| Name
|
Mark
|
System
|
From
|
To
|
Successor
|
Notes
|
| Altamont and Manchester Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1890
|
1898
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Artemus–Jellico Railroad
|
AJR
|
|
1924
|
1952
|
N/A
|
|
| Ashland Coal and Iron Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1880
|
1933
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
B&O
BO
|
B&O
|
1905
|
1987
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|
| Bardstown and Louisville Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1854
|
1864
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Barren County Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1856
|
1868
|
Glasgow Railroad
|
|
| Beattyville and Cumberland Gap Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1893
|
1900
|
Louisville and Atlantic Railroad
|
|
| Big Sandy Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1902
|
1906
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky
|
|
| Big Sandy and Cumberland Railroad
|
BS&C
|
N&W
|
1900
|
1932
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
|
| Big Sandy and Kentucky River Railway
|
BS&K
|
C&O
|
1912
|
1933
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|
| Bowling Green and Tennessee Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1850
|
1852
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Bowlinggreen Portage Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1836
|
1853
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Brooksville Railroad
|
|
|
1895
|
1919
|
Brooksville and Ohio River Railroad
|
|
| Brooksville and Ohio River Railroad
|
|
|
1919
|
1931
|
N/A
|
|
| Buck Creek Railroad
|
|
N&W
|
1924?
|
1936
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
|
| Burlington Northern Inc.
|
BN
|
|
1970
|
1981
|
Burlington Northern Railroad
|
|
| Burlington Northern Railroad
|
BN
|
|
1981
|
1996
|
BNSF Railway
|
|
| Burnside and Cincinnati Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1903
|
1905
|
Cincinnati, Burnside and Cumberland River Railway
|
|
| Burnside and Cumberland River Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1890
|
1905
|
Burnside and Cincinnati Railway
|
|
| Cadiz Railroad
|
CAD
|
|
1901
|
1988
|
N/A
|
|
| Caney Valley Railway
|
|
|
1910
|
1933?
|
N/A
|
|
| Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
|
CC&O, CCO
|
ACL
L&N
|
c. 1915
|
1990
|
CSX Transportation
|
|
| Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway
|
|
|
1882
|
1895
|
N/A
|
Sold at foreclosure; no railroad owned in Kentucky
|
| Carrollton and Worthville Railroad
|
|
|
1905
|
1929
|
Carrollton Railroad
|
|
| Central City Passenger and Transportation Company
|
|
C&O
|
1888
|
1888
|
Passenger and Belt Railway
|
|
| Central Mississippi Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1877
|
1878
|
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|
| Central Transfer Company
|
|
L&N
SOU
|
1884
|
1890
|
Central Transfer Railway and Storage Company
|
|
| Central Transfer Railway and Storage Company
|
|
L&N
SOU
|
1890
|
|
|
Still exists as a joint subsidiary of CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway
|
| Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1887
|
1893
|
Ohio River and Charleston Railway of Kentucky
|
|
| Chattaroi Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1873
|
1888
|
Ohio and Big Sandy Railroad
|
|
| Chesapeake and Nashville Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1884
|
1892
|
Gallatin and Scottsville Railway
|
|
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
C&O
CO
|
C&O
|
c. 1880
|
1987
|
CSX Transportation
|
|
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky
|
|
C&O
|
1904
|
1907
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|
| Chesapeake and Ohio Northern Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1914
|
1930
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|
| Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1882
|
1896
|
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|
| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
CB&Q
CBQ
|
CB&Q
|
?
|
1970
|
Burlington Northern Inc.
|
|
| Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
|
CI&L
CIL
|
MON
|
1897
|
1956
|
Monon Railroad
|
|
| Chicago, Memphis and Gulf Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1910
|
1963
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
|
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
|
MILW
|
MILW
|
1973
|
1985
|
The Milwaukee Road, Inc.
|
|
| Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1878
|
1951
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
|
| Cincinnati, Burnside and Cumberland River Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1905
|
1970
|
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
|
|
| Cincinnati, Flemingsburg and Southeastern Railroad
|
|
|
1905
|
1920?
