Constructed in 1912 along the Cheat River, the Cheat Haven and Bruceton Railroad served as a short connector between the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Cheat Haven, Pennsylvania, and Kendall Lumber Company operations near Ice's Ferry, West Virginia. Rubble fill created elevated causeways across Rubles Run Bay, Morgan Run Bay, and Manning Run. This standard gauge line used Shays and Heisler locomotives to carry lumber from nearby logging operations to the saw mills. In 1919, the line was extended up the Cheat River to transport coal brought across the river by an aerial cable car from the Canyon Coal and Coke Company. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad later absorbed the line into its system, and the Cheat Lake Trail now follows the former right-of-way of these rail lines.