ABC World News featuring Cass Scenic Railroad of West Virginia (1989)
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- Journalist Jim Slade made a visit to Cass ca. 1989 to offer national TV viewers a glimpse of the park and railroad as it existed at the time. Includes interviews with Stella Blackhurst (wife of famed Cass author and historian Warren Blackhurst), Artie Barkley (Shay 5 engineer), and then-Cass park superintendent Ivan Newberry. The clip is introduced by ABC's long time news anchor Sam Donaldson.
My grandad , CH Gilmore was one of the original engineers and lived with his family on top the mountain . My dad Bert was born up there in Spruce
Same here. Part of my family from Cass. The other half Dunbar.
When he said "isolated" he wasn't kidding. Cass really is out of the way but if you can find it it's worth the trip and money
3 times and every time a joy.
I’ve been to Cass three times (trip number 4 coming soon!) twice to ride the trains, and once for their parade of Steam a couple weeks back. Cass is definitely one of West Virginia’s hidden gems, and it always makes me feel like a little kid again. Can’t wait to go back!
Some footage of Artie!
Ha.. Danny Seldomridge still has that same face sitting in a Shay!
I love trains but it always makes me wonder are not the billows of smoke polluting the air? Just curious.
Obviously the smoke does pollute the air, but its important to remember that these locomotives were a product of the industrial revolution, and there are many fewer steam locomotives operating in the world then there were a hundred years ago. And, it is important to keep them running to provide an interpretive example for future generations. The pollution is already greatly reduced by the lower number of locomotives in the world. Also, carbon is actually good for trees and plants along the route--they use it for photosynthesis and create oxygen which we all need to breathe...
That engineer at the end looked like Dale Earnhardt !