Mai ka makahiki 1968, ua hele ka New River Train i nā huakaʻi hele i ka holoʻana i ka makahikiʻo ke kahawaiʻo New River Gorge ma West Virginia . ʻO ka huakaʻi holo kaʻaʻekolu-mile ka huakaʻi kaʻawale mai Huntington a hiki iā Hinton a hoʻi aku me 65 mile ma kahi o ka New River Gorge a meʻelua mau mākaʻikaʻi.
ʻO ka New River Train Excursion heʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka holoʻana o ka lālā hele lau nahele. ʻO ka nui o kēia kaha o ka muliwaiʻo New River i hikiʻole i kahi kaʻa, hiki ke hele i kahi huakaʻi kūikawā e nānā i ka naniʻo New River Gorge kokoke.
E hele akuʻoe i nā kūlanakauhale, nā hale walaʻauʻeleʻele kahiko, a me ka nui o nā wahi iʻikeʻia i loko o ka Gorge. E kuhikuhi ana ma luna o kēlā me kēia wahi i kēlā me kēia wahi e hōʻike ana i nā kūlanakauhale āpau a me nā noho o nāʻehu minaminaʻehu eʻike ponoʻia ana ma ke alanui o ke alanui kaʻa ma o ke kahawai. He lā lōʻihi kēia, no laila e mālamaʻoe i nāʻaʻahuʻoluʻolu a me nā kāmaʻa maikaʻi e hele ai a loaʻa ka pō maikaʻi ma mua o kou heleʻana.
Ka mea e manaʻo ai no ka huakaʻi
ʻO ka lā lōʻihi, he 300 mile ka holoʻana o ka mokuʻo New River Train i kahi manawa e hele ai i kahi Hōkeleʻo Thurmond, a me kahi hoʻolālā horaʻekolu i Hinton, kahi e hoʻokipa ai nā lāʻaina i nā meaʻai, nāʻoihana a me nā hana hana.
Hōʻalo kēlā me kēia huakaʻi mai Huntington C & O Depot a e noho mua ma St. Albans e kiʻi i nā mea kaʻa'ē aʻe ma mua o ka holoʻana ma o ke awāwaʻo Teays a me ka muliwaiʻo Kanawha a hiki i ka waha o New River ma ke alanuiʻo Gauley. E ukali ana ke kaʻaahi i ka muliwai hou no ke koena o ka huakaʻi i Hinton.
E hele anaʻoe ma waena o Charleston a me ka hale Moku'āinaʻo Capitol, ke keʻenaʻo Technology, Kanawha Falls, ke Hawks Nest Dam a me ke alahaka, ka Hōʻailona Kōpili Stretcher, ke kahakai pōhaku, a me ka moku kaulanaʻo New River Gorge Bridge ma Fayetteville. Eia hou, hiki iāʻoe ke manaʻo eʻike i kekahi mau waiwai o ka'āina a me nā kūlanakauhale mai ka manawa o ka'alina kohu'āina.
NāʻIke Hou: Rā, Wā, a me Kālā
Ke hoʻohanaʻia nei ka New River Train e ka poʻeʻo Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society e kōkuaʻole i ke kālā no ka hoʻouka houʻana o nā lako hana kaʻaahi, mālama i kāna hale kūʻai, a me nā papahana hana hoʻokele kaʻa e pili pū ana. ʻO nā keneka kūʻai maʻamau i waena o $ 179 no kēlā me kēia kanaka no ka "Heritage" (standard) package a $ 600 no ka pōʻai hoʻolaha Pakihi.
ʻO nā lā no ka New River Train e hāʻule ana i ka lālāʻOkakopa a hiki ke hoʻololiʻia mai kēlā makahiki kēia makahiki. ʻO kēlā me kēia mau huakaʻiʻehā e haʻalele ana iā Huntington i ke kakahiaka a kiʻi pū i nā mea mākaʻi me ka mālama maʻamau ma St. Albans a me Montgomery. E hōʻoia e nānā i kā lākou pūnaewele no ka hoʻonohonoho pono.
Hoʻohanaʻo New River Train i nā locomotives Amtrak (diesel) a me ka hui pūʻana o Amtrak a me nā mea pili pono, nā kālepa hoʻonaʻauao kūponoʻo Amtrak, nā mea hoʻokele hoʻoilina, nā lounges, nā lumi hale, ka lumi hoʻokipa, nā lomoe moe, a me kahi kaʻa pū kaʻa. Hiki iāʻoe ke holo a me nā mea'ē aʻe'ē aʻe i loko o nā kaʻa papa maʻamau aʻole e haehae paha i kāu kaʻa pono'ī no kouʻohana, mau hoaaloha, aʻoihana paha.