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The Singles Travel Club (couples welcome too!), is sponsoring a bus trip to Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, WV, on Saturday, June 6, 2009.

Once a large lumbering community, Cass retains the history of its greatness at the beginning of the 20th century. The Cass Country Store is in the West Virginia Pulp and Paper General Store, puported to have been the largest company store in the world.

The Historic Museum houses a collection of photographs and relics pertaining to the logging industry, including one of the largest handsaws in the world. The Cass Showcase is a historic diorama depicting the Cass Railroad in its lumbering days and includes a reproduction of the town during the lumber boom and the beginning of the 19th century.

The train departs from the downtown depot with the old Shay and Heisler steam locomotives that once hauled logging trains up the steep slopes of the Cheat Mountain.

The excursion which offers mountain vistas and two switchbacks include an 8 mile, 2 hour round-trip to Whitaker Station, a former logging camp.

Passengers can board the bus at the Bonsack Walmart, Route 460, Roanoke, VA. The bus departs at 8:00 A.M.

The price of $69 per person includes: Roundtrip motorcoach transportation, ticket on Cass Railroad to Whitaker Station, admission to exhibits at Cass and a tour host.

For further information, call (540) 366-2888.