Clifton Forge VA Town Events 2016 Year in Review
Clifton Forge VA (CFVA) Small Town USA
It was a busy year here for CFVA, with Festivals, Grand Openings, Arts & Entertainment, live venues and local developments filling our calendar.
We look in the future and welcome 2017. Enjoy reflecting through the events of 2016 to which we say good-bye.
FEB 20
George Washington Train Show - C&O Railway Heritage
MAR 17
Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade in Virginia
MAR 19
Art of Chocolate Festival
MAR 26
Easter Bonnet Parade
MAY 6 - OCT 1
Clifton Forge Downtown Market
MAY 21
The Alleghany Highlands Triathlon
JUN 4
Alleghany Highlands Heritage Day & C&O Railway Heritage Festival
JULY 1
Grand Re Opening Historic Masonic Theatre
JULY 4
Stars & Stripes Celebration
AUG 20
CFHS Alumni Weekend
SEPT 1
Con of the Mountain
OCT 14 - 16
Clifton Forge Fall Foliage Festival
NOV 18
Kriskindlmarkt 2016, Clifton Forge, VA
DEC 2
2016 Town of Clifton Forge VA Christmas Parade
'NEW YEARS EVE AT THE HISTORIC MASONIC THEATRE PUTTIN ON THE GLITZ'
Living in Virginia: Slow Train
This special explores the relationship between the railroad and residents of the Shenandoah Valley in the twentieth century, with a few flashbacks to the nineteenth century. Residents and railroad employees describe their deep connection with and daily dependence upon the railroad as it connected mountain communities to the Shenandoah Valley. For the rural resident, the railroad became a friend that brought communication, commerce and transportation. Personal experiences, archival documents, film and video, slides, photographs, posters, and artifacts chronicle the history of railroad development in Winchester, Harrisonburg, Staunton, Charlottesville, Lexington, Clifton Forge, Elkton, Luray and Swoope.
An Evening in Clifton Forge, VA
For a few hours, Penn Rail Videos visited the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Heritage Center prior heading to Cass, WV. For those who have never visited the museum, we highly recommend it! It has a lot of neat things to see, and we'll see a few of them in this video. If you wanna see what else the C&OHS has in Clifton Forge, visit their website at and plan a visit to this very unique place! The town itself is very quaint and there's a bit of CSX action to see.
Clifton Forge Virginia
Clifton Forge Virginia welcomes filmmakers looking to take advantage of Virginia's new film incentive tax legislation that goes into effect in 2011. This town looks great on film! High production value, very friendly to the arts and filmmakers. Email me for more info(cliftonforgepictures@live.com), or contact someone in town directly, there is contact information on the town's website cliftonforge.org
Along the C&O: Kenova, Wv to Clifton Forge, Va
I spent two days of my Spring Break shooting video on the former Chesapeake and Ohio mainline between Kenova, Wv and Clifton Forge, Va. This video features trains at multiple locations along this stretch of track, such as Big Sandy Junction, Covington, and Meadow Creek. Enjoy!
Clifton Forge,VA-Oilville,VA
Trucking from Clifton Forge,VA to Oilville,VA
Clifton Forge, Virginia in Alleghany County - An Old Railroad Town With A Bright New Future
Clifton Forge is commonly seen on lists of most charming towns in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It was once a major railroad hub (and even now hosts an Amtrak train station), it is now transforming into a more diverse cultural center. I can vouch for the beauty in the area and for the bustling downtown area for a town its size. Well worth a visit.
Fun, Great Displays & More At The C&O Railway Heritage Center (2_17_2019)
Hundreds of people turned out for the weekend George Washington Train Show put on by the C&O Historical Society, both at the Clifton Forge Armory and at the C&O Railway Heritage Center. The Journal dropped by the Heritage Center this afternoon (Feb. 17, 2019) on a very cool day to watch kids have fun, visitors see the wonderful train displays and listen to railroad lovers discuss their favorite topic.
[Wikipedia] Cape Charles Museum and Welcome Center
The Cape Charles Museum and Welcome Center is located at 814 Randolph Avenue, Cape Charles, Virginia, United States. The museum contains exhibits detailing the history and development of Cape Charles and the surrounding region. A large Busch-Sulzer engine and Westinghouse generator serve as the centerpieces of the museum.
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C&O 701 B
Please help the Alleghany Historical Society, Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, and the City of Covington raise awareness of this wonderful old locomotive! Built in May of 1911 at the Richmond Works of the American Locomotive Company, she ran for many years on the Hocking Valley Railroad in Ohio. After the HV was merged with the C&O, she was moved to the Clifton Forge Shops, and ran as the primary locomotive on the Hot Springs Branch of the C&O. She was nick-named the Merry Widow, as 701 was the only locomotive that ran regular traffic on that branch. When diesel locomotives took over the line, C&O 701 was eventually donated to the City of Covington.
Stars and Stripes Celebration Parade Clifton Forge, Virginia 7.3.2010
Have you been inside a huge C&O steam locomotive engine?
