List of Kentucky railroads

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 (CARR)
- Operates the Glasgow Railway
(FVRR)
(KT)
(KWT)
Louisville and Indiana Railroad (LIRC)
(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)
(TKEN)
Transkentucky Transportation Railroad (TTIS)
West Tennessee Railroad (WTNN)

Private freight carriers[]

Cando Contracting^[1]
Centrus Energy
^[2]

Passenger carriers[]

Kentucky train stations

Legend

Discontinued 2003

Cardinal
to Chicago

Kentucky Cardinal
to Chicago

Maysville

Louisville

South Portsmouth–South Shore

Ashland

City of New Orleans
to Chicago

Cardinal
to New York

Fulton

City of New Orleans
to New Orleans

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
		L&N	1890	1898	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
	AJR		1924	1952	N/A
		C&O	1880	1933	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	B&O BO	B&O	1905	1987	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
		L&N	1854	1864	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		L&N	1856	1868
		L&N	1893	1900
		C&O	1902	1906
	BS&C	N&W	1900	1932	Norfolk and Western Railway
	BS&K	C&O	1912	1933	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
		L&N	1850	1852	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		L&N	1836	1853	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
			1895	1919
			1919	1931	N/A
		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
		SOU	1903	1905
		SOU	1890	1905
Cadiz Railroad	CAD		1901	1988	N/A
			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
			1905	1929
		C&O	1888	1888
		IC	1877	1878	Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
		L&N SOU	1884	1890
		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
		C&O	1873	1888
		L&N	1884	1892
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	C&O CO	C&O	c. 1880	1987	CSX Transportation
		C&O	1904	1907	Chesapeake and Ohio 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
		SOU	1905	1970	Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
			1905	1920?
		L&N	1882	1884
Cincinnati, Lexington and East Tennessee Railroad		SOU	1867	1873	Cincinnati Southern Railway
			1880	1892?
Cincinnati Southern Railway		SOU	1869			Still exists as a lessor of Norfolk Southern Railway operating subsidiary Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
		C&O	1886	1888
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
			1892	1905
			1876	1879
			1880	1880
		L&N	1849	1859
		C&O	1888	1904
	CMB		1902	1924
		SOU	1905?	1944?	Southern Railway
Cumberland Railway			1882	1882	Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway
	C&M	L&N	1915	1936	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		L&N	1869	1878
		L&N	1893	1901	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
	EKS		1928	1933	N/A
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway		SOU	1890?	1894	Southern Railway
Eastern Kentucky Railway	EK		1870	1929
		C&O	1869	1902
Elizabethtown and Paducah Railroad		IC	1867	1874	Louisville, Paducah and Southwestern Railroad
		C&O	1904		Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Elkhorn Southern Railway		ACL L&N	1906	1911	Clinchfield Northern Railway of Kentucky
		L&N	1871	1884
		L&N	1884	1957	N/A
		L&N	1867	1872
Evansville, Owensboro and Nashville Railroad		L&N	1873	1877	Owensboro and Nashville Railroad
		PRR	1902	1903
			1920	1955	N/A
Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad	FCIN		1927	1985	N/A
Frankfort and Cincinnati Railway			1897	1927	Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad
			1871	1881
		L&N	1906	1907	Louisville and Nashville 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
		L&N	1888	1957	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		L&N	1872	1906
		L&N	1906	1906	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		L&N	1837	1867
		L&N	1854	1855
		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
		L&N	1885	1887	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation	IHRC		1986	1996	CSX Transportation
		L&N	1893	1902	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
	JJRD		1983	1993	Hardin Southern Railroad
		L&N	1861	1887
		L&N	1887	1891	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		L&N	1907	1915	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		SOU	1880	1900
		SOU	1900	1910
	KIT	SOU	1910	1981	Southern Railway
		IC	1904	1922	Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
			1888	1897	Frankfort and Cincinnati Railway
			1896	1900	N/A
			1913		N/A
Kentucky and South Atlantic Railroad		C&O	1888	1902
Kentucky and South Atlantic Railway		C&O	1882	1887	Kentucky and South Atlantic Railroad
		L&N	1872	1882
		GM&O	1870	1872	Mobile and Ohio Railroad
			1902	1904
		L&N	1854	1894
		IC	1905	1913	Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
		L&N	1915	1915	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		IC	1899	1902	Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
		C&O	1890	1908
		N&W	1912	1936	Norfolk and Western Railway
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railroad		L&N	1888	1895
		L&N	1895	1896
			1918	1926?	N/A
