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Maysville And Lexington Railroad
The Maysville and Lexington Railroad was a 19th-century railway company in north-central Kentucky in the United States, connecting Maysville on the Ohio River with Lexington at the center of the state. It operated from 1850 to 1856, when it failed. It was subsequently reëstablished as two separate companies a Northern and a Southern division. Both were eventually incorporated into the L&N and today make up part of the CSX Transportation system. See also * 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 Carro ... Defunct Kentucky railroads Defunct companies based in Kentucky Railway companies established in 1850 Railway companies disestablished in 1856 1850 establishments in Kentucky 1856 disestablishments in Kentucky American companies disestablished ...
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Railway Company
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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 *Centrus Energy *JRL Coal * Respondek Railroad * R.J. ...
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1856 Disestablishments In Kentucky
Events January–March * January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California. * January 23 – American paddle steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatlantic voyage on which she will be lost with all 186 on board. * January 24 – U.S. President Franklin Pierce declares the new Free-State Topeka government in "Bleeding Kansas" to be in rebellion. * January 26 – First Battle of Seattle: Marines from the suppress an indigenous uprising, in response to Governor Stevens' declaration of a "war of extermination" on Native communities. * January 29 ** The 223-mile North Carolina Railroad is completed from Goldsboro through Raleigh and Salisbury to Charlotte. ** Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross as a British military decoration. * February ** The Tintic War breaks out in Utah. ** The National Dress Reform Association is founded in the United States to promote "rational" dress for w ...
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