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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-11-061736
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20111107

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Power REIT
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001532619
		IRS NUMBER:				453116572
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		301 WINDING ROAD
		CITY:			OLD BETHPAGE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11804
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-750-0373

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		STREET 1:		301 WINDING ROAD
		CITY:			OLD BETHPAGE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11804
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Dear Mr.&#160;Kluck:</font></div>

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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">This letter is submitted on behalf of Power REIT, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Company</font>&#8221;) and wholly-owned subsidiary of Pittsburgh &amp; West Virginia Railroad (&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">PW</font>&#8221;) in response to the comments that you provided on behalf of the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Staff</font>&#8221;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">SEC</font>&#8221;) with respect to PW&#8217;s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 (filed October&#160;20, 2011, Registration No.&#160;333-176571) (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">PW Registration Statement</font>&#8221;), as set forth in your letter to Mr.&#160;David Lesser dated November 3, 2011.&#160;&#160;Earlier today, PW submitted a letter under Rule 477 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, requesting the consent of the SEC to the withdrawal of the PW Registration Statement.</font></div>

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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On behalf of the Company, we are filing via EDGAR the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">S-4 Registration Statement</font>&#8221;) in response to the Staff&#8217;s comments.&#160;&#160;For reference purposes, the text of your letter dated November 3, 2011 has been reproduced herein (in bold), with the Company&#8217;s response below each numbered comment.&#160;&#160;As appropriate, the Company&#8217;s responses include a reference to the section and page numbers of the S-4 Registration Statement that have been revised in response to the comment.</font></div>

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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We note your response to comment 1 in our letter dated September 23, 2011 and that Power REIT does not intend to file a new registration statement under the Securities Act. Since Power REIT has not yet effected a succession with Pittsburgh &amp;.West Virginia. Railroad, it is unable to make use of Pittsburgh &amp; West Virginia Railroad<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">'</font>s registration statement. Therefore, we reissue our prior comment. Please withdraw Pittsburgh &amp; West Virginia Railroad's registration statement and refile under Power REIT. Alternatively, if you intend to rely upon Rule 414 of Regulation C, please advise us as to how you are in compliance with the Rule. See Securities Act Rule CDIs 611.01- 611.03 available at h<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">tth:/www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/guidance/securitiesactrules-interps.htm</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.</font></font></div>
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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We note your response to comment 3 in our letter dated September 23, 2011. It appears that Pittsburgh &amp; West Virginia Railroad's market capitalization is roughly $20,290,625 based on 1,623,250 shares of beneficial interest outstanding on September 30, 2011. Given this, it appears that Pittsburgh &amp; West Virginia Railroad is unable to meet the requirements of Form S-3, and is therefore ineligible to incorporate by reference on Form S-4. Please provide us with an analysis detailing how Pittsburgh &amp; West Virginia Railroad is eligible to incorporate its filings by reference on Form S-4. Alternatively, please revise your Form S-4 to provide the required information.</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Response:&#160;&#160;The Company acknowledges the Staff&#8217;s comment.&#160;&#160;PW presently has an effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">S-3 Registration Statement</font>&#8221;), and the Company believes that PW meets each of the registrant eligibility requirements specified in Section I.A of Form S-3.&#160;&#160;Furthermore, the securities registered under the S-3 Registration Statement were issued in connection with a rights offering on a pro rata basis to existing PW shareholders, which the Company believes meets the transaction eligibility requirements under Section B.4 of Form S-3.</font></div>

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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We note that counsel has assumed that your shares will not be issued in violation of the ownership limit contained in the Company's Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Declaration of Trust, as amended. Please note that counsel may not assume that the shares issued in the transaction will be validly issued or that the company has sufficient authorized shares. Please have counsel revise its opinion to remove this assumption.&#160;&#160;Please refer to Section. II.B.3.a of Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19 (CF) available at <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">http://www.sec.gov/interps/legal/cfslb19.htm</font></font></div>
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