List of Kentucky railroads

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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Kentucky.

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Common freight carriers

Private freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Kentucky train stations
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Discontinued 2003
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Cardinal
to Chicago
Kentucky Cardinal
to Chicago
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 Maysville
Louisville
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 South Portsmouth–South Shore
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 Ashland
City of New Orleans
to Chicago
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Cardinal
to New York
Fulton
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City of New Orleans
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Defunct railroads

Name Mark System [nb 1] FromToSuccessorNotes
Altamont and Manchester Railroad L&N 18901898 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Artemus–Jellico Railroad AJR19241952N/A
Ashland Coal and Iron Railway C&O 18801933 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad B&O
BO		B&O19051987 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Bardstown and Louisville Railroad L&N 18541864 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Barren County Railroad L&N 18561868 Glasgow Railroad
Beattyville and Cumberland Gap Railroad L&N 18931900 Louisville and Atlantic Railroad
Big Sandy Railway C&O 19021906 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky
Big Sandy and Cumberland Railroad BS&C N&W 19001932 Norfolk and Western Railway
Big Sandy and Kentucky River Railway BS&K C&O 19121933 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Bowling Green and Tennessee Railroad L&N 18501852 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Bowlinggreen Portage Railway L&N 18361853 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Brooksville Railroad 18951919 Brooksville and Ohio River Railroad
Brooksville and Ohio River Railroad 19191931N/A
Buck Creek Railroad N&W 1924?1936 Norfolk and Western Railway
Burlington Northern Inc. BN19701981 Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad BN19811996 BNSF Railway
Burnside and Cincinnati Railway SOU 19031905 Cincinnati, Burnside and Cumberland River Railway
Burnside and Cumberland River Railway SOU 18901905 Burnside and Cincinnati Railway
Cadiz Railroad CAD19011988N/A
Caney Valley Railway 19101933?N/A
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway CC&O, CCO ACL
L&N 		c. 19151990 CSX Transportation
Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway 18821895N/ASold at foreclosure; no railroad owned in Kentucky
Carrollton and Worthville Railroad 19051929 Carrollton Railroad
Central City Passenger and Transportation Company C&O 18881888 Passenger and Belt Railway
Central Mississippi Railroad IC 18771878 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Central Transfer Company L&N
SOU 		18841890 Central Transfer Railway and Storage Company
Central Transfer Railway and Storage Company L&N
SOU 		1890Still exists as a joint subsidiary of CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad C&O 18871893 Ohio River and Charleston Railway of Kentucky
Chattaroi Railway C&O 18731888 Ohio and Big Sandy Railroad
Chesapeake and Nashville Railway L&N 18841892 Gallatin and Scottsville Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway C&O
CO		C&Oc. 18801987 CSX Transportation
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky C&O 19041907 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio Northern Railway C&O 19141930 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad IC 18821896 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 18971956 Monon Railroad
Chicago, Memphis and Gulf Railroad IC 19101963 Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad MILWMILW19731985 The Milwaukee Road, Inc.
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad IC 18781951 Illinois Central Railroad
Cincinnati, Burnside and Cumberland River Railway SOU 19051970 Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
Cincinnati, Flemingsburg and Southeastern Railroad 19051920? Flemingsburg and Northern Railroad
Cincinnati, Green River and Nashville Railroad L&N 18821884 Chesapeake and Nashville Railway
Cincinnati, Lexington and East Tennessee Railroad SOU 18671873 Cincinnati Southern Railway
Cincinnati and Southeastern Railway 18801892? Covington, Flemingsburg and Ashland Railway
Cincinnati Southern Railway SOU 1869Still exists as a lessor of Norfolk Southern Railway operating subsidiary Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
City Passenger Railway C&O 18861888 Central City Passenger and Transportation Company
Clinchfield Railroad CRR ACL
L&N 		19241983 Seaboard System Railroad
Clinchfield Northern Railway of Kentucky ACL
L&N 		19111940 Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
Consolidated Rail Corporation CR19761994 Louisville and Indiana Railroad
Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer and Bridge Company C&O 18861985 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Covington and Cincinnati Pier Bridge Company C&O 18841886 Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer and Bridge Company
Covington, Flemingsburg and Ashland Railway 18921905 Cincinnati, Flemingsburg and Southeastern Railroad
Covington, Flemingsburg and Pound Gap Railway 18761879 Licking Valley Railway
Covington, Flemingsburg and Southeastern Railway 18801880 Cincinnati and Southeastern Railway
Covington and Lexington Railroad L&N 18491859 Kentucky Central Railroad
Covington Short Route Transfer Railway C&O 18881904 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky
