 As of 2020, the Preston County Parks & Recreation Commission is in the planning and development phase of creating the West Virginia Northern Rail Trail, after the right of way was acquired from the Kern Valley Railroad, who had purchased the line in the early 2000s for its scrap resources.Most of the structures at the former Kingwood Junction yard were removed in the late 2010s, although plans are in place to re-construct the old water tower in a slightly different location as the "gateway" for the new recreational trail.In 2017, the Virtual New Haven RR, a group that had previously developed a virtual train simulator game of the New Haven Railroad's Springfield line, released a new train simulator game based on the West Virginia Northern Railroad's route and surrounding topography and features.