NameMarkSystemFromToSuccessorNotesAltamont and Manchester RailroadL&N18901898Louisville and Nashville RailroadArtemus–Jellico RailroadAJR19241952N/AAshland Coal and Iron RailwayC&O18801933Chesapeake and Ohio RailwayBaltimore and Ohio RailroadB&OBOB&O19051987Chesapeake and Ohio RailwayBardstown and Louisville RailroadL&N18541864Louisville and Nashville RailroadBarren County RailroadL&N18561868Glasgow RailroadBeattyville and Cumberland Gap RailroadL&N18931900Louisville and Atlantic RailroadBig Sandy RailwayC&O19021906Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of KentuckyBig Sandy and Cumberland RailroadBS&CN&W19001932Norfolk and Western RailwayBig Sandy and Kentucky River RailwayBS&KC&O19121933Chesapeake and Ohio RailwayBowling Green and Tennessee RailroadL&N18501852Louisville and Nashville RailroadBowlinggreen Portage RailwayL&N18361853Louisville and Nashville RailroadBrooksville Railroad18951919Brooksville and Ohio River RailroadBrooksville and Ohio River Railroad19191931N/ABuck Creek RailroadN&W1924?1936Norfolk and Western RailwayBurlington Northern Inc. BN19701981Burlington Northern RailroadBurlington Northern RailroadBN19811996BNSF RailwayBurnside and Cincinnati RailwaySOU19031905Cincinnati, Burnside and Cumberland River RailwayBurnside and Cumberland River RailwaySOU18901905Burnside and Cincinnati RailwayCadiz RailroadCAD19011988N/ACaney Valley Railway19101933?N/ACarolina, Clinchfield and Ohio RailwayCC&O, CCOACLL&Nc. no – c. 19151990CSX TransportationCarolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway18821895N/ASold at foreclosure; no railroad owned in KentuckyCarrollton and Worthville Railroad19051929Carrollton RailroadCentral City Passenger and Transportation CompanyC&O18881888Passenger and Belt RailwayCentral Mississippi RailroadIC18771878Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans RailroadCentral Transfer CompanyL&NSOU18841890Central Transfer Railway and Storage CompanyCentral Transfer Railway and Storage CompanyL&NSOU1890Still exists as a joint subsidiary of CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern RailwayCharleston, Cincinnati and Chicago RailroadC&O18871893Ohio River and Charleston Railway of KentuckyChattaroi RailwayC&O18731888Ohio and Big Sandy RailroadChesapeake and Nashville RailwayL&N18841892Gallatin and Scottsville RailwayChesapeake and Ohio RailwayC&OCOC&Oc. no – c. 18801987CSX TransportationChesapeake and Ohio Railway of KentuckyC&O19041907Chesapeake and Ohio RailwayChesapeake and Ohio Northern RailwayC&O19141930Chesapeake and Ohio RailwayChesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern RailroadIC18821896Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans RailroadChicago, Burlington and Quincy RailroadCB&QCBQCB&Q?1970Burlington Northern Inc. Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville RailwayCI&LCILMON18971956Monon RailroadChicago, Memphis and Gulf RailroadIC19101963Illinois Central RailroadChicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific RailroadMILWMILW19731985The Milwaukee Road, Inc. Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans RailroadIC18781951Illinois Central RailroadCincinnati, Burnside and Cumberland River RailwaySOU19051970Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific RailwayCincinnati, Flemingsburg and Southeastern Railroad19051920?Flemingsburg and Northern RailroadCincinnati, Green River and Nashville RailroadL&N18821884Chesapeake and Nashville RailwayCincinnati, Lexington and East Tennessee RailroadSOU18671873Cincinnati Southern RailwayCincinnati and Southeastern Railway18801892?Covington, Flemingsburg and Ashland RailwayCincinnati Southern RailwaySOU1869Still exists as a lessor of Norfolk Southern Railway operating subsidiary Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific RailwayCity Passenger RailwayC&O18861888Central City Passenger and Transportation CompanyClinchfield RailroadCRRACLL&N19241983Seaboard System RailroadClinchfield Northern Railway of