Cumberland Railroad CMB19021924 Artemus–Jellico Railroad
Cumberland Railway SOU 1905?1944? Southern Railway
Cumberland Railway 18821882 Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway
Cumberland and Manchester Railroad C&M L&N 19151936 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Cumberland and Ohio Railroad L&N 18691878 Northern Division of the Cumberland and Ohio Railroad
Southern Division of the Cumberland and Ohio Railroad
Cumberland River and Tennessee Railroad L&N 18931901 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
East Kentucky Southern Railway EKS19281933N/A
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway SOU 1890?1894 Southern Railway
Eastern Kentucky Railway EK18701929 East Kentucky Southern Railway
Elizabethtown, Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad C&O 18691902 Lexington and Big Sandy Railway
Elizabethtown and Paducah Railroad IC 18671874 Louisville, Paducah and Southwestern Railroad
Elkhorn and Beaver Valley Railway C&O 1904 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Elkhorn Southern Railway ACL
L&N 		19061911 Clinchfield Northern Railway of Kentucky
Elkton Railroad L&N 18711884 Elkton and Guthrie Railroad
Elkton and Guthrie Railroad L&N 18841957N/A
Evansville, Henderson and Nashville Railroad L&N 18671872 St. Louis and South Eastern Railway
Evansville, Owensboro and Nashville Railroad L&N 18731877 Owensboro and Nashville Railroad
Falls City Belt Line Railway PRR 19021903 Pennsylvania Terminal Railway
Flemingsburg and Northern Railroad 19201955N/A
Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad FCIN19271985N/A
Frankfort and Cincinnati Railway 18971927 Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad
Frankfort, Paris and Big Sandy Railroad 18711881 Paris, Georgetown and Frankfort Railroad
Gallatin and Scottsville Railway L&N 19061907 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Glasgow Railroad L&N 18681899 Glasgow Railway
Glasgow Railway L&N 1899Still exists as a lessor of CSX Transportation
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad GM&N GM&O 19261938N/A
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad GM&O
GMO		GM&O19401972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Hardin Southern Railroad HSRR19932005 KWT Railway
Henderson Belt Railroad L&N 18881957 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Henderson Bridge Company L&N 18721906 Henderson Bridge and Railroad Company
Henderson Bridge and Railroad Company L&N 19061906 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Henderson and Nashville Railroad L&N 18371867 Evansville, Henderson and Nashville Railroad
Hickman and Obion Railroad L&N 18541855 Nashville and North Western Railroad
Hodgenville and Elizabethtown Railway IC 18841902 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad ICIC1882?1972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad ICG19721988 Illinois Central Railroad
Indiana, Alabama and Texas Railroad L&N 18851887 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation IHRC19861996 CSX Transportation
Jellico, Bird-Eye and Northern Railway L&N 18931902 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
J&J Railroad JJRD19831993 Hardin Southern Railroad
Kentucky Central Railroad L&N 18611887 Kentucky Central Railway
Kentucky Central Railway L&N 18871891 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Kentucky Highlands Railroad L&N 19071915 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company SOU 18801900 Kentucky and Indiana Bridge and Railroad Company
Kentucky and Indiana Bridge and Railroad Company SOU 19001910 Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Railroad
Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Railroad KIT SOU 19101981 Southern Railway
Kentucky Midland Railroad IC 19041922 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Kentucky Midland Railway 18881897 Frankfort and Cincinnati Railway
Kentucky Northern Railroad 18961900N/A
Kentucky, Rockcastle and Cumberland Railroad 1913N/A
Kentucky and South Atlantic Railroad C&O 18881902 Lexington and Big Sandy Railway
Kentucky and South Atlantic Railway C&O 18821887 Kentucky and South Atlantic Railroad
Kentucky Southern Railroad L&N 18721882 Louisville, St. Louis and Texas Railway
Kentucky and Tennessee Railroad GM&O 18701872 Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Kentucky and Tennessee Railroad 19021904 Kentucky and Tennessee Railway
Kentucky Union Railway L&N 18541894 Lexington and Eastern Railway
Kentucky Valley Railroad IC 19051913 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Kentucky and Virginia Railroad L&N 19151915 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Kentucky Western Railway IC 18991902 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Kinniconnick and Freestone Railway C&O 18901908 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky
Knox Creek Railway N&W 19121936 Norfolk and Western Railway
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railroad L&N 18881895 Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railway
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railway L&N 18951896 Middlesborough Railroad
Lenox Railroad 19181926?N/A
Levisa River Railroad C&O 19111946 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad C&O 18521864 Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad, Eastern Division
Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad, Western Division
Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad, Eastern Division C&O 18651880 Ashland Coal and Iron Railway
Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad, Western Division C&O 18651871 Elizabethtown, Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad
Lexington and Big Sandy Railway C&O 19021904 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky
Lexington and Danville Railroad SOU 18501858 Lexington and Southern Kentucky Railroad
Lexington and Eastern Railway L&N 18941915 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Lexington and Frankfort Railroad L&N 18481869 Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad
Lexington and Ohio Railroad LXOH19962003 R.J. Corman Railroad/Central Kentucky Lines
Lexington and Ohio Railroad L&N 18301842 Lexington and Frankfort Railroad
Louisville and Frankfort Railroad
Lexington and Southern Kentucky Railroad SOU 18601867 Cincinnati, Lexington and East Tennessee Railroad
Lexington Union Station Company C&O
L&N 		1905
Licking and Lexington Railroad L&N 18471849 Covington and Lexington Railroad
Licking River Railroad 18991913N/A
Licking Valley Railway 18961899 Licking River Railroad
Licking Valley Railway 18801880 Covington, Flemingsburg and Southeastern Railway
Long Fork Railway C&O 19121933 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Louisville and Atlantic Railroad L&N 18991909 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Louisville Bridge Company PRR 18561918 Louisville Bridge and Railroad Company
Louisville Bridge and Railroad Company PRR 19181918 Louisville Bridge and Terminal Railway
Louisville Bridge and Terminal Railway PRR 19181954 Penndel Company
Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad L&N 18691877 Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railway
Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railway L&N 18771881 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Louisville, Cloverport and Western Railway L&N 18801882 Louisville, St. Louis and Texas Railway
Louisville and Frankfort Railroad L&N 18471869 Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad
Louisville, Hardinsburg and Western Railway L&N 18881892 Louisville, St. Louis and Texas Railway
Louisville, Harrodsburg and Virginia Railroad 18681884 Louisville Southern Railroad Chartered, but never laid track until reörganization
Louisville, Harrods Creek and Westport Railroad L&N 18791904 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Louisville, Harrods Creek and Westport Railway L&N 18701879 Louisville, Harrods Creek and Westport Railroad
Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis Railway LH&S
LHS		 L&N 18961984 Seaboard System Railroad
Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge Company NYC 18881917 Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge and Railroad Company
Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge and Railroad Company NYC 19171968N/A
Louisville and Nashville Railroad L&N
LN		L&N18501983 Seaboard System Railroad
Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway MON 18821897 Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
Louisville, Paducah and Southwestern Railroad IC 18741876 Paducah and Elizabethtown Railroad
Louisville Railway Transfer Company L&N 18711893 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Louisville, St. Louis and Texas Railway L&N 18821896 Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis Railway
Louisville Southern Railroad LS SOU 18841894 Southern Railway in Kentucky
Louisville and Southwestern Railway SOU 18821889 Louisville Southern Railroad
Madisonville, Hartford and Eastern Railroad L&N 19051912 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Madisonville and Shawneetown Straight Line Railroad L&N 18701872 St. Louis and Southeastern Railway
Mammoth Cave Railroad18741931N/A
Maysville and Big Sandy Railroad C&O 18501904 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky
Maysville and Lexington Railroad L&N 18501856 Maysville and Lexington Railroad, Northern Division
Maysville and Lexington Railroad, Southern Division
Maysville and Lexington Railroad, North Division L&N 18761921 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Maysville and Lexington Railroad, Northern Division L&N 18681875 Maysville and Lexington Railroad, North Division
Maysville and Lexington Railroad, Southern Division L&N 18681921 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Memphis, Paducah and Northern Railroad IC 18781881 Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad
Middle Division of the Cumberland and Ohio Railroad L&N 18801888 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Middlesborough Railroad L&N 18951896 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Middlesborough Belt Railroad L&N 18901895 Middlesborough Railroad
Middlesboro Mineral Railway SOU 19001905 Cumberland Railway
Millers Creek Railroad C&O 19091933 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
The Milwaukee Road, Inc. MILWMILW19851986 Soo Line Railroad
Mississippi Central Railroad IC 18591874 New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad
Mississippi River Railway IC 18601872 Paducah and Memphis Railroad
Mobile and Ohio Railroad GM&O 18481940 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Monon Railroad MONMON19561971 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Morehead and North Fork Railroad 19051973?N/A
Morehead and West Liberty Railroad 1906 Morehead and North Fork Railroad
Morganfield and Atlanta Railroad L&N 19051921 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Mount Sterling Coal Road C&O 18741882 Kentucky and South Atlantic Railway
Mountain Central Railway 19141928N/A
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad L&N 1873 Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Nashville and Clarksville Railroad IC 19011902 Tennessee Central Railroad
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway N&C
NC		 L&N 18731957 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Nashville and North Western Railroad L&N 18551871 Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
