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 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

Kentucky train stations
Legend
Central Time Eastern Time Cardinal to Chicago City of New Orleans to Chicago Maysville Fulton South Portsmouth –South Shore City of New Orleans to New Orleans Ashland Cardinal to New York
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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
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
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

• List of United States railroads

Notes

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

References

1. "Rail Operation - CandoLTD - CandoLTD". Archived from the original on 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
2. 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.

Further reading

• Kentucky and Tennessee: a complete guide to their railroads, stations and distances, connections north and south; their rivers, landings ..., Louisville: H. E. Mead, 1867, OL   24157680M