		C&O	1911	1946	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
		C&O	1852	1864
		C&O	1865	1880
		C&O	1865	1871
		C&O	1902	1904
Lexington and Danville Railroad		SOU	1850	1858	Lexington and Southern Kentucky Railroad
		L&N	1894	1915	Louisville and Nashville 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	Louisville and Frankfort Railroad
Lexington and Southern Kentucky Railroad		SOU	1860	1867	Cincinnati, Lexington and East Tennessee Railroad
		C&O L&N	1905
		L&N	1847	1849
			1899	1913	N/A
			1896	1899
			1880	1880
		C&O	1912	1933	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
		L&N	1899	1909	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		PRR	1856	1918
		PRR	1918	1918
		PRR	1918	1954
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
		L&N	1880	1882
Louisville and Frankfort Railroad		L&N	1847	1869	Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad
		L&N	1888	1892
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
	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
		L&N	1871	1893	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		L&N	1882	1896
Louisville Southern Railroad	LS	SOU	1884	1894
Louisville and Southwestern Railway		SOU	1882	1889	Louisville Southern Railroad
		L&N	1905	1912	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		L&N	1870	1872
Mammoth Cave Railroad			1874	1931	N/A
		C&O	1850	1904
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
		IC	1878	1881	Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad
		L&N	1880	1888	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		L&N	1895	1896	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		L&N	1890	1895
		SOU	1900	1905
		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
		IC	1860	1872
Mobile and Ohio Railroad		GM&O	1848	1940	Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Monon Railroad	MON	MON	1956	1971	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
			1905	1973?	N/A
				1906
		L&N	1905	1921	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		C&O	1874	1882	Kentucky and South Atlantic 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
		L&N	1855	1871	Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
New Orleans and Ohio Railroad		IC	1852	1869
		IC	1874	1877
Newport and Cincinnati Bridge Company		L&N	1868	1904	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		C&O			Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Norfolk and Western Railway	N&W NW	N&W		1998	Norfolk Southern Railway
		L&N	1878	1900
		C&O	1889	1902
			1894	1933	N/A
Ohio and Kentucky Bridge Company		C&O	1886	1886	Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer and Bridge Company
		C&O	1886	1887	Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
		C&O	1894	1902
		IC	1880	1886
		IC	1886	1897	Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
		IC	1886	1888
		IC	1882	1886
			1916	1918	N/A
		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
			1915?	1916
Paducah and Elizabethtown Railroad		IC	1877	1882	Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad
		IC	1869	1872
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
		IC	1872	1877
Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama Railroad		L&N	1892	1895	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		IC	1888	1913	Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
			1871	1888
		C&O	1888	1895	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Penn Central Transportation Company	PC		1968	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
		PRR	1954	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
Pennsylvania Railroad	PRR	PRR	1921?	1968	Penn Central Transportation Company
		PRR	1903	1918
		L&N	1905	1913	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
			1892?	≤1911	N/A
		L&N	1882	1885
				1914?	N/A
		L&N	1888	1899
			1913	1913	Rockcastle River Railway
Rockcastle River Railway			1913	1932	N/A
		L&N	1872	1879	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		L&N	1872	1872
		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
		L&N	1900	1901	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		IC	1873	1897	Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Soo Line Railroad	SOO		1986	2006	Indiana Rail Road
		IC	1871	1880
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
		SOU	1894	1944?	Southern Railway
		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
		L&N	1881	1881	Owensboro and Nashville Railway
Tradewater Railway	TRWY		1982	1995	Western Kentucky Railway
		N&W	1913	1936	Norfolk and Western Railway
Versailles and Midway Railway		SOU	1884	1889	Louisville Southern Railroad
		L&N	1908	1915
		N&W	1912	1936	Norfolk and Western Railway
		L&N	1878	1893
Woodford Railroad		SOU	1871	1889	Louisville Southern Railroad

Electric[]

Camden Interstate Railway
Louisville Railway
Louisville and Eastern Railroad
Louisville and Interurban Railroad
Ohio Valley Electric Railway

Notes[]

^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2007-05-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ 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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