It's been 7 years (10/2012) since my husband, our adult daughter, her fiance,' and I purchased…read moretickets on the New River Train from Huntington to Hinton WV for Railroad Days (I can honestly say, it wasn't the most reasonably priced event that I had ever experienced). You may wonder why I choose now to review our experience on New River Train, let me just say, "it was an experience that we wouldn't soon forget." The scenery on the way to and from Hinton was lovely. Our visit to Hinton during the Railroad Days was informative and enjoyable. Unfortunately, the trip on the New River Train was horrendous. Being all of our first trip on a train, possibly we had great assumptions. Expecting the train trip to be the highlight of our day trip to Hinton WV/Railroad Days. Physically, the train trip was comfortable but the atmosphere of the trip to and our return trip on the New River Train was "dampened" by the coachman (I believe that would be his title and unfortunately I do not recall his name. I can read in other reviews that I'm not the first to be "disappointed" in the "personality of the coachman in our cabin. Apparently several coachmen are 'unpleasant.') The only way I could describe the personality of this coachman is rude and inpatient. We and in talking with other passengers on our specific train, our opinion was justified. We were all appalled at this coachman's rudeness. Most of us as we were all in agreement, that this man's position/job should have been anywhere other than be responsible for the hospitality (and in promoting) of the New River Train. Also during our train trip to and from Hinton, a politician found that he had a captive audience in our cabin (and we could see through the doors at the ends of other cabins on either side, that his man also found captive audiences in the other cabins). Most of we, passengers, asked our coachman to please ask this politician and his 'entourage' to please refrain from campaigning during our trip. The coachman made it very clear to the passengers, who asked that this politician and his group not subject us to this ridiculous situation. He told us that the politician had just as much right to be on this train and speak as he wished as we did. The coachman did not approach this politician and his group. On the return trip on the New River Train to Huntington, though, we patrons, (and I say that lightly because most of us had decided that we would never be patrons of any passenger train associated with the New River Train again), several of us approached this politician and told him how inappropriate his "campaigning' on this fall foliage New River Train was and how we felt like a captive audience. Of course, the politician and his 'entourage' attempted to explain his right to campaign, etc., etc. Then many of us, responded by 'sharing' with this politician, "that being understandable, yes, it was his and any of our rights to speak for any cause that we thought was important because it was not posted anywhere that it restricted/not permitted, if we felt it was an important issue. We expressed to this politician that this trip was a pleasure trip, a family excursion, one that we had looked forward to as a quiet, enjoyable trip but with his decision to campaign, he made this trip anything but enjoyable. This 'situation,' also should have been a consideration of others and was not an appropriate time to campaign, in light of this politician's decision. Unfortunately, those in our small group (and I'm sure many others) on that late October of 2012 New River Train excursion, have decided that this would be our last trip on the New River Train from anywhere in West Virginia. The rudeness, etc. of the coachman, his 'inability' consider all of the other passengers feelings and the 'inconsiderate' politician and his entourage, we would NEVER consider changing our opinion of any New River Train excursions.

We took the new river train on 10/ 21/17. Our car had no AC coming back and the car was so hot!…read moreThere were other empty seats in cars that were cooler and the head of our car was so rude, I don't' think if we were dying he would have moved us! I have a handicapped daughter that could have been effected very badly and I get very sick in heat. Apologies don't really help when we find them sitting in the cooler cars. We did get a bottle of water, but that wasn't enough for our misery!

Look out this is the four spires monument. It's easy to see and it's just kind of hanging out in…read morethe center of town for all to come look at go check it out.

Love this place! So cool to see all the local stuff showcased...artisans, authors, etc. A great…read moregateway to HWV.

From the owner: The Red Caboose is a regional artisan center and gift shop operated by the Huntington Area…read moreConvention & Visitors Bureau. The shop, located in the Visitors Center at Heritage Station represents more than 200 local and regional creatives. The shop carries original fine art, t-shirts, artisan glass, local interest books, handcrafted jewelry, artisan food products, souvenirs such as postcards and magnets, and much, much more. Take a piece of Huntington home.

Horrible customer service and pricing! Rude workers, only open a few hours, when it states 10-6…read more Price is not set, goes up for every 10 seats sold! Greyhound used to be an awesome way to travel. No more.

So pissed!!! I got hold of agent.... Quoted me 47 with taxes included. From Huntington WV to…read moreColumbus Ohio. I purchased ticket because he told me today only price. So I check my bank account.. And was charged 59 dollars. Called right away and agent again lied to me and said if I had bought from station it would have been 80 dollars. But I went on line it said 40 dollars plus 5 dollar fee so would have only cost 45 still cheaper than 59 dollars. Bottom line is watch out for secret charges. They totally lied to me.... So please find another means of transportation. I will only wait for the day that this poor company gets shut down soon!

Looking for something to do in Huntington during a trip with new friends recently, we sought out a…read moreplace that all of us might be able to enjoy. After reading that their Nature Conservatory had Dart Frogs, there was no way my husband was going to let us leave West Virginia without going! The entry fee was highly reasonable.. just $5.. and if you are a Veteran, or the Spouse or Child of a Veteran.. it's free. Bonus! We started with the Nature Conservatory and probably spent well over an hour in there! The selection of plants they have in there is just amazing and we saw things we'd never seen before. Of course, the highlight for us was the Dart Frogs even through they were in TINY little tanks. I do hope they get a chance to develop a better habitat for them, not only so the public can see them better, but just for their well-being in general. Though, they did seem fat and happy! Next we winded our way through the Fine Arts Displays which were really varied and quite interesting. A number of the pieces were truly beautiful, wile others evoked marked emotional responses. The Glass Collection was really quite amazing, though the sun was coming through the windows of that room while we were there and it really impacted our ability to be able to see some pieces clearly. They had a small antiquities collection, including some really cool weapons and scientific equipment, a space for kids to play, and a really astounding Marquetry Room where nearly everything in the space was an example of the exquisite art of wood inlay! Finally, we made it down to the Weapons room and wow, what a history lesson! They had everything from the first guns, to finely worked dueling pistol sets, to Daniel Boone's Rifle, to experimental pieces! For anyone interested in weaponry, this is truly a remarkable, must see collection! Our whole group agreed it was an excellent place to spend a few hours that day. We truly enjoyed our visit to the Huntington Museum of Art!

Had a nice visit to the museum with the wife and kids. Lots of interesting stuff inside and plenty…read moreto look at for a couple of hours. The short concrete trail was well maintained but couldn't make out where the branching trails were. Everything seemed to be overgrown which was kind of a bummer. Really enjoyed the firearms collection. Staff were very friendly and gave us a little tour of the conservatory which the kids loved. They also enjoyed the craft room and the gift shop. Would recommend it for a chill day out.

Today we went to this Great Farm with my grandson's school field trip. It costs $17 for adults and…read more$10 for kids! There are separate buildings to explore and it's self guided. With the school it was more of a guided tour! There is farm animals! We took a tractor pulled wagon ride! They were able to feed the animals! The buildings were full of antique items! If you get the chance go and enjoy this location!

Who knew that this marvelous experience awaited me. Here is the important point; This spotless Farm…read moreMuseum tells the economic history of West Virginia. Salt, Natural Gas, Oil, and Glass. Do you know who owns most of the State's mineral rights? Do you know how many Glass Companies existed? Do you know why Charleston was home to so many chemical companies? Have you walked through a low seam coal mine? Well, you will here and you can try a ropes course, zip line, and see how large a Bald Eagle's nest is. The staff is 100%.