Maysville and Lexington Railroad

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The Maysville and Lexington Railroad was a 19th-century railway company in Kentucky in the United States, connecting Maysville on the Ohio River with Lexington at the center of the state. [1] It operated from 1850 [1] to 1856, when it failed.[ citation needed ] It was subsequently re-established as two separate companies a Northern and a Southern division, in 1868. [1] Both were eventually incorporated into the L&N [1] and today make up part of the CSX Transportation system.[ citation needed ]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Herr, Kincaid A. (1964). The Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 1850-1963. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky. p. 115.

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