KentuckyACLL&N19111940Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio RailwayConsolidated Rail CorporationCR19761994Louisville and Indiana RailroadCovington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer and Bridge CompanyC&O18861985Chesapeake and Ohio RailwayCovington and Cincinnati Pier Bridge CompanyC&O18841886Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer and Bridge CompanyCovington, Flemingsburg and Ashland Railway18921905Cincinnati, Flemingsburg and Southeastern RailroadCovington, Flemingsburg and Pound Gap Railway18761879Licking Valley RailwayCovington, Flemingsburg and Southeastern Railway18801880Cincinnati and Southeastern RailwayCovington and Lexington RailroadL&N18491859Kentucky Central RailroadCovington Short Route Transfer RailwayC&O18881904Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of KentuckyCumberland RailroadCMB19021924Artemus–Jellico RailroadCumberland RailwaySOU1905?1944?Southern RailwayCumberland Railway18821882Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago RailwayCumberland and Manchester RailroadC&ML&N19151936Louisville and Nashville RailroadCumberland and Ohio RailroadL&N18691878Northern Division of the Cumberland and Ohio RailroadSouthern Division of the Cumberland and Ohio RailroadCumberland River and Tennessee RailroadL&N18931901Louisville and Nashville RailroadEast Kentucky Southern RailwayEKS19281933N/AEast Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia RailwaySOU1890?1894Southern RailwayEastern Kentucky RailwayEK18701929East Kentucky Southern RailwayElizabethtown, Lexington and Big Sandy RailroadC&O18691902Lexington and Big Sandy RailwayElizabethtown and Paducah RailroadIC18671874Louisville, Paducah and Southwestern RailroadElkhorn and Beaver Valley RailwayC&O1904Chesapeake and Ohio RailwayElkhorn Southern RailwayACLL&N19061911Clinchfield Northern Railway of KentuckyElkton RailroadL&N18711884Elkton and Guthrie RailroadElkton and Guthrie RailroadL&N18841957N/AEvansville, Henderson and Nashville RailroadL&N18671872St. Louis and South Eastern RailwayEvansville, Owensboro and Nashville RailroadL&N18731877Owensboro and Nashville RailroadFalls City Belt Line RailwayPRR19021903Pennsylvania Terminal RailwayFlemingsburg and Northern Railroad19201955N/AFrankfort and Cincinnati RailroadFCIN19271985N/AFrankfort and Cincinnati Railway18971927Frankfort and Cincinnati RailroadFrankfort, Paris and Big Sandy Railroad18711881Paris, Georgetown and Frankfort RailroadGallatin and Scottsville RailwayL&N19061907Louisville and Nashville RailroadGlasgow RailroadL&N18681899Glasgow RailwayGlasgow RailwayL&N1899Still exists as a lessor of CSX TransportationGulf, Mobile and Northern RailroadGM&NGM&O19261938N/AGulf, Mobile and Ohio RailroadGM&OGMOGM&O19401972Illinois Central Gulf RailroadHardin Southern RailroadHSRR19932005KWT RailwayHenderson Belt RailroadL&N18881957Louisville and Nashville RailroadHenderson Bridge CompanyL&N18721906Henderson Bridge and Railroad CompanyHenderson Bridge and Railroad CompanyL&N19061906Louisville and Nashville RailroadHenderson and Nashville RailroadL&N18371867Evansville, Henderson and Nashville RailroadHickman and Obion RailroadL&N18541855Nashville and North Western RailroadHodgenville and Elizabethtown RailwayIC18841902Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans RailroadIllinois Central RailroadICIC1882?1972Illinois Central Gulf RailroadIllinois Central Gulf RailroadICG19721988Illinois Central RailroadIndiana, Alabama and Texas RailroadL&N18851887Louisville and Nashville RailroadIndiana Hi Rail CorporationIHRC19861996CSX TransportationJellico, Bird Eye and Northern RailwayL&N18931902Louisville and Nashville RailroadJ&J RailroadJJRD19831993Hardin Southern RailroadKentucky Central RailroadL&N18611887Kentucky Central RailwayKentucky Central RailwayL&N18871891Louisville and Nashville RailroadKentucky Highlands RailroadL&N19071915Louisville and Nashville RailroadKentucky and Indiana Bridge CompanySOU18801900Kentucky and Indiana Bridge and Railroad CompanyKentucky and Indiana Bridge and