The Railroads of Kentucky During the 1940s & 1950s - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Railroads of Kentucky During the 1940s & 1950s write by Charles H. Bogart. This book was released on 2018-07-24. The Railroads of Kentucky During the 1940s & 1950s available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Kentucky claims to be the birthplace of railroading west of the Appalachian Mountains. In 1832, the Lexington & Ohio Railroad (L&O) began to build track from Lexington to Louisville. Unfortunately the L&O got no further than Frankfort on the Kentucky River when it ran out of money. Railroad construction in Kentucky would stagnate until the 1850s when four companies started to build track, three were north-south and one east-west. An amalgamation of railroads using the name Kentucky Central would push south from Covington opposite Cincinnati OH, toward Chattanooga TN, but stalled at Nicholasville due to the Civil War. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N) would build southward from Louisville for Nashville TN, and Memphis TN, reaching both cities as the Civil War started. The Mobile & Ohio Railroad (M&O) during the same period completed a railroad from Mobile AL, to Columbus KY, on the Mississippi River. The east-west track reached from Louisville eastward to a junction at Frankfort KY.
Ghost Railroads of Kentucky
Ghost Railroads of Kentucky - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ghost Railroads of Kentucky write by Elmer Griffith Sulzer. This book was released on 1998. Ghost Railroads of Kentucky available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ghost Railroads of Kentucky (first published in 1967) and its two sister volumes, Ghost Railroads of Indiana (1970) and Ghost Railroads of Tennessee (1975), provide the authoritative account of the abandoned lines in the railroad heartland east of the Mississippi. No mere compilation of dry statistics on track closings and running schedules (though they are here too!), this book is full of the life and vigor of Kentucky's economic arteries. Professor Sulzer, a consummate storyteller, recounts the human drama surrounding these ghost lines. Even poor Alex Richardson, shamefully lynched on the new railroad bridge over the Kentucky River at West Irvine, has his sad story told.
Railroads 40s & 50s
Railroads 40s & 50s - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Railroads 40s & 50s write by Charles H. Bogart. This book was released on 2014-11-23. Railroads 40s & 50s available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Each class one, class two and class three railroad in Kentucky is covered in text and photographs
Report of the Railroad Commission of Kentucky
Report of the Railroad Commission of Kentucky - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Report of the Railroad Commission of Kentucky write by Railroad Commission of Kentucky. This book was released on 1884. Report of the Railroad Commission of Kentucky available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Eastern Kentucky Railway
Eastern Kentucky Railway - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Eastern Kentucky Railway write by Terry L. Baldridge. This book was released on 2007. Eastern Kentucky Railway available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1865, as the Civil War was drawing to a close, plans were underway in Boston for a railroad construction project to begin in Greenup County, Kentucky. Eventually the Eastern Kentucky Railway Company would extend its main track through two more counties, Carter and Lawrence. Spanning just 36 miles of main track from Riverton to Webbville, the Eastern Kentucky Railway became a lifeline for the economic and social activities of the people of northeastern Kentucky. Even though the original plan of extending the railway much farther south and bridging the Ohio River to the north never came about, the railway struggled along for more than 65 years. Many people who grew up along the line passed their experiences to younger generations; some, like Jesse Stuart, wrote about them. This volume will show life along the rail line that lent its name to the highways now running its route.
