The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Kentucky.
Common freight carriers
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiary Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
- CSX Transportation (CSXT) including subsidiary Carrollton Railroad (CARR)
- Operates the Glasgow Railway
- Fredonia Valley Railroad (FVRR)
- Kentucky and Tennessee Railway (KT)
- KWT Railway (KWT)
- Louisville and Indiana Railroad (LIRC)
- Louisville Riverport Railroad (LORJ)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) including subsidiary Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway (CNTP)
- Paducah and Illinois Railroad (PI)
- Paducah and Louisville Railway (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 (TTIS)
- West Tennessee Railroad (WTNN)
Private freight carriers
- Cando Contracting
- Centrus Energy
- JRL Coal
- Respondek Railroad
- R.J. Corman Railroad Switching
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (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
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Mark
!System
!From
!To
!Successor
!Notes
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|Altamont and Manchester Railroad
|
|L&N
|1890
|1898
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Artemus–Jellico Railroad
|AJR
|
|1924
|1952
|N/A
|
|-
|Ashland Coal and Iron Railway
|
|C&O
|1880
|1933
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|-
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|B&O<br />BO
|B&O
|1905
|1987
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|-
|Bardstown and Louisville Railroad
|
|L&N
|1854
|1864
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Barren County Railroad
|
|L&N
|1856
|1868
|Glasgow Railroad
|
|-
|Beattyville and Cumberland Gap Railroad
|
|L&N
|1893
|1900
|Louisville and Atlantic Railroad
|
|-
|Big Sandy Railway
|
|C&O
|1902
|1906
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky
|
|-
|Big Sandy and Cumberland Railroad
|BS&C
|N&W
|1900
|1932
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|
|-
|Big Sandy and Kentucky River Railway
|BS&K
|C&O
|1912
|1933
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|-
|Bowling Green and Tennessee Railroad
|
|L&N
|1850
|1852
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Bowlinggreen Portage Railway
|
|L&N
|1836
|1853
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Brooksville Railroad
|
|
|1895
|1919
|Brooksville and Ohio River Railroad
|
|-
|Brooksville and Ohio River Railroad
|
|
|1919
|1931
|N/A
|
|-
|Buck Creek Railroad
|
|N&W
|1924?
|1936
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|
|-
|Burlington Northern Inc.
|BN
|
|1970
|1981
|Burlington Northern Railroad
|
|-
|Burlington Northern Railroad
|BN
|
|1981
|1996
|BNSF Railway
|
|-
|Burnside and Cincinnati Railway
|
|SOU
|1903
|1905
|Cincinnati, Burnside and Cumberland River Railway
|
|-
|Burnside and Cumberland River Railway
|
|SOU
|1890
|1905
|Burnside and Cincinnati Railway
|
|-
|Cadiz Railroad
|CAD
|
|1901
|1988
|N/A
|
|-
|Caney Valley Railway
|
|
|1910
|1933?
|N/A
|
|-
|Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
|CC&O, CCO
|ACL<br />L&N
|
|1990
|CSX Transportation
|
|-
|Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway
|
|
|1882
|1895
|N/A
|Sold at foreclosure; no railroad owned in Kentucky
|-
|Carrollton and Worthville Railroad
|
|
|1905
|1929
|Carrollton Railroad
|
|-
|Central City Passenger and Transportation Company
|
|C&O
|1888
|1888
|Passenger and Belt Railway
|
|-
|Central Mississippi Railroad
|
|IC
|1877
|1878
|Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|-
|Central Transfer Company
|
|L&N<br />SOU
|1884
|1890
|Central Transfer Railway and Storage Company
|
|-
|Central Transfer Railway and Storage Company
|
|L&N<br />SOU
|1890
|
|
|Still exists as a joint subsidiary of CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway
|-
|Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
|
|C&O
|1887
|1893
|Ohio River and Charleston Railway of Kentucky
|
|-
|Chattaroi Railway
|
|C&O
|1873
|1888
|Ohio and Big Sandy Railroad
|
|-
|Chesapeake and Nashville Railway
|
|L&N
|1884
|1892
|Gallatin and Scottsville Railway
|
|-
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|C&O<br />CO
|C&O
|
|1987
|CSX Transportation
|
|-
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky
|
|C&O
|1904
|1907
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|-
|Chesapeake and Ohio Northern Railway
|
|C&O
|1914
|1930
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|-
|Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad
|
|IC
|1882
|1896
|Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|-
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|CB&Q<br />CBQ
|CB&Q
|?
