This short branch line was constructed in 1880 and ran from a connection with the former Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railroad (a Baltimore & Ohio subsidiary) near Justus, OH, to reach coal mines in the vicinity of Pigeon Run and Greenville, a total distance of 5.62 miles. It directly served the Woodland mine; a short spur track extended another 1.42 miles to the Charlotte mine.
As the mines along the Pigeon Run Branch shut down, the branch line itself saw decreasing traffic levels, and the B&O filed for abandonment of the line in 1922.