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Share of the Louisville Railway Company, issued 2. April 1896. The Louisville Railway Company (LRC) was a streetcar and interurban rail operator in Louisville, Kentucky. It began under the name Louisville City Railway in 1859 as a horsecar operator and slowly acquired other rival companies. It was renamed in 1880 following the merger of all ...
The Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad was a 19th-century railway company in the U.S. state of Kentucky.It operated from 1869, when it was created from the merger of the Louisville and Frankfort and Lexington and Frankfort railroads, [1] until 1877, when it failed and was reincorporated as the Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railway.
The Louisville and Southwestern Railway was a 19th-century railway company in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Known as the "great coal feeder" of Louisville, [ 1 ] the railway operated from 1882 (143 years ago) ( 1882 ) until 1889 (136 years ago) ( 1889 ) , when it was incorporated into the Louisville Southern Railroad .
The L&E consisted of lines from Louisville to Shelbyville and La Grange. From 1931 to 1935, all routes were abandoned. From 1931 to 1935, all routes were abandoned. The L&I was owned by the Louisville Traction Company , which also operated local streetcar service through Louisville Railway Company .
The Louisville, Paducah and Southwestern Railroad was a 19th-century railway company in western Kentucky in the United States. It operated a passenger service from 1874 (151 years ago) (), [1] until 1876 (149 years ago) (), when it was sold for $700,000. [2] The company was formed when it purchased the Elizabethtown and Paducah Railroad.
Its first line extended barely south of Louisville, Kentucky, and it took until 1859 to span the 180-odd miles (290 km) to its second namesake city of Nashville.There were about 250 miles (400 km) of track in the system by the outbreak of the Civil War, and its strategic location, spanning the Union/Confederate lines, made it of great interest to both governments.
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The Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railway was a 19th-century railway company in the U.S. state of Kentucky.It operated from 1877, when it absorbed the failed Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad, which had begun operating in September 1869, until 1881, when it was purchased by the Louisville and Nashville network. [1]