The history of the Buffalo Creek & Gauley can be broken into four fairly distinct periods. The first runs from the formation of the Elk River Coal and Lumber Co. and the chartering of the BC&G in 1904 until the final closing of the BC&G in 1965. The second period is the 1970's and early 1980's when the Majestic Mining Company reopened the line for a while. The third period was in the early 1990's when The Elk River Railroad, Inc. (TERRI) used a portion of the former BC&G track. The final period is, fortunately, the present when it is possible to ride on the former BC&G rails in a rail speeder and camp on the site of the former Dundon shops.
The Elk River Railroad, Inc.