Come explore inside the engineers cab of the huge 614 Greenbrier Presidential Express Steam Locomotive engine! A real engineer shows Eric how to run the train!
Special Thanks to Philip Mac Goodwin for his expert knowledge and tour of the engine!
Today we explore The Greenbrier Presidential Express 614 Steam Locomotive at the C&O Heritage Railway Center in Clifton Forge Virginia. It's a majestic old train, meant to pull the President of the United States and other dignitaries from Washington DC to The Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
From Wikipedia: Chesapeake & Ohio 614 is a 4-8-4 steam locomotive built by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio, in June 1948 for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) as a member of the J3a class. As one of the last commercially built steam locomotives in the United States, the locomotive was built with the primary purpose of hauling long, heavy, high speed express passenger trains for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway such as the George Washington and the Fast Flying Virginian. Retired from active service in the late 1950s, the 614 was preserved and placed on display at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1979, the locomotive was restored to operating condition and was used for extensive mainline excursion service from the 1970s until the late 1990s. Today the locomotive is on temporary display at the C&O Railway Heritage Center in Clifton Forge, Virginia awaiting a potential return to steam.
ABOUT THE TRAINLAB
Hey kids & parents! Welcome to the TrainLab family with Eric (7) Cody (4), Dr Dad and Super Mom! Spend some time with Cody and Eric and discover something fun and new in every episode! We created TrainLab as we believe all kids can learn to be tomorrow's thinkers & entrepreneurs through creative play and fun problem solving experiments.
We make family oriented videos every Monday, Wed and Friday. Our topics include toy reviews, pretend play, and even No Train Tuesdays where we take a break and go on an epic adventure filled with epic fun, laughter and discovery.
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We make track adapters and connectors for just about every toy train track out there! Dog bones, TrackMaster and Wooden Railway and more!
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Clifton Forge High School All Alumni Weekend 2015
What a fabulous weekend - fantastic fellowship - many smiles - much laughter - great stories of old memories and new ones being made. Thank you to all the Alumni & families for making the weekend great!
Weekends calendar listed below - looking forward to the summer of 2016.
Clifton Forge All Alumni Weekend August 14-16, 2015
Friday, August 14th, 7:00pm – CFSOTA…Donation
Saturday, August 15th
9:00am…2015 Mountaineer Classic Golf Tournament @ Cliftondale Country Club
9:00am…CFHS Alumni Kayaking Trip -2015. Meet at The Red Lantern Inn at 9:00 AM.
5-7:30…Masonic Amphitheatre…$10.00
Sunday, August 16th…Covered Dish…Please bring a dish…Meat and drinks provided.
C & O Kanawha Berkshire 2716
This is my version of the Kanawha (berkshire) steam locomotive that I created for Trainz TRS2004. It has been tested in TS2009 and TS2010 without problems. Download yours at cumberlandtrainz.com
HD: Freight & Passenger Action in Clifton Forge, VA 05-14-14
On Wednesday, May 14th, 2014, we made a drive down to Clifton Forge, VA to visit the C&O Railway Heritage Center. After we were done going through the museum and all the displays, we hung around and watched the CSX traffic on the line in the area. Below is an index of what was seen:
CSX Q303 @ 00:05
-CSXT 7735 GE Dash 8-40CW
CSX E205 @ 3:42
-CSXT 666 GE AC6000CW
-CSXT 370 GE AC4400CW
CSX T112 @ 5:46
-CSXT 242 GE AC4400CW
-CSXT ???
Amtrak Cardinal #50 @ 8:40
-AMTK 57 GE P42DC
Amtrak Cardinal #50 @ 9:28
-AMTK 57 GE P42DC
CSX K080 @ 10:13
-BNSF 4381 GE Dash 9-44CW
-BNSF 927 GE Dash 8-40CW
Amtrak Cardinal #51 @ 13:32
-AMTK 17 GE P42DC
Autumn Clifton Forge, Va
Quick peak of Autum - George Washington National Forest and Smith Creek - Clifton Forge, Virginia.
Enjoy the outdoors in the Alleghany Highlands of VA.
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Freight at Clifton Forge, Virginia
On a hot, windy day in mid July 1992, I took a trip to Clifton Forge for the day and saw several trains.
This is the first one I taped of a freight getting together lead by an SD40-2 #8222 and a Seaboard SD40-2 #8214.
Chesapeake & Ohio 614 Steam Locomotive
- Please help fund the T-1 Trust! They are a wonderful organization, building an advanced new 4-4-4-4 T-1 steam locomotive from scratch!
C&O 614 on display at the C&O Railway Heritage Center in Clifton Forge, Virginia.
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Douthat State Park Exit Off I-64, Clifton Forge, VA
What does our Douthat State Park exit on I-64 look like from the air? Cliftondale Country Club is also shown. And you may see Rte. 60 into Clifton Forge, the, as yet, undeveloped hillside above the BP station and much more. This is how it all looked on May 31, 2019.