|
Flemingsburg and Northern Railroad
|
|
| Cincinnati, Green River and Nashville Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1882
|
1884
|
Chesapeake and Nashville Railway
|
|
| Cincinnati, Lexington and East Tennessee Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1867
|
1873
|
Cincinnati Southern Railway
|
|
| Cincinnati and Southeastern Railway
|
|
|
1880
|
1892?
|
Covington, Flemingsburg and Ashland Railway
|
|
| Cincinnati Southern Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1869
|
|
|
Still exists as a lessor of Norfolk Southern Railway operating subsidiary Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
|
| City Passenger Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1886
|
1888
|
Central City Passenger and Transportation Company
|
|
| Clinchfield Railroad
|
CRR
|
ACL
L&N
|
1924
|
1983
|
Seaboard System Railroad
|
|
| Clinchfield Northern Railway of Kentucky
|
|
ACL
L&N
|
1911
|
1940
|
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
|
|
| Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
CR
|
|
1976
|
1994
|
Louisville and Indiana Railroad
|
|
| Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer and Bridge Company
|
|
C&O
|
1886
|
1985
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|
| Covington and Cincinnati Pier Bridge Company
|
|
C&O
|
1884
|
1886
|
Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer and Bridge Company
|
|
| Covington, Flemingsburg and Ashland Railway
|
|
|
1892
|
1905
|
Cincinnati, Flemingsburg and Southeastern Railroad
|
|
| Covington, Flemingsburg and Pound Gap Railway
|
|
|
1876
|
1879
|
Licking Valley Railway
|
|
| Covington, Flemingsburg and Southeastern Railway
|
|
|
1880
|
1880
|
Cincinnati and Southeastern Railway
|
|
| Covington and Lexington Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1849
|
1859
|
Kentucky Central Railroad
|
|
| Covington Short Route Transfer Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1888
|
1904
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky
|
|
| Cumberland Railroad
|
CMB
|
|
1902
|
1924
|
Artemus–Jellico Railroad
|
|
| Cumberland Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1905?
|
1944?
|
Southern Railway
|
|
| Cumberland Railway
|
|
|
1882
|
1882
|
Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway
|
|
| Cumberland and Manchester Railroad
|
C&M
|
L&N
|
1915
|
1936
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Cumberland and Ohio Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1869
|
1878
|
Northern Division of the Cumberland and Ohio Railroad
Southern Division of the Cumberland and Ohio Railroad
|
|
| Cumberland River and Tennessee Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1893
|
1901
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| East Kentucky Southern Railway
|
EKS
|
|
1928
|
1933
|
N/A
|
|
| East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1890?
|
1894
|
Southern Railway
|
|
| Eastern Kentucky Railway
|
EK
|
|
1870
|
1929
|
East Kentucky Southern Railway
|
|
| Elizabethtown, Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1869
|
1902
|
Lexington and Big Sandy Railway
|
|
| Elizabethtown and Paducah Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1867
|
1874
|
Louisville, Paducah and Southwestern Railroad
|
|
| Elkhorn and Beaver Valley Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1904
|
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|
| Elkhorn Southern Railway
|
|
ACL
L&N
|
1906
|
1911
|
Clinchfield Northern Railway of Kentucky
|
|
| Elkton Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1871
|
1884
|
Elkton and Guthrie Railroad
|
|
| Elkton and Guthrie Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1884
|
1957
|
N/A
|
|
| Evansville, Henderson and Nashville Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1867
|
1872
|
St. Louis and South Eastern Railway
|
|
| Evansville, Owensboro and Nashville Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1873
|
1877
|
Owensboro and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Falls City Belt Line Railway
|
|
PRR
|
1902
|
1903
|
Pennsylvania Terminal Railway
|
|
| Flemingsburg and Northern Railroad
|
|
|
1920
|
1955
|
N/A
|
|
| Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad
|
FCIN
|
|
1927
|
1985
|
N/A
|
|
| Frankfort and Cincinnati Railway
|
|
|
1897
|
1927
|
Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad
|
|
| Frankfort, Paris and Big Sandy Railroad
|
|
|
1871
|
1881
|
Paris, Georgetown and Frankfort Railroad
|
|
| Gallatin and Scottsville Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1906
|
1907
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Glasgow Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1868
|
1899
|
Glasgow Railway
|
|
| Glasgow Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1899
|
|
|
Still exists as a lessor of CSX Transportation
|
| Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
|
GM&N
|
GM&O
|
1926
|
1938
|
N/A
|
|
| Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|
GM&O
GMO
|
GM&O
|
1940
|
1972
|
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
|
|
| Hardin Southern Railroad
|
HSRR
|
|
1993
|
2005
|
KWT Railway
|
|
| Henderson Belt Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1888
|
1957
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Henderson Bridge Company
|
|
L&N
|
1872
|
1906
|
Henderson Bridge and Railroad Company
|
|
| Henderson Bridge and Railroad Company
|
|
L&N
|
1906
|
1906
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Henderson and Nashville Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1837
|
1867
|
Evansville, Henderson and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Hickman and Obion Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1854
|
1855
|
Nashville and North Western Railroad
|
|
| Hodgenville and Elizabethtown Railway
|
|
IC
|
1884
|
1902
|
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|
| Illinois Central Railroad
|
IC
|
IC
|
1882?