Railroad CompanySOU19001910Kentucky and Indiana Terminal RailroadKentucky and Indiana Terminal RailroadKITSOU19101981Southern RailwayKentucky Midland RailroadIC19041922Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans RailroadKentucky Midland Railway18881897Frankfort and Cincinnati RailwayKentucky Northern Railroad18961900N/AKentucky, Rockcastle and Cumberland Railroad1913N/AKentucky and South Atlantic RailroadC&O18881902Lexington and Big Sandy RailwayKentucky and South Atlantic RailwayC&O18821887Kentucky and South Atlantic RailroadKentucky Southern RailroadL&N18721882Louisville, St. Louis and Texas RailwayKentucky and Tennessee RailroadGM&O18701872Mobile and Ohio RailroadKentucky and Tennessee Railroad19021904Kentucky and Tennessee RailwayKentucky Union RailwayL&N18541894Lexington and Eastern RailwayKentucky Valley RailroadIC19051913Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans RailroadKentucky and Virginia RailroadL&N19151915Louisville and Nashville RailroadKentucky Western RailwayIC18991902Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans RailroadKinniconnick and Freestone RailwayC&O18901908Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of KentuckyKnox Creek RailwayN&W19121936Norfolk and Western RailwayKnoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville RailroadL&N18881895Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville RailwayKnoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville RailwayL&N18951896Middlesborough RailroadLenox Railroad19181926?N/ALevisa River RailroadC&O19111946Chesapeake and Ohio RailwayLexington and Big Sandy RailroadC&O18521864Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad, Eastern DivisionLexington and Big Sandy Railroad, Western DivisionLexington and Big Sandy Railroad, Eastern DivisionC&O18651880Ashland Coal and Iron RailwayLexington and Big Sandy Railroad, Western DivisionC&O18651871Elizabethtown, Lexington and Big Sandy RailroadLexington and Big Sandy RailwayC&O19021904Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of KentuckyLexington and Danville RailroadSOU18501858Lexington and Southern Kentucky RailroadLexington and Eastern RailwayL&N18941915Louisville and Nashville RailroadLexington and Frankfort RailroadL&N18481869Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington RailroadLexington and Ohio RailroadLXOH19962003R. J. Corman Railroad/Central Kentucky LinesLexington and Ohio RailroadL&N18301842Lexington and Frankfort RailroadLouisville and Frankfort RailroadLexington and Southern Kentucky RailroadSOU18601867Cincinnati, Lexington and East Tennessee RailroadLexington Union Station CompanyC&OL&N1905Licking and Lexington RailroadL&N18471849Covington and Lexington RailroadLicking River Railroad18991913N/ALicking Valley Railway18961899Licking River RailroadLicking Valley Railway18801880Covington, Flemingsburg and Southeastern RailwayLong Fork RailwayC&O19121933Chesapeake and Ohio RailwayLouisville and Atlantic RailroadL&N18991909Louisville and Nashville RailroadLouisville Bridge CompanyPRR18561918Louisville Bridge and Railroad CompanyLouisville Bridge and Railroad CompanyPRR19181918Louisville Bridge and Terminal RailwayLouisville Bridge and Terminal RailwayPRR19181954Penndel CompanyLouisville, Cincinnati and Lexington RailroadL&N18691877Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington RailwayLouisville, Cincinnati and Lexington RailwayL&N18771881Louisville and Nashville RailroadLouisville, Cloverport and Western RailwayL&N18801882Louisville, St. Louis and Texas RailwayLouisville and Frankfort RailroadL&N18471869Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington RailroadLouisville, Hardinsburg and Western RailwayL&N18881892Louisville, St. Louis and Texas RailwayLouisville, Harrodsburg and Virginia Railroad18681884Louisville Southern RailroadChartered, but never laid track until reörganizationLouisville, Harrods Creek and Westport RailroadL&N18791904Louisville and Nashville RailroadLouisville, Harrods Creek and Westport