Organization

Louisville & Nashville Railroad

1850-03-05 to 1982-12-31

Chartered in 1850 by the Kentucky and Tennessee legislatures. Main line completed on November 1, 1859. Branch from Louisville to Lebanon was completed in 1858. Branch from Louisville to Bardstown was completed in 1860. Line from Louisville to Memphis was completed in 1861. President: James Guthrie.

Bibliography

The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture ed. Carroll Van West (Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 2002).
Charles B. Castner, "A Brief History of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad,"http://www.lnrr.org/History.aspx (accessed 03/14/2017).
Charles B. Castner, "Louisville and Nashville Railroad," inThe Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 570-80.

Citation

Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200973 (November 12, 2026).

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