It extended from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) junction in Morgantown in Monongalia County via Masontown, Kingwood and Rowlesburg to the M&K junction with the B&O in Preston County, a distance of 47.9 mi (77.1 km).
[4] The line primarily carried coal, building stone, glass sand and lumber.
[4] It was a key stimulus in the economic development of the region at the turn of the 20th century.
[5][6] Sturgiss had previously been involved in several failed attempts to build the line and was in possession of much of the proposed right-of-way.
[3] The 18 mi (29 km) stretch to Masontown along Deckers Creek was completed by September 1902.