RailwayL&N18701879Louisville, Harrods Creek and Westport RailroadLouisville, Henderson and St. Louis RailwayLH&SLHSL&N18961984Seaboard System RailroadLouisville and Jeffersonville Bridge CompanyNYC18881917Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge and Railroad CompanyLouisville and Jeffersonville Bridge and Railroad CompanyNYC19171968N/ALouisville and Nashville RailroadL&NLNL&N18501983Seaboard System RailroadLouisville, New Albany and Chicago RailwayMON18821897Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville RailwayLouisville, Paducah and Southwestern RailroadIC18741876Paducah and Elizabethtown RailroadLouisville Railway Transfer CompanyL&N18711893Louisville and Nashville RailroadLouisville, St. Louis and Texas RailwayL&N18821896Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis RailwayLouisville Southern RailroadLSSOU18841894Southern Railway in KentuckyLouisville and Southwestern RailwaySOU18821889Louisville Southern RailroadMadisonville, Hartford and Eastern RailroadL&N19051912Louisville and Nashville RailroadMadisonville and Shawneetown Straight Line RailroadL&N18701872St. Louis and Southeastern RailwayMammoth Cave Railroad18741931N/AMaysville and Big Sandy RailroadC&O18501904Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of KentuckyMaysville and Lexington RailroadL&N18501856Maysville and Lexington Railroad, Northern DivisionMaysville and Lexington Railroad, Southern DivisionMaysville and Lexington Railroad, North DivisionL&N18761921Louisville and Nashville RailroadMaysville and Lexington Railroad, Northern DivisionL&N18681875Maysville and Lexington Railroad, North DivisionMaysville and Lexington Railroad, Southern DivisionL&N18681921Louisville and Nashville RailroadMemphis, Paducah and Northern RailroadIC18781881Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern RailroadMiddle Division of the Cumberland and Ohio RailroadL&N18801888Louisville and Nashville RailroadMiddlesborough RailroadL&N18951896Louisville and Nashville RailroadMiddlesborough Belt RailroadL&N18901895Middlesborough RailroadMiddlesboro Mineral RailwaySOU19001905Cumberland RailwayMillers Creek RailroadC&O19091933Chesapeake and Ohio RailwayThe Milwaukee Road, Inc. MILWMILW19851986Soo Line RailroadMississippi Central RailroadIC18591874New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago RailroadMississippi River RailwayIC18601872Paducah and Memphis RailroadMobile and Ohio RailroadGM&O18481940Gulf, Mobile and Ohio RailroadMonon RailroadMONMON19561971Louisville and Nashville RailroadMorehead and North Fork Railroad19051973?N/AMorehead and West Liberty Railroad1906Morehead and North Fork RailroadMorganfield and Atlanta RailroadL&N19051921Louisville and Nashville RailroadMount Sterling Coal RoadC&O18741882Kentucky and South Atlantic RailwayMountain Central Railway19141928N/ANashville and Chattanooga RailroadL&N1873Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis RailwayNashville and Clarksville RailroadIC19011902Tennessee Central RailroadNashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis RailwayN&CNCL&N18731957Louisville and Nashville RailroadNashville and North Western RailroadL&N18551871Nashville and Chattanooga RailroadNew Orleans and Ohio RailroadIC18521869Paducah and Gulf RailroadNew Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago RailroadIC18741877Central Mississippi RailroadNewport and Cincinnati Bridge CompanyL&N18681904Louisville and Nashville RailroadNewport News and Mississippi Valley CompanyC&OChesapeake and Ohio RailwayNorfolk and Western RailwayN&WNWN&W1998Norfolk Southern RailwayNorthern Division of the Cumberland and Ohio RailroadL&N18781900Shelbyville, Bloomfield and Ohio RailroadOhio and Big Sandy RailroadC&O18891902Lexington and Big Sandy RailwayOhio and Kentucky Railway18941933N/AOhio and Kentucky Bridge CompanyC&O18861886Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer and Bridge CompanyOhio, Kentucky and Virginia RailwayC&O18861887Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago RailroadOhio River and Charleston Railway of KentuckyC&O18941902Lexington and Big Sandy RailwayOhio Valley RailroadIC18801886Ohio Valley RailwayOhio Valley RailwayIC18861897Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans RailroadOhio Valley Coal and Mining CompanyIC18861888Ohio Valley RailwayOhio Valley Railroad and Mining CompanyIC18821886Ohio Valley Coal and Mining CompanyOlympia and Owingsville Railway19161918N/AOwensboro, Falls of Rough and Green River RailroadIC18821897Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans RailroadOwensboro and Nashville RailroadL&N18771881Owensboro and Nashville RailwayOwensboro and Nashville RailwayL&N18811921Louisville and Nashville RailroadOwensboro and Russellville RailroadL&N18671873Evansville, Owensboro and Nashville RailroadOwingsville and Olympia Railroad1915?1916Olympia and Owingsville RailwayPaducah and Elizabethtown RailroadIC18771882Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern RailroadPaducah and Gulf RailroadIC18691872Paducah and Memphis RailroadPaducah and Illinois RailroadPICB&QIC L&N1910Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway, Canadian National Railway, and CSX TransportationPaducah and Memphis RailroadIC18721877Memphis, Paducah and Northern RailroadPaducah, Tennessee and Alabama RailroadL&N18921895Louisville and Nashville RailroadPaducah Union Depot CompanyIC18881913Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans RailroadParis, Georgetown and Frankfort Railroad18711888Kentucky Midland RailwayPassenger and Belt RailwayC&O18881895Chesapeake and Ohio RailwayPenn Central Transportation CompanyPC19681976Consolidated Rail CorporationPenndel CompanyPRR19541976Consolidated Rail CorporationPennsylvania RailroadPRRPRR1921?1968Penn Central Transportation CompanyPennsylvania Terminal RailwayPRR19031918Louisville Bridge and Terminal RailwayPine Mountain RailroadL&N19051913Louisville and Nashville RailroadPortsmouth and Tygart Valley Railroad1892?≤1911N/APrinceton and Ohio River RailroadL&N18821885Indiana, Alabama and Texas RailroadRed River Valley Railroad1914?N/ARichmond, Nicholasville, Irvine and Beattyville RailroadL&N18881899Louisville and Atlantic RailroadRockcastle Railroad19131913Rockcastle River RailwayRockcastle River Railway19131932N/ASt. Louis and South Eastern RailwayL&N18721879Louisville and Nashville RailroadSt. Louis and Southeastern RailwayL&N18721872St. Louis and South Eastern RailwaySandy Valley and Elkhorn RailwayC&O19021933Chesapeake and Ohio RailwaySeaboard System RailroadSBD19831986CSX TransportationShelby RailroadL&N18511902Louisville and Nashville RailroadShelbyville, Bloomfield and Ohio RailroadL&N19001901Louisville and Nashville RailroadShort Route Railway Transfer CompanyIC18731897Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans RailroadSoo Line RailroadSOO19862006Indiana Rail RoadSouth Kentucky RailroadIC18711880Ohio Valley RailroadSouth and Western RailroadACLL&N19051908Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio RailwaySouth and Western RailwayACLL&N19021906South and Western RailroadSouthern RailwaySOUSOU18941990Norfolk Southern RailwaySouthern Railway in KentuckySOU18941944?Southern RailwaySouthern Division of the Cumberland and Ohio RailroadL&N18781903Louisville and Nashville RailroadSouthwestern RailroadSOU18761889Louisville Southern RailroadTennessee Central RailroadIC19021922Tennessee Central RailwayTennessee Central RailwayTCIC19221968Illinois Central RailroadTennessee and Kentucky RailroadL&N18811881Owensboro and Nashville RailwayTradewater RailwayTRWY19821995Western Kentucky RailwayTug River and Kentucky RailroadN&W19131936Norfolk and Western RailwayVersailles and Midway RailwaySOU18841889Louisville Southern RailroadWasioto and Black Mountain RailroadL&N19081915Kentucky and Virginia RailroadWilliamson and Pond Creek RailroadN&W19121936Norfolk and Western RailwayWinchester and Beattyville RailroadL&N18781893Beattyville and Cumberland Gap RailroadWoodford RailroadSOU18711889Louisville Southern Railroad