In 2008, former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell announced that the Kiski Junction would be awarded a state grant of $4 million to extend the line 9 miles north of Schenley to the mouth of Crooked Creek.
[2] From 1995 to 2016, the KJR ran special passenger excursions in the summer months, as well as fall foliage rides and Christmas runs.
Another customer was the Allegheny Technologies plant in Gilpin Township, Pennsylvania which closed shortly before mine operations were suspended.
There was also a small feed mill located at the north end of the railyard in Schenley which halted operations with the railroad after the bridge over the Kiski River closed in 2017.
It served military facilities at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland (World War II), and Fort Dix before being turned over to the South Branch Valley Railroad.
The Kiski Junction used modern Norfolk Southern locomotives to haul coal from the Logansport Mine since the train would be later interchanged to NS after returning to Schenley.