The following

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s operate in the

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

Common freight carriers

BNSF Railway BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroads in North America. One of seven North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 35,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and nearly 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes that ...

(BNSF) *

Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN i ...

(CN) through subsidiary

Illinois Central Railroad The Illinois Central Railroad , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad in the Central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama. A line also co ...

(IC) *

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. ...

(CSXT) including subsidiary Carrollton Railroad (CARR) **Operates the

Glasgow Railway The Glasgow Railway (formally, the Glasgow Railway Company, Inc.) is an American short-line railroad whose line runs from Park City to Glasgow, Kentucky. Though independently owned by the Robert Lessenberry family of Glasgow, the line is operated ...

* Fredonia Valley Railroad (FVRR) *

Kentucky and Tennessee Railway Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia t ...

(KT) * KWT Railway (KWT) *

Louisville and Indiana Railroad The Louisville and Indiana Railroad is a Class III railroad that operates freight service between Indianapolis, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky, with a major yard and maintenance shop in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It is owned by Anacostia Rail Ho ...

(LIRC) * Louisville Riverport Railroad (LORJ) *

Norfolk Southern Railway The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31 ...

(NS) including subsidiary

Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway (abbreviated: CNO&TP; ) is a railroad that leases the Cincinnati Southern Railway from Cincinnati, Ohio, south to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and sub leases it to the Norfolk Southern Railway sys ...

(CNTP) *

Paducah and Illinois Railroad Paducah ( ) is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky. The largest city in the Jackson Purchase region, it is located at the confluence of the Tennessee and the Ohio rivers, halfway between St. Louis, Missour ...

(PI) *

Paducah and Louisville Railway The Paducah & Louisville Railway is a Class II railroad that operates freight service between Paducah and Louisville, Kentucky. The line is located entirely within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The line was purchased from Illinois Central Gu ...

(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 The Transkentucky Transportation Railroad, Inc. is a 50-mile rail transport line purchased from Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1979 with the goal of transporting coal produced in Eastern Kentucky to the Ohio River. It is a Class III railroad ...

(TTIS) *

West Tennessee Railroad The West Tennessee Railroad is a shortline railroad in the Southern U.S., connecting Corinth, Mississippi, to Fulton, Kentucky, via western Tennessee. The company began operating in 1984 on a portion of the former Mobile and Ohio Railroad (M&O) m ...

(WTNN)

Private freight carriers

* Cando Contracting *

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JRL Coal JRL may refer to: * Japan national rugby league team * Java Research License, a software distribution license * Johnson's Russia List, an email newsletter * Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico * Jurong Region MRT line, a future ...

* Respondek Railroad * R.J. Corman Railroad Switchinghttps://www.rjcorman.com/

Passenger carriers

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Trade name, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national Passenger train, passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous United Stat ...

(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

Electric

* Blue Grass Traction Company * Camden Interstate Railway *

Central Kentucky Traction Company Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

Georgetown and Lexington Traction Company Georgetown or George Town may refer to: Places Africa *George, South Africa, formerly known as Georgetown * Janjanbureh, Gambia, formerly known as Georgetown * Georgetown, Ascension Island, main settlement of the British territory of Ascension Is ...

* Louisville Railway * Louisville, Anchorage and Pewee Valley Electric Railway * Louisville and Eastern Railroad *

Louisville and Interurban Railroad The Louisville and Interurban Railroad (L&I) was an interurban line that operated in and around Louisville, Kentucky during the first half of the 20th century. The first line opened in 1901 to LaGrange. The next lines, one to Jeffersontown and t ...

Louisville and Northern Railway and Lighting Company Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. ...

* Ohio Valley Electric Railway

Notes

References

*Association of American Railroads (2003),
Railroad Service in Kentucky
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