Pittsburgh to Harper Valley

[Rail Freak]

On my Rail Travels, I've always enjoyed the sights along the river between Harper's Ferry & Pittsburg & beyond (on the CL). I can remember a Trails & Rails Guide telling about the river rafters who opposed the Rail Roads being built because of the competition in transporting goods in that area. BUT, can't remember the name of the River!!!

Any help out there???

Thanx

RF

 

[sttsxm]

harper's ferry is situated at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers...if those are what you mean...( i googled it...)

i remember the assistant conductor, whose name is escaping me...giving a nice narration about Harper's Ferry and such on the train....then on one CL trip last year, I noticed that it was a different voice....the Asst Conductor has passed away just a couple weeks prior (if that) and the whole On-board crew was sad.......one of the SCAs did the narration, all the way up to WAS when the end of the 'story' was always "Elvis has left the building...." (i want to say his name was Rich but I really forget......I always looked forward to the history lessons on that train.....and he was almost always paired with Winnie, my all time favorite conductor.....

 

[sechs]

Which one?

 

[the_traveler]

For those who do not know, the CL only goes to Pittsburgh, PA, not any of those other cities shown in the list! (Yes, it was mis-spelled by the OP!)

Please let's keep this discussion civil. A (very) little research of the route would have shown "which one"!

 

[manchacrr]

The river that the Capitol Limited follows is the Potomac.

 

[Ispolkom]

Perhaps the original poster is recalling the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, which the B&O parallels much of the way from the DC area to Cumberland, Maryland. The canal was supposed to go all the way to the Ohio, but construction was abandoned at Cumberland because of competition from the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. The canal, with its manual locks, continued functioning until the 1920s, and now is a walking and biking path.

The Potomac River itself wasn't much use for transportation because of the falls at, well, Great Falls.

 

[PRR 60]

Which one?

For the record, Pittsburgh went went through a short period in the early 1900's when the official spelling of the city was changed to Pittsburg. They changed it back by local demand.

Will the first one of us who has never typo'd or misspelled anything please stand up. I'm not standing.

 

[sechs]

This is really just another reason why we should use station codes instead of city names....

 

[CREW DORM 2524]

You are referring to Rick with his trademark suspenders. He worked with Winnie as the AC for a while before going to the Monday/Thursday side as the conductor with Ryan as his AC.

Rick passed away very suddenly in January 2010 from a heart attack.