9 at Petersburg, West

The South Branch Valley Railroad is a 52.4-mile-long railroad in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The branch line, which parallels the South Branch Potomac River, runs north from Petersburg to Green Spring, where it connects to the national rail network at a junction with the CSX Cumberland Subdivision.


SBVR 182 South Branch Valley Railroad EMD SD18 at Green Spring, West

The South Branch Valley Railroad begins in the City of Petersburg in Grant County, West Virginia, and runs fifty-two miles north through Hardy and Hampshire Counties to Green Spring, where it crosses the Potomac River and connects to the old Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) main line (now owned and operated by CSX)..


BO 6240 South Branch Valley Railroad EMD GP9 at Petersburg, West

MOOREFIELD, W.Va. โ€” OmniTRAX will take over management of West Virginia's South Branch Valley Railroad this Friday, Dec. 1, the company has announced. The transportation affiliate of The Broe Group said Wednesday that it had entered into "a definitive agreement with the West Virginia Deparment of Transportation to operate and grow" the 52.4-mile railroad, a former Baltimore & Ohio.


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The South Branch Valley Railroad (SBVR) is owned and operated by the West Virginia State Rail Authority. The line provides freight and passenger service to the state's eastern panhandle. It had formerly operated as the South Branch line of the Chessie System's Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (now CSXT). When Chessie turned over the rail line to the.


Photo SBVR 182 South Branch Valley Railroad EMD SD18

Moorefield, W.Va.- November 29, 2023 - OmniTRAX, Inc., a comprehensive supply-chain and logistics solutions provider, and the transportation affiliate of The Broe Group, has entered into a definitive agreement with The West Virginia Department of Transportation to operate and grow the South Branch Valley Railroad (SBVR). OmniTRAX assumes operational management on December 1, 2023.


SBVR 92 South Branch Valley Railroad EMD GP9 at Moorefield, West

WASHINGTON - OmniTRAX will take over operations of the South Branch Valley Railroad, a 52.4-mile state-owned short line in West Virginia, on or after Sept. 13, the shortline holding company said in a regulatory filing this week. The former Baltimore & Ohio line is currently owned and operated by the West Virginia State Rail Authority.


The South Branch Valley Railroad, SBVR

The South Branch Valley Railroad is a 52-mile common carrier shortline railroad located in northeast West Virginia. The route extends north along the South Branch of the Potomac River from Petersburg, WV, to the CSX Transportation mainline at Green Spring, adjacent to the Potomac River. The original South Branch Railroad opened a line from.


8016 South Branch Valley Railroad EMD F3(A) at Romney, West Virginia by

The little South Branch Valley Railroad (SBVR) is a short line operating on the former Baltimore & Ohio's Petersburg Branch in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia with operations headquartered in Moorefield. To the general public the track is best known for its train rides provided through the Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad tourist line.