A 1926 ICC report describes the railroad in some detail:
" The West Virginia Midland had joint use of the station at Holly Jct. with the B&O.  The country traversed by this road is rugged and mountainous. From Holly Jct. the line follows the Elk and Holly Rivers on an ascending grade with excessive curvature until it reaches the summit beyond Diana. It then descends into the Elk River Valley and follows that stream to Webster Springs, population 1,000.   There is some farming along the river bottoms, but in general the adjacent country is well covered with timber. The principal products are timber and bituminous coal."

"The grading is light, averaging about 8,000 cubic yards per mile, of which 12% is loose rock and 32% is solid rock. The most important metal bridge is the crossing of the Elk River. The structure is 212 feet long and consists of three 70 foot through plate girder spans on three rock filled timber piers. The crossties in the main track averages 2,650 per mile and are of chestnut and oak. The rail in the main is principally 45 and 30 pounds new when laid. About one half is full earth surfaced, the remainder being ballast with broken stone."

"The carrier owns and uses 1 standard gauge and 3 narrow gauge steam locomotives, 129 narrow gauge freight train cars, 5 narrow gauge passenger train cars, and a narrow gauge business car classified as work equipment."

"The railroad acquired the following properties:
Holly Jct. to Holly built by the Holly Lumber Co. 1892-3 ; 5.0 miles
Holly to Hockmer built by the Holly River RR, 1897-98 ; 12.0 miles
Diana to Webster Springs by the HR&ARy , 1901-02 ; 12.5 miles
Marpleton to Moats by the Oak Run Lumber Co., ; 3.3 miles
Webster Springs to Breece 1906 ; 4.75 miles
Holly to the mouth of Long Run, 1910 ; 7.0 miles"