|
1972
|
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
|
|
| Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
|
ICG
|
|
1972
|
1988
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
|
| Indiana, Alabama and Texas Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1885
|
1887
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation
|
IHRC
|
|
1986
|
1996
|
CSX Transportation
|
|
| Jellico, Bird-Eye and Northern Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1893
|
1902
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| J&J Railroad
|
JJRD
|
|
1983
|
1993
|
Hardin Southern Railroad
|
|
| Kentucky Central Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1861
|
1887
|
Kentucky Central Railway
|
|
| Kentucky Central Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1887
|
1891
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Kentucky Highlands Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1907
|
1915
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company
|
|
SOU
|
1880
|
1900
|
Kentucky and Indiana Bridge and Railroad Company
|
|
| Kentucky and Indiana Bridge and Railroad Company
|
|
SOU
|
1900
|
1910
|
Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Railroad
|
|
| Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Railroad
|
KIT
|
SOU
|
1910
|
1981
|
Southern Railway
|
|
| Kentucky Midland Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1904
|
1922
|
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|
| Kentucky Midland Railway
|
|
|
1888
|
1897
|
Frankfort and Cincinnati Railway
|
|
| Kentucky Northern Railroad
|
|
|
1896
|
1900
|
N/A
|
|
| Kentucky, Rockcastle and Cumberland Railroad
|
|
|
1913
|
|
N/A
|
|
| Kentucky and South Atlantic Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1888
|
1902
|
Lexington and Big Sandy Railway
|
|
| Kentucky and South Atlantic Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1882
|
1887
|
Kentucky and South Atlantic Railroad
|
|
| Kentucky Southern Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1872
|
1882
|
Louisville, St. Louis and Texas Railway
|
|
| Kentucky and Tennessee Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1870
|
1872
|
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|
|
| Kentucky and Tennessee Railroad
|
|
|
1902
|
1904
|
Kentucky and Tennessee Railway
|
|
| Kentucky Union Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1854
|
1894
|
Lexington and Eastern Railway
|
|
| Kentucky Valley Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1905
|
1913
|
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|
| Kentucky and Virginia Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1915
|
1915
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Kentucky Western Railway
|
|
IC
|
1899
|
1902
|
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|
| Kinniconnick and Freestone Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1890
|
1908
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky
|
|
| Knox Creek Railway
|
|
N&W
|
1912
|
1936
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
|
| Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1888
|
1895
|
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railway
|
|
| Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1895
|
1896
|
Middlesborough Railroad
|
|
| Lenox Railroad
|
|
|
1918
|
1926?
