SPECIAL STEAM TRAIN PARADE.
THE CASS SECENIC TRAIN RIDES
HAVE NOT BEEN AVAILABLE TO
TOURIST SO FAR THIS SEASON
BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS
OUTBREAK...
BUT YESTERDAY MORNING FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN 2020, 5 LOCOMOTIVE
TRAINS WERE BACK TO
BACK AND TOOK TO THE TRACKS FOR
PEOPLE TO WATCH.
WALTER SCRITPTUNAS WAS THE EVENT
COORDINATOR, AND SAYS HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE
CAME OUT TO SUPPORT WHICH WAS
GREAT FOR THEIR BUSINESSES WHO
HAVE SUFFERED THE LAST
3 MONTHS...
AND SOME PEOPLE HE SAID DROVE
OVER 7 HOURS JUST TO SEE THESE
LOCOMOTIVES MOVE.
WALTER: "ITS REALLY HARD RIGHT
NOW, YOU KNOW WITH NO TRAINS
RUNNING.
WE WERE ORIGINALLY
SUPPOSE TO BEGIN RUNNING IN
EARLY MAY, SO WE HAVE LOST HALF
OF OUR SEASON, AND IT
EFFECTS THE STATE PARK TOO, WITH
THEIR COMPANY HOUSES RENTALS.
SO YOU KNOW IT WAS A GREAT
WEEKEND, ALL THE COMPANY HOUSES
WERE SOLD OUT.
THE RESTAURANTS HAD GREAT
BUSINESS, THE SHOPS AROUND HERE
IN THE AREA, CAMP GROUNDS...
IT WAS AMAZING."
Alex
THE CASS SCENIC RAILROAD RIDES,
WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPEN TO HAVE
PASSENGERS ON BOARD
ON JULY 4TH.
Alex A LONGTIME CLARKSBURG
TRADITION MADE ITS
RETURN TODAY AFTER BEING FORCED
TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
THE WEST VIRGINIA ITALIAN
HERITAGE FESTIVAL HOSTED
"FRITTI SUNDAY" AGAIN FOR THE
