Hocking Valley Scenic Railway

39°27′35.95″N 82°14′2.32″W The Hocking Valley Scenic Railway is a non-profit, 501c3, volunteer-operated tourist railroad attraction that operates out of Nelsonville, Athens County, Ohio. It is also located near the popular Hocking Hills State Park in nearby Hocking County. It uses former trackage of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, which was in turn originally Hocking Valley Railway trackage. The current operation was founded in 1972.

Hocking Valley Scenic Railway
Overview
Headquarters33 West Canal Street
P.O. Box 427
Nelsonville, Ohio 45764
Reporting markHVSR
LocaleNelsonville, Ohio
from Nelsonville,
Athens County to
Logan, Hocking County,
Ohio
Dates of operation1972Present
PredecessorChesapeake & Ohio Railway
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
LengthApprox. 12 miles (19 km)
Other
Websitehttp://www.hvsry.org/
Route map

MP.0
I&OR Logan Subdivision
to
Logan
Franklin Equipment LLC.
Smead Manufacturing Co.
Hocking Valley Concrete Inc.
US 33
Webb Summit
Old Gore
C&O line
to New Straitsville
Sand Run Jct.
Sawmiller LLC.
Carbon Hill (Scrapped, 1980)
Nelsonville │ Bessemer
Snow Fork Jct.
to New Straitsville
Nelsonville Turn
Hocking Adena Bikeway

1972-1980 route
Hocking Valley Railway Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
LocationRoughly between Bridge #494 in Logan and Bridge #629 in Nelsonville, Nelsonville, Ohio
Area162.4 acres (65.7 ha)
Built1869 (1869)
ArchitectHocking Valley Railway; Et al.
Architectural styleSecond Empire
NRHP reference No.88000451
Added to NRHPMay 5, 1988
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