|
N/A
|
|
| Levisa River Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1911
|
1946
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|
| Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1852
|
1864
|
Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad, Eastern Division
Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad, Western Division
|
|
| Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad, Eastern Division
|
|
C&O
|
1865
|
1880
|
Ashland Coal and Iron Railway
|
|
| Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad, Western Division
|
|
C&O
|
1865
|
1871
|
Elizabethtown, Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad
|
|
| Lexington and Big Sandy Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1902
|
1904
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky
|
|
| Lexington and Danville Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1850
|
1858
|
Lexington and Southern Kentucky Railroad
|
|
| Lexington and Eastern Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1894
|
1915
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Lexington and Frankfort Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1848
|
1869
|
Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad
|
|
| Lexington and Ohio Railroad
|
LXOH
|
|
1996
|
2003
|
R.J. Corman Railroad/Central Kentucky Lines
|
|
| Lexington and Ohio Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1830
|
1842
|
Lexington and Frankfort Railroad
Louisville and Frankfort Railroad
|
|
| Lexington and Southern Kentucky Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1860
|
1867
|
Cincinnati, Lexington and East Tennessee Railroad
|
|
| Lexington Union Station Company
|
|
C&O
L&N
|
1905
|
|
|
|
| Licking and Lexington Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1847
|
1849
|
Covington and Lexington Railroad
|
|
| Licking River Railroad
|
|
|
1899
|
1913
|
N/A
|
|
| Licking Valley Railway
|
|
|
1896
|
1899
|
Licking River Railroad
|
|
| Licking Valley Railway
|
|
|
1880
|
1880
|
Covington, Flemingsburg and Southeastern Railway
|
|
| Long Fork Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1912
|
1933
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|
| Louisville and Atlantic Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1899
|
1909
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Louisville Bridge Company
|
|
PRR
|
1856
|
1918
|
Louisville Bridge and Railroad Company
|
|
| Louisville Bridge and Railroad Company
|
|
PRR
|
1918
|
1918
|
Louisville Bridge and Terminal Railway
|
|
| Louisville Bridge and Terminal Railway
|
|
PRR
|
1918
|
1954
|
Penndel Company
|
|
| Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1869
|
1877
|
Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railway
|
|
| Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1877
|
1881
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Louisville, Cloverport and Western Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1880
|
1882
|
Louisville, St. Louis and Texas Railway
|
|
| Louisville and Frankfort Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1847
|
1869
|
Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad
|
|
| Louisville, Hardinsburg and Western Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1888
|
1892
|
Louisville, St. Louis and Texas Railway
|
|
| Louisville, Harrodsburg and Virginia Railroad
|
|
|
1868
|
1884
|
Louisville Southern Railroad
|
Chartered, but never laid track until reorganization
|
| Louisville, Harrods Creek and Westport Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1879
|
1904
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Louisville, Harrods Creek and Westport Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1870
|
1879
|
Louisville, Harrods Creek and Westport Railroad
|
|
| Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis Railway
|
LH&S
LHS
|
L&N
|
1896
|
1984
|
Seaboard System Railroad
|
|
| Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge Company
|
|
NYC
|
1888
|
1917
|
Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge and Railroad Company
|
|
| Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge and Railroad Company
|
|
NYC
|
1917
|
1968
|
N/A
|
|
| Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
L&N
LN
|
L&N
|
1850
|
1983
|
Seaboard System Railroad
|
|
| Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway
|
|
MON
|
1882
|
1897
|
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
|
|
| Louisville, Paducah and Southwestern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1874
|
1876
|
Paducah and Elizabethtown Railroad
|
|
| Louisville Railway Transfer Company
|
|
L&N
|
1871
|
1893
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Louisville, St. Louis and Texas Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1882
|
1896
|
Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis Railway
|
|
| Louisville Southern Railroad
|
LS
|
SOU
|
1884
|
1894
|
Southern Railway in Kentucky
|
|
| Louisville and Southwestern Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1882
|
1889
|
Louisville Southern Railroad
|
|
| Madisonville, Hartford and Eastern Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1905
|
1912
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Madisonville and Shawneetown Straight Line Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1870
|
1872
|
St. Louis and Southeastern Railway
|
|
| Mammoth Cave Railroad
|
|
|
1874
|
1931
|
N/A
|
|
| Maysville and Big Sandy Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1850
|
1904
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky
|
|
| Maysville and Lexington Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1850
|
1856
|
Maysville and Lexington Railroad, Northern Division
Maysville and Lexington Railroad, Southern Division
|
|
| Maysville and Lexington Railroad, North Division
|
|
L&N
|
1876
|
1921
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Maysville and Lexington Railroad, Northern Division
|
|
L&N
|
1868
|
1875
|
Maysville and Lexington Railroad, North Division
|
|
| Maysville and Lexington Railroad, Southern Division
|
|
L&N
|
1868
|
1921
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Memphis, Paducah and Northern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1878
|
1881
|
Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad
|
|
| Middle Division of the Cumberland and Ohio Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1880
|
1888
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Middlesborough Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1895
|
1896
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Middlesborough Belt Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1890
|
1895
|
Middlesborough Railroad
|
|
| Middlesboro Mineral Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1900
|
1905
|
Cumberland Railway
|
|
| Millers Creek Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1909
|
1933
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|
| The Milwaukee Road, Inc.
