Construction has been completed on a new connection line east of Mount Vernon that permits interchange with the Norfolk Southern Railway, a fourth Class I railroad.

[7] When the new spur connector was finished in January 2011 it allowed commodities traffic via connection with the CN and it began serving the new Sugar Camp Energy coal mine north of Akin that was developed by Williamson Energy Development, a subsidiary of West Virginia-based Cline Group, on reserves leased from Natural Resource Partners, L.P. Additionally, EVWR constructed an interconnection line approximately 1.8 mi (2.9 km) in length just east of Mount Vernon that enabled interchange with the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS).

The new line runs north from the EVWR mainline (about 0.25 mi (0.40 km) east of Liebengood Road) and connects with the NS across from and just southwest of the Mount Vernon Airport.

EVWR also expanded its siding northwest of Opdyke to a total length of approximately 3 mi (4.8 km) from Interstate 64 to near the new connection allowing direct delivery of unit coal trains from the Sugar Camp Mine near Akin to the Gibson Generating Station in Indiana across the Wabash River from Mount Carmel, Illinois.

They are all painted to match its parent company P&L Transportation's traditional green, white, & black color scheme with the classic diamond herald.