Rail Freight Carriers in

West Virginia

A West Virginia Central Railroad freight train, unidentified location in the valley of the Cheat River.
Although primarily a tourist operation, the railroad operates a limited number of freight trains,
both for its own maintenance purposes and transport of materials for third parties.
Locomotive 7094 is an EMD F7A 1500hp Bo-Bo diesel electric, built in the early 1950s
for the Milwaukee Road, subsequently purchased by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad.
It is now owned by West Virginia Central and has been repainted in a livery rerflecting its previous owner.

Long Haul Railways

CSX, Norfolk Southern, Wheeling & Lake Erie

Regional & Local Railways

• Appalachian & Ohio Railroad Grafton (interchange with CSX) via Berryburg Junction (interchange with CSX), Tygart Junction (interchange with West Virginia Central), Hampton Junction (branch to Alexander where there is interchange with Beech Mountain) and Burnsville to Cowen. Total length of line about 158 miles (254 km)
• Belpre Industrial Parkersburg Railroad located mainly in OH, enters WV at Parkersburg where there is interchange with CSX
• Commonwealth Railway Fairview (interchange with Norfolk Southern) to Marion County Mine; a little over 2 miles (3.7 km). There is a separate line in VA.
• Empire River Rail switching railway in thePort of West Virginia, interchanging with Norfolk Southern. Total length of line about 4½ miles (7 km)
• Kanawha River Railroad two separate operations:
  • Virwest via Maben (interchange with Norfork Southern), Deepwater (branch via Jones, where there is a branch to High Power Mountain, to Cornelia) and Point Pleasant (interchange with CSX) to Refugee OH (interchange with Norfolk Southern). Total length of line about 371 miles (598 km)
  • Winifrede Junction (interchange with CSX) to Kanawha Eagle Coal Preparation Plant; about 6½ miles (10 km)
• Kanawha River Terminal Railroad Kenova (interchange with CSX and Norfolk Southern) to Ceredo Coal Terminal. Owned by Suncoke Energy (Website contains little information relating to railway)
• Little Kanawha River Rail switching railroad in Parkersburg, interchanging with CSX
• Quinwood Coal Company plans to lease and rehabilitate the line from Rainelle (interchange with CSX) to Green Valley, serving its facilities there. Length of line about 14 miles (23 km) (No website located at present)
• R J Corman West Virginia Line Thurmond (interchange with CSX) to Pax, about 16 miles (25 km)
• South Branch Valley Railroad Green Spring (interchange with CSX) to Petersburg, about 52 miles (84 km)
• West Virginia Central Railroad Tygart Junction (interchange with Appalachian & Ohio) via Elkins (branch to Dailey) and Bowden to Spruce. Total length of line about 87 miles (140 km)
• Winchester & Western Railroad WV/VA/MD Division: Gore VA via Winchester VA (interchange with CSX), Ridgeway, Martinsburg (interchange with CSX and branch to Essroc Cement plant) and Falling Waters to Hagerstown MD (interchange with CSX and Norfolk Southern). Total length of line about 53 miles (85 km)