|1970
|Burlington Northern Inc.
|
|-
|Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
|CI&L<br />CIL
|MON
|1897
|1956
|Monon Railroad
|
|-
|Chicago, Memphis and Gulf Railroad
|
|IC
|1910
|1963
|Illinois Central Railroad
|
|-
|Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
|MILW
|MILW
|1973
|1985
|The Milwaukee Road, Inc.
|
|-
|Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|IC
|1878
|1951
|Illinois Central Railroad
|
|-
|Cincinnati, Burnside and Cumberland River Railway
|
|SOU
|1905
|1970
|Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
|
|-
|Cincinnati, Flemingsburg and Southeastern Railroad
|
|
|1905
|1920?
|Flemingsburg and Northern Railroad
|
|-
|Cincinnati, Green River and Nashville Railroad
|
|L&N
|1882
|1884
|Chesapeake and Nashville Railway
|
|-
|Cincinnati, Lexington and East Tennessee Railroad
|
|SOU
|1867
|1873
|Cincinnati Southern Railway
|
|-
|Cincinnati and Southeastern Railway
|
|
|1880
|1892?
|Covington, Flemingsburg and Ashland Railway
|
|-
|Cincinnati Southern Railway
|
|SOU
|1869
|
|
|Still exists as a lessor of Norfolk Southern Railway operating subsidiary Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
|-
|City Passenger Railway
|
|C&O
|1886
|1888
|Central City Passenger and Transportation Company
|
|-
|Clinchfield Railroad
|CRR
|ACL<br />L&N
|1924
|1983
|Seaboard System Railroad
|
|-
|Clinchfield Northern Railway of Kentucky
|
|ACL<br />L&N
|1911
|1940
|Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
|
|-
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|CR
|
|1976
|1994
|Louisville and Indiana Railroad
|
|-
|Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer and Bridge Company
|
|C&O
|1886
|1985
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|-
|Covington and Cincinnati Pier Bridge Company
|
|C&O
|1884
|1886
|Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer and Bridge Company
|
|-
|Covington, Flemingsburg and Ashland Railway
|
|
|1892
|1905
|Cincinnati, Flemingsburg and Southeastern Railroad
|
|-
|Covington, Flemingsburg and Pound Gap Railway
|
|
|1876
|1879
|Licking Valley Railway
|
|-
|Covington, Flemingsburg and Southeastern Railway
|
|
|1880
|1880
|Cincinnati and Southeastern Railway
|
|-
|Covington and Lexington Railroad
|
|L&N
|1849
|1859
|Kentucky Central Railroad
|
|-
|Covington Short Route Transfer Railway
|
|C&O
|1888
|1904
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky
|
|-
|Cumberland Railroad
|CMB
|
|1902
|1924
|Artemus–Jellico Railroad
|
|-
|Cumberland Railway
|
|SOU
|1905?
|1944?
|Southern Railway
|
|-
|Cumberland Railway
|
|
|1882
|1882
|Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway
|
|-
|Cumberland and Manchester Railroad
|C&M
|L&N
|1915
|1936
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Cumberland and Ohio Railroad
|
|L&N
|1869
|1878
|Northern Division of the Cumberland and Ohio Railroad<br />Southern Division of the Cumberland and Ohio Railroad
|
|-
|Cumberland River and Tennessee Railroad
|
|L&N
|1893
|1901
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|East Kentucky Southern Railway
|EKS
|
|1928
|1933
|N/A
|
|-
|East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
|
|SOU
|1890?
