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Mon River Trails Conservancy

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1990–1991 · Morgantown / Reedsville

Rail service ends along the future Deckers Creek Trail

The last train reportedly ran over the western Morgantown–Reedsville portion of the former M&K in 1990. With no traffic remaining in 1991, CSX abandoned the section; its rails were removed in the early 1990s, leaving the corridor that would become the Deckers Creek Rail-Trail.

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1996 · Deckers Creek / Preston County

Former M&K corridor is railbanked for recreational use

In 1996, the 51-mile former CSX corridor that included the Morgantown–Reedsville portion of the M&K was acquired and railbanked as a nonmotorized trail system. The conversion preserved the abandoned railroad grade for public recreation and future transportation use.

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