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Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad
	A preserved Climax locomotive #3 of the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad.
Overview
Headquarters	Elkins, West Virginia
Reporting mark	DGVR
Locale	West Virginia
Dates of operation	1997–present
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Other
Website	mountainrailwv.com

The Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad (reporting mark DGVR) is a heritage and freight railroad in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. It operates the West Virginia State Rail Authority-owned Durbin Railroad and West Virginia Central Railroad (reporting mark WVC),^[1]^[2] as well as the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in Virginia.^{[citation needed]}

Beginning in 2015, DGVR began operating the historic geared steam-powered Cass Scenic Railroad, which was previously operated by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources as part of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park. ^[3]

Trains

The DGVR operates five different excursion trains in West Virginia:

The New Tygart Flyer, which operates out of Elkins.
The Durbin Rocket, powered by a Climax or Heisler geared logging locomotive, operates from Durbin. though this series has since been discontinued in favor of the “Greenbrier Express” series.
The Cheat Mountain Salamander which operates out of Elkins.
The Mountain Explorer Dinner Train which also leaves from Elkins.
The Cass Scenic Railroad which operates from Cass. Five CSR trains are offered - one to Whittaker Station (Friday-Sunday); one to Bald Knob (Wednesday-Sunday), one to Durban (Wednesday-Sunday), one to Spruce (special schedule), and one to Walnes (special schedule).