It started because of the boom in oil and gas, helped all of the natural resource industries to grow and spurred an increase in population in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.

The route of the railroad was determined by former State Senator Charles Alexander Black on January 25, 1875.

Horseshoe Curve, named for the more famous one near Altoona, was an astounding 35 degrees, or 164 feet radius.

When war broke, Company K would all pile into the coaches at the station to ride to Washington and then on to Pittsburgh.

After the line started failing, the yard was torn up and the station was passed on to a local wool dealer and then to the county road department.

In 2023 it was announced a surviving locomotive will be featured at the 44th National Narrow Gauge Convention.

The locomotive is currently housed at the Greene County Historical Society and will be displayed at a museum in the 2024.