However, the bankruptcy of Jacobs' Broad Top Coal company in 1914 slowed construction, and the railroad did not reach the mines at Jacobs until summer 1915, when a new tipple was built to serve them. It followed Great Trough Creek to the gap between Shirley Knob and Rocky Ridge, running high along the ridge to reach the tipple.
The construction of the railroad to Jacobs' Broad Top Coal company was delayed by the bankruptcy in 1914, and it took until summer 1915 for the railroad to reach the mines at Jacobs. A new tipple was built to serve them, and it followed Great Trough Creek to the gap between Shirley Knob and Rocky Ridge before reaching the tipple along the ridge.