The KD Subdivision is a
railroad line owned by
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...
in the U.S. states of
Kentucky and
Tennessee. The line runs from
Corbin, Kentucky, to
Etowah, Tennessee, for a total of . At its north end it continues south from the
Corbin Terminal Subdivision and at its south end it continues south as the
Etowah Subdivision.
[http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Huntington%20Div%20West%20ETT%20%231%201-1-2005.pdf CSX Huntington West Division Timetable]
History
The oldest part of the KD Subdivision is the section between
Corbin, Kentucky, and
Jellico, Tennessee, which was completed in 1883 by the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad , commonly called the L&N, was a Class I railroad that operated freight and passenger services in the southeast United States.
Chartered by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1850, the road grew into one of the ...
. At Jellico, the line connected with the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad (ETV&G) was a rail transport system that operated in the southeastern United States during the late 19th century. Created with the consolidation of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad and the ...
. Beginning in the late 1880s, the L&N began extending south from Jellico to create a new through route between
Cincinnati, Ohio, and
Atlanta, Georgia. The
Knoxville Southern Railroad
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state's ...
, organized in 1887, completed a line between
Knoxville, Tennessee, and the
Georgia border in 1890. The gap was closed in 1905 by the
Knoxville, La Follette and Jellico Railroad, which completed a new line between Jellico to Knoxville.
See also
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List of CSX Transportation lines
Notes
References
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CSX Transportation lines
Transportation in Knox County, Kentucky
Transportation in Whitley County, Kentucky
Railway lines opened in 1883
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