The railroad that connects with Yancey Railroad was not completed in 1915 commonly used Challengers.
 Challengers were most common in the Union Pacific Railroad and the Clinchfield Railroad. 
 The 35-mile segment from Dante, Virginia, to Elkhorn City, opening up the coal lands north of Sandy Ridge Mountains and forming a connection with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway at Elkhorn City, was completed in 1915. 
The Yancey Railroad (reporting mark YAN) was an American Class III shortline railroad that operated for freight service from a connection with the Clinchfield Railroad at Kona, North Carolina, through Micaville, to Burnsville, 10.6 mi . 