|1894
|Southern Railway
|
|-
|Eastern Kentucky Railway
|EK
|
|1870
|1929
|East Kentucky Southern Railway
|
|-
|Elizabethtown, Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad
|
|C&O
|1869
|1902
|Lexington and Big Sandy Railway
|
|-
|Elizabethtown and Paducah Railroad
|
|IC
|1867
|1874
|Louisville, Paducah and Southwestern Railroad
|
|-
|Elkhorn and Beaver Valley Railway
|
|C&O
|1904
|
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|-
|Elkhorn Southern Railway
|
|ACL<br />L&N
|1906
|1911
|Clinchfield Northern Railway of Kentucky
|
|-
|Elkton Railroad
|
|L&N
|1871
|1884
|Elkton and Guthrie Railroad
|
|-
|Elkton and Guthrie Railroad
|
|L&N
|1884
|1957
|N/A
|
|-
|Evansville, Henderson and Nashville Railroad
|
|L&N
|1867
|1872
|St. Louis and South Eastern Railway
|
|-
|Evansville, Owensboro and Nashville Railroad
|
|L&N
|1873
|1877
|Owensboro and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Falls City Belt Line Railway
|
|PRR
|1902
|1903
|Pennsylvania Terminal Railway
|
|-
|Flemingsburg and Northern Railroad
|
|
|1920
|1955
|N/A
|
|-
|Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad
|FCIN
|
|1927
|1985
|N/A
|
|-
|Frankfort and Cincinnati Railway
|
|
|1897
|1927
|Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad
|
|-
|Frankfort, Paris and Big Sandy Railroad
|
|
|1871
|1881
|Paris, Georgetown and Frankfort Railroad
|
|-
|Gallatin and Scottsville Railway
|
|L&N
|1906
|1907
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Glasgow Railroad
|
|L&N
|1868
|1899
|Glasgow Railway
|
|-
|Glasgow Railway
|
|L&N
|1899
|
|
|Still exists as a lessor of CSX Transportation
|-
|Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
|GM&N
|GM&O
|1926
|1938
|N/A
|
|-
|Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|GM&O<br />GMO
|GM&O
|1940
|1972
|Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
|
|-
|Hardin Southern Railroad
|HSRR
|
|1993
|2005
|KWT Railway
|
|-
|Henderson Belt Railroad
|
|L&N
|1888
|1957
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Henderson Bridge Company
|
|L&N
|1872
|1906
|Henderson Bridge and Railroad Company
|
|-
|Henderson Bridge and Railroad Company
|
|L&N
|1906
|1906
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Henderson and Nashville Railroad
|
|L&N
|1837
|1867
|Evansville, Henderson and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Hickman and Obion Railroad
|
|L&N
|1854
|1855
|Nashville and North Western Railroad
|
|-
|Hodgenville and Elizabethtown Railway
|
|IC
|1884
|1902
|Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|-
|Illinois Central Railroad
|IC
|IC
|1882?
