Author: Kevin Comer
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738592145
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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At the midpoint of the 19th century, people and goods moved by river or muddy roads, which made traveling difficult; a stagecoach trip from Louisville to Nashville took 36 hours. Railroads were coming into prominence at the time, and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad was chartered in 1850. It was completed between the namesake cities in 1859, overcoming many obstacles such as Muldraugh's Hill, Green River, and Tennessee Ridge. The line became a pawn during the Civil War, used by both Union and Confederate forces, and endured heavy damages to survive and prosper. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad would grow into one of America's great success stories, expanding to nearly 7,000 miles of track throughout the Southeast. This volume covers the L&N Main Line in southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee, the Memphis Line, the Mammoth Cave Railroad, the Glasgow Railway, the Portage Railroad, and a branch to Scottsville.
Author: Maury Klein
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813146755
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 600
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After the Civil War, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad took the lead among southern railroads in developing rail systems and organizing transcontinental travel. Through two world wars, federal government control, internal crises, external dissension, the Depression, and the great Ohio River flood of 1937, the L&N Railroad remained one of the country's most efficient lines. It is a southern institution and a railroad buff's dream. When eminent railroad historian Maury Klein's definitive History of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad was first published in 1972, it quickly became one of the most sought after books on railroad history. This new edition both restores a hard-to-find classic to print and provides a new introduction by Klein detailing the L&N's history in the thirty years since the book was first published.
Author: Charles H. Bogart
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 138772780X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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The Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N) was incorporated in 1850 to build a rail line from Louisville, Kentucky, south to Nashville, Tennessee. The railroad was completed in 1861 just in time for the Civil War. L&N, unlike most southern lines, thanks to providing transportation for the Federal Army during the Civil War, survived the war with money available for expansion. Thus L&N acquired a number of southern railroads that would provide the L&N with track extending south from Louisville to Pensacola, Florida; Mobile, Alabama; and New Orleans, Louisiana. L&N's Kentucky track was served by fifteen yards: Madisonville, Owensboro (Doyle), Bowling Green, Skilman, Louisville (Strawberry), Latonia, DeCoursey, Paris, Lexington, Winchester (Patio), Corbin, Ravenna, Hazard (Crawford), Loyall, and Harlan. Within the following pages we will journey over the L&N in Kentucky via postcards, but our journey routes will not always follow direct L&N train routing.
Author: Kincaid A. Herr
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813129563
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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"A history of the L & N Railroad which had its beginning in 1850: The author chronicles the birth and growing pains of this enterprise which started by building a few miles of track near Louisville, KY, and steadily extended its lines until they stretched more than 5000 miles through thirteen states. The story involves not only the growth of a railroad but also its contribution to the building of a "new South" by tapping natural resources and nurturing industry as it marched from the Ohio River to the Gulf of Mexico. Although the heart of the account is the building of the L & N, Mr. Herr has lightened his account with sidelights and anecdotes and his diligent search of the company archives and many other sources produced more than 300 illustrations. Some of the pictures are representative of the earliest use of photography. They are supplemented by drawings typical of the period when hand-drawn art was the rule and camera illustrations were rare."--page [4] of dust jacket.
Author: Kincaid A. Herr
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Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1242
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Author: Kincaid A. Herr
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Category : Railroad companies
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Author: Railroad Commission of Kentucky
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Category : Municipal services
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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Author: Charles H. Bogart
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387972006
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
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Kentucky claims to be the birthplace of railroading west of the Appalachian Mountains. In 1832, the Lexington & Ohio Railroad (L&O) began to build track from Lexington to Louisville. Unfortunately the L&O got no further than Frankfort on the Kentucky River when it ran out of money. Railroad construction in Kentucky would stagnate until the 1850s when four companies started to build track, three were north-south and one east-west. An amalgamation of railroads using the name Kentucky Central would push south from Covington opposite Cincinnati OH, toward Chattanooga TN, but stalled at Nicholasville due to the Civil War. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N) would build southward from Louisville for Nashville TN, and Memphis TN, reaching both cities as the Civil War started. The Mobile & Ohio Railroad (M&O) during the same period completed a railroad from Mobile AL, to Columbus KY, on the Mississippi River. The east-west track reached from Louisville eastward to a junction at Frankfort KY.
Author: Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
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Languages : en
Pages : 264
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