|
MILW
|
MILW
|
1985
|
1986
|
Soo Line Railroad
|
|
| Mississippi Central Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1859
|
1874
|
New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad
|
|
| Mississippi River Railway
|
|
IC
|
1860
|
1872
|
Paducah and Memphis Railroad
|
|
| Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1848
|
1940
|
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|
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| Monon Railroad
|
MON
|
MON
|
1956
|
1971
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Morehead and North Fork Railroad
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|
|
1905
|
1973?
|
N/A
|
|
| Morehead and West Liberty Railroad
|
|
|
|
1906
|
Morehead and North Fork Railroad
|
|
| Morganfield and Atlanta Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1905
|
1921
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Mount Sterling Coal Road
|
|
C&O
|
1874
|
1882
|
Kentucky and South Atlantic Railway
|
|
| Mountain Central Railway
|
|
|
1914
|
1928
|
N/A
|
|
| Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
|
1873
|
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
|
|
| Nashville and Clarksville Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1901
|
1902
|
Tennessee Central Railroad
|
|
| Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
|
N&C
NC
|
L&N
|
1873
|
1957
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Nashville and North Western Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1855
|
1871
|
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
|
|
| New Orleans and Ohio Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1852
|
1869
|
Paducah and Gulf Railroad
|
|
| New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1874
|
1877
|
Central Mississippi Railroad
|
|
| Newport and Cincinnati Bridge Company
|
|
L&N
|
1868
|
1904
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Newport News and Mississippi Valley Company
|
|
C&O
|
|
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|
| Norfolk and Western Railway
|
N&W
NW
|
N&W
|
|
1998
|
Norfolk Southern Railway
|
|
| Northern Division of the Cumberland and Ohio Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1878
|
1900
|
Shelbyville, Bloomfield and Ohio Railroad
|
|
| Ohio and Big Sandy Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1889
|
1902
|
Lexington and Big Sandy Railway
|
|
| Ohio and Kentucky Railway
|
|
|
1894
|
1933
|
N/A
|
|
| Ohio and Kentucky Bridge Company
|
|
C&O
|
1886
|
1886
|
Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer and Bridge Company
|
|
| Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1886
|
1887
|
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
|
|
| Ohio River and Charleston Railway of Kentucky
|
|
C&O
|
1894
|
1902
|
Lexington and Big Sandy Railway
|
|
| Ohio Valley Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1880
|
1886
|
Ohio Valley Railway
|
|
| Ohio Valley Railway
|
|
IC
|
1886
|
1897
|
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|
| Ohio Valley Coal and Mining Company
|
|
IC
|
1886
|
1888
|
Ohio Valley Railway
|
|
| Ohio Valley Railroad and Mining Company
|
|
IC
|
1882
|
1886
|
Ohio Valley Coal and Mining Company
|
|
| Olympia and Owingsville Railway
|
|
|
1916
|
1918
|
N/A
|
|
| Owensboro, Falls of Rough and Green River Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1882
|
1897
|
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|
| Owensboro and Nashville Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1877
|
1881
|
Owensboro and Nashville Railway
|
|
| Owensboro and Nashville Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1881
|
1921
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Owensboro and Russellville Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1867
|
1873
|
Evansville, Owensboro and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Owingsville and Olympia Railroad
|
|
|
1915?
