Big Eagle

Company History: This line launched in 2000 to take over the Winifrede Railroad that had been inactive for some time. It runs from a junction with CSX along the Kanawha River to coal mines in the Winifrede, West Virginia area. It’s about 7 miles long. Loaded hoppers were either handed off to CSX or delivered to a barge loading operation on the Kanawha River but the barge loaders closed in 2013 and today, all coal loads are handed off to CSX.

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