The fireman on the Durbin & Greenbrier Number 6, known as the Durbin Rocket, gets his engine ready for the 10:00 am departure.

Fall trees color the hills of West Virginia as the Durbin Rocket number 6 brings train 100 towards the station to pick up passengers for the 10:00 am departure.

While walking around the station and yard in Durbin, I came across what remains of this old steam engine, which I think is a 3-Truck Heisler number 3.

Fall trees color the hills of West Virginia as the Durbin Rocket number 6 brings train 100 towards the station to pick up passengers for the 10:00 am departure.

The Durbin & Greenbrier Number 6, known as the Durbin Rocket, has pulled up to the station in Durbin to board passengers for the 10:00 am departure.

The fireman on the Durbin & Greenbrier number 6 checks the water flow that is being fed from a creek that flows into the Greenbrier river. After the water tank was filled, the train headed north ... (more)

One of the wheels on the 3-Truck Heisler Durbin & Greenbrier 6. There is a lot of dirt and grime on the wheels of this old steam engine, which is great to see.

The engineer on the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley number 6 brings the 3-Truck Heisler into the station to pick up passengers for the 10:00 am departure.

Riding in the open air flat car right behind the Steam 3-Truck Heisler Durbin Rocket number 6 was quite an experience, including looking down at the couplers as we "highballed" north at ... (more)

Fall trees color the hills of West Virginia as the Durbin Rocket number 6 brings train 100 towards the station to pick up passengers for the 10:00 am departure.

The fireman for the Durbin Rocket, led by Steam 3-Truck Heisler number 6, uses the top of the broom handle to press down on a valve and release steam before the train departs.

The Durbin Rocket, led by Steam 3-Truck Heisler number 6, pulls into the station to pick up passengers for the 10:00 am departure. The color of the fall trees made for a very memorable and scenic... (more)

Heisler number 6 awaits at the Durbin Depot while being preped for the days activities ahead on a very chilly November morning.

Working south with the local. Meadow River Lumber Co.'s 90-Ton, 3-Truck, Heisler #6 works her way south past the lily pad-covered Allegheny Run at MP 88.2 on the C&O Greenbrier Division, he... (more)

V-Twin Power. Here's a close-up of Meadow River Heisler #6 as she negotiates the sweeping horseshoe curve near MP 92.1 on the old C&O Greenbrier Division, between Durbin and Cass, WV. She'... (more)