|
1916
|
Olympia and Owingsville Railway
|
|
| Paducah and Elizabethtown Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1877
|
1882
|
Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad
|
|
| Paducah and Gulf Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1869
|
1872
|
Paducah and Memphis Railroad
|
|
| Paducah and Illinois Railroad
|
PI
|
CB&Q
IC
L&N
|
1910
|
|
|
Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway, Canadian National Railway, and CSX Transportation
|
| Paducah and Memphis Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1872
|
1877
|
Memphis, Paducah and Northern Railroad
|
|
| Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1892
|
1895
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Paducah Union Depot Company
|
|
IC
|
1888
|
1913
|
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|
| Paris, Georgetown and Frankfort Railroad
|
|
|
1871
|
1888
|
Kentucky Midland Railway
|
|
| Passenger and Belt Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1888
|
1895
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|
| Penn Central Transportation Company
|
PC
|
|
1968
|
1976
|
Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
|
| Penndel Company
|
|
PRR
|
1954
|
1976
|
Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
|
| Pennsylvania Railroad
|
PRR
|
PRR
|
1921?
|
1968
|
Penn Central Transportation Company
|
|
| Pennsylvania Terminal Railway
|
|
PRR
|
1903
|
1918
|
Louisville Bridge and Terminal Railway
|
|
| Pine Mountain Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1905
|
1913
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Portsmouth and Tygart Valley Railroad
|
|
|
1892?
|
≤1911
|
N/A
|
|
| Princeton and Ohio River Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1882
|
1885
|
Indiana, Alabama and Texas Railroad
|
|
| Red River Valley Railroad
|
|
|
|
1914?
|
N/A
|
|
| Richmond, Nicholasville, Irvine and Beattyville Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1888
|
1899
|
Louisville and Atlantic Railroad
|
|
| Rockcastle Railroad
|
|
|
1913
|
1913
|
Rockcastle River Railway
|
|
| Rockcastle River Railway
|
|
|
1913
|
1932
|
N/A
|
|
| St. Louis and South Eastern Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1872
|
1879
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| St. Louis and Southeastern Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1872
|
1872
|
St. Louis and South Eastern Railway
|
|
| Sandy Valley and Elkhorn Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1902
|
1933
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|
| Seaboard System Railroad
|
SBD
|
|
1983
|
1986
|
CSX Transportation
|
|
| Shelby Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1851
|
1902
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Shelbyville, Bloomfield and Ohio Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1900
|
1901
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Short Route Railway Transfer Company
|
|
IC
|
1873
|
1897
|
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|
| Soo Line Railroad
|
SOO
|
|
1986
|
2006
|
Indiana Rail Road
|
|
| South Kentucky Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1871
|
1880
|
Ohio Valley Railroad
|
|
| South and Western Railroad
|
|
ACL
L&N
|
1905
|
1908
|
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
|
|
| South and Western Railway
|
|
ACL
L&N
|
1902
|
1906
|
South and Western Railroad
|
|
| Southern Railway
|
SOU
|
SOU
|
1894
|
1990
|
Norfolk Southern Railway
|
|
| Southern Railway in Kentucky
|
|
SOU
|
1894
|
1944?
|
Southern Railway
|
|
| Southern Division of the Cumberland and Ohio Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1878
|
1903
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|
| Southwestern Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1876
|
1889
|
Louisville Southern Railroad
|
|
| Tennessee Central Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1902
|
1922
|
Tennessee Central Railway
|
|
| Tennessee Central Railway
|
TC
|
IC
|
1922
|
1968
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
|
| Tennessee and Kentucky Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1881
|
1881
|
Owensboro and Nashville Railway
|
|
| Tradewater Railway
|
TRWY
|
|
1982
|
1995
|
Western Kentucky Railway
|
|
| Tug River and Kentucky Railroad
|
|
N&W
|
1913
|
1936
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
|
| Versailles and Midway Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1884
|
1889
|
Louisville Southern Railroad
|
|
| Wasioto and Black Mountain Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1908
|
1915
|
Kentucky and Virginia Railroad
|
|
| Williamson and Pond Creek Railroad
|
|
N&W
|
1912
|
1936
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
|
| Winchester and Beattyville Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1878
|
1893
|
Beattyville and Cumberland Gap Railroad
|
|
| Woodford Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1871
|
1889
|
Louisville Southern Railroad
|
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