New Orleans and Ohio Railroad IC 18521869 Paducah and Gulf Railroad
New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad IC 18741877 Central Mississippi Railroad
Newport and Cincinnati Bridge Company L&N 18681904 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Newport News and Mississippi Valley Company C&O Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Norfolk and Western Railway N&W
NW		N&W1998 Norfolk Southern Railway
Northern Division of the Cumberland and Ohio Railroad L&N 18781900 Shelbyville, Bloomfield and Ohio Railroad
Ohio and Big Sandy Railroad C&O 18891902 Lexington and Big Sandy Railway
Ohio and Kentucky Railway 18941933N/A
Ohio and Kentucky Bridge Company C&O 18861886 Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer and Bridge Company
Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia Railway C&O 18861887 Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
Ohio River and Charleston Railway of Kentucky C&O 18941902 Lexington and Big Sandy Railway
Ohio Valley Railroad IC 18801886 Ohio Valley Railway
Ohio Valley Railway IC 18861897 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Ohio Valley Coal and Mining Company IC 18861888 Ohio Valley Railway
Ohio Valley Railroad and Mining Company IC 18821886 Ohio Valley Coal and Mining Company
Olympia and Owingsville Railway 19161918N/A
Owensboro, Falls of Rough and Green River Railroad IC 18821897 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Owensboro and Nashville Railroad L&N 18771881 Owensboro and Nashville Railway
Owensboro and Nashville Railway L&N 18811921 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Owensboro and Russellville Railroad L&N 18671873 Evansville, Owensboro and Nashville Railroad
Owingsville and Olympia Railroad 1915?1916 Olympia and Owingsville Railway
Paducah and Elizabethtown Railroad IC 18771882 Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad
Paducah and Gulf Railroad IC 18691872 Paducah and Memphis Railroad
Paducah and Illinois Railroad PI CB&Q
IC
L&N 		1910Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway, Canadian National Railway, and CSX Transportation
Paducah and Memphis Railroad IC 18721877 Memphis, Paducah and Northern Railroad
Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama Railroad L&N 18921895 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Paducah Union Depot Company IC 18881913 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Paris, Georgetown and Frankfort Railroad 18711888 Kentucky Midland Railway
Passenger and Belt Railway C&O 18881895 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Penn Central Transportation Company PC19681976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Penndel Company PRR 19541976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Pennsylvania Railroad PRRPRR1921?1968 Penn Central Transportation Company
Pennsylvania Terminal Railway PRR 19031918 Louisville Bridge and Terminal Railway
Pine Mountain Railroad L&N 19051913 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Portsmouth and Tygart Valley Railroad 1892?≤1911N/A
Princeton and Ohio River Railroad L&N 18821885 Indiana, Alabama and Texas Railroad
Red River Valley Railroad 1914?N/A
Richmond, Nicholasville, Irvine and Beattyville Railroad L&N 18881899 Louisville and Atlantic Railroad
Rockcastle Railroad 19131913 Rockcastle River Railway
Rockcastle River Railway 19131932N/A
St. Louis and South Eastern Railway L&N 18721879 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
St. Louis and Southeastern Railway L&N 18721872 St. Louis and South Eastern Railway
Sandy Valley and Elkhorn Railway C&O 19021933 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Seaboard System Railroad SBD19831986 CSX Transportation
Shelby Railroad L&N 18511902 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Shelbyville, Bloomfield and Ohio Railroad L&N 19001901 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Short Route Railway Transfer Company IC 18731897 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Soo Line Railroad SOO19862006 Indiana Rail Road
South Kentucky Railroad IC 18711880 Ohio Valley Railroad
South and Western Railroad ACL
L&N 		19051908 Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
South and Western Railway ACL
L&N 		19021906 South and Western Railroad
Southern Railway SOUSOU18941990 Norfolk Southern Railway
Southern Railway in Kentucky SOU 18941944? Southern Railway
Southern Division of the Cumberland and Ohio Railroad L&N 18781903 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Southwestern Railroad SOU 18761889 Louisville Southern Railroad
Tennessee Central Railroad IC 19021922 Tennessee Central Railway
Tennessee Central Railway TC IC 19221968 Illinois Central Railroad
Tennessee and Kentucky Railroad L&N 18811881 Owensboro and Nashville Railway
Tradewater Railway TRWY19821995 Western Kentucky Railway
Tug River and Kentucky Railroad N&W 19131936 Norfolk and Western Railway
Versailles and Midway Railway SOU 18841889 Louisville Southern Railroad
Wasioto and Black Mountain Railroad L&N 19081915 Kentucky and Virginia Railroad
Williamson and Pond Creek Railroad N&W 19121936 Norfolk and Western Railway
Winchester and Beattyville Railroad L&N 18781893 Beattyville and Cumberland Gap Railroad
Woodford Railroad SOU 18711889 Louisville Southern Railroad

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Notes

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

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References

  1. ↑ "Rail Operation - CandoLTD - CandoLTD". Archived from the original on 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
  2. ↑ https://www.rjcorman.com/

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