|1972
|Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
|
|-
|Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
|ICG
|
|1972
|1988
|Illinois Central Railroad
|
|-
|Indiana, Alabama and Texas Railroad
|
|L&N
|1885
|1887
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation
|IHRC
|
|1986
|1996
|CSX Transportation
|
|-
|Jellico, Bird-Eye and Northern Railway
|
|L&N
|1893
|1902
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|J&J Railroad
|JJRD
|
|1983
|1993
|Hardin Southern Railroad
|
|-
|Kentucky Central Railroad
|
|L&N
|1861
|1887
|Kentucky Central Railway
|
|-
|Kentucky Central Railway
|
|L&N
|1887
|1891
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Kentucky Highlands Railroad
|
|L&N
|1907
|1915
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company
|
|SOU
|1880
|1900
|Kentucky and Indiana Bridge and Railroad Company
|
|-
|Kentucky and Indiana Bridge and Railroad Company
|
|SOU
|1900
|1910
|Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Railroad
|
|-
|Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Railroad
|KIT
|SOU
|1910
|1981
|Southern Railway
|
|-
|Kentucky Midland Railroad
|
|IC
|1904
|1922
|Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|-
|Kentucky Midland Railway
|
|
|1888
|1897
|Frankfort and Cincinnati Railway
|
|-
|Kentucky Northern Railroad
|
|
|1896
|1900
|N/A
|
|-
|Kentucky, Rockcastle and Cumberland Railroad
|
|
|1913
|
|N/A
|
|-
|Kentucky and South Atlantic Railroad
|
|C&O
|1888
|1902
|Lexington and Big Sandy Railway
|
|-
|Kentucky and South Atlantic Railway
|
|C&O
|1882
|1887
|Kentucky and South Atlantic Railroad
|
|-
|Kentucky Southern Railroad
|
|L&N
|1872
|1882
|Louisville, St. Louis and Texas Railway
|
|-
|Kentucky and Tennessee Railroad
|
|GM&O
|1870
|1872
|Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|
|-
|Kentucky and Tennessee Railroad
|
|
|1902
|1904
|Kentucky and Tennessee Railway
|
|-
|Kentucky Union Railway
|
|L&N
|1854
|1894
|Lexington and Eastern Railway
|
|-
|Kentucky Valley Railroad
|
|IC
|1905
|1913
|Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|-
|Kentucky and Virginia Railroad
|
|L&N
|1915
|1915
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Kentucky Western Railway
|
|IC
|1899
|1902
|Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|-
|Kinniconnick and Freestone Railway
|
|C&O
|1890
|1908
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky
|
|-
|Knox Creek Railway
|
|N&W
|1912
|1936
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|
|-
|Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railroad
|
|L&N
|1888
|1895
|Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railway
|
|-
|Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railway
|
|L&N
|1895
|1896
|Middlesborough Railroad
|
|-
|Lenox Railroad
|
|
|1918
|1926?
|N/A
|
|-
|Levisa River Railroad
|
|C&O
|1911
|1946
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|-
|Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad
|
|C&O
|1852
|1864
|Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad, Eastern Division<br />Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad, Western Division
|
|-
|Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad, Eastern Division
|
|C&O
|1865
|1880
|Ashland Coal and Iron Railway
|
|-
|Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad, Western Division
|
|C&O
|1865
|1871
|Elizabethtown, Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad
|
|-
|Lexington and Big Sandy Railway
|
|C&O
|1902
|1904
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky
|
|-
|Lexington and Danville Railroad
|
|SOU
|1850
|1858
|Lexington and Southern Kentucky Railroad
|
|-
|Lexington and Eastern Railway
|
|L&N
|1894
|1915
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Lexington and Frankfort Railroad
|
|L&N
|1848
|1869
|Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad
|
|-
|Lexington and Ohio Railroad
|LXOH
|
|1996
|2003
|R.J. Corman Railroad/Central Kentucky Lines
|
|-
|Lexington and Ohio Railroad
|
|L&N
|1830
|1842
|Lexington and Frankfort Railroad<br />Louisville and Frankfort Railroad
|
|-
|Lexington and Southern Kentucky Railroad
|
|SOU
|1860
|1867
|Cincinnati, Lexington and East Tennessee Railroad
|
|-
|Lexington Union Station Company
|
|C&O<br />L&N
|1905
|
|
|
|-
|Licking and Lexington Railroad
|
|L&N
|1847
|1849
|Covington and Lexington Railroad
|
|-
|Licking River Railroad
|
|
|1899
|1913
|N/A
|
|-
|Licking Valley Railway
|
|
|1896