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Exhibit 31.2
Section 302 Certification
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Robert R. McCoy, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Form 10-Q
of Pittsburgh & West Virginia
Railroad;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does
not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements
made, in light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial
statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly
present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations
and cash flows of the registrant as of, and
for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officer
and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and
internal control over financial reporting
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-
15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls
and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to
be designed under our supervision, to
ensure that material information
relating to the registrant, including
its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period
in which this report is being prepared;
b) Designed such internal control
over financial reporting, or caused
such internal control over financial
reporting to be designed under our
supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles;
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the
registrant's disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report
our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures,
as of the end of the period covered by
this report based on such evaluation; and
d) Disclosed in this report any change in
the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting that occurred
during the registrant's most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth
fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
report) that has materially affected, or
is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the registrant's internal control
over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant's other certifying officer
and I have disclosed, based on our most
recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrant's
auditors and the audit committee of the
registrant's board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):
a) All significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the registrant's ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial
information; and
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that
involves management or other employees
who have a significant role in the
registrant's internalcontrol over
financial reporting.
Date: November 3, 2010
/s/ Robert R. McCoy
Robert R. McCoy
Vice President, Secretary,
and Treasurer