The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Kentucky.
Common freight carriers
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiary Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
- CSX Transportation (CSXT) including subsidiary Carrollton Railroad (CARR)
- Operates the Glasgow Railway
- Fredonia Valley Railroad (FVRR)
- Kentucky and Tennessee Railway (KT)
- KWT Railway (KWT)
- Louisville and Indiana Railroad (LIRC)
- Louisville Riverport Railroad (LORJ)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) including subsidiary Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway (CNTP)
- Paducah and Illinois Railroad (PI)
- Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL)
- R.J. Corman Railroad/Bardstown Line (RJCR)
- R.J. Corman Railroad/Central Kentucky Lines (RJCC)
- R.J. Corman Railroad/Memphis Line (RJCM)
- Tennken Railroad (TKEN)
- Transkentucky Transportation Railroad (TTIS)
- West Tennessee Railroad (WTNN)
Private freight carriers
- Cando Contracting[1]
- Centrus Energy
- JRL Coal
- Respondek Railroad
- R.J. Corman Railroad Switching[2]
Passenger carriers
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- Amtrak (AMTK) - Amtrak has stations at Ashland, South Portsmouth - South Shore, Maysville, and Fulton. There is also an Amtrak bus route connecting Louisville to Indianapolis.
Defunct railroads
Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 reörganization | ||
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 |
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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 | ||
Monon Railroad | MON | MON | 1956 | 1971 | Louisville and Nashville Railroad | |
Morehead and North Fork Railroad | 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 |
Electric
- Blue Grass Traction Company
- Camden Interstate Railway
- Central Kentucky Traction Company
- Georgetown and Lexington Traction Company
- Louisville Railway
- Louisville, Anchorage and Pewee Valley Electric Railway
- Louisville and Eastern Railroad
- Louisville and Interurban Railroad
- Louisville and Northern Railway and Lighting Company
- Ohio Valley Electric Railway
See also
Notes
- ↑ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
References
- ↑ "Rail Operation - CandoLTD - CandoLTD". Archived from the original on 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
- ↑ https://www.rjcorman.com/
- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Kentucky (PDF). Retrieved May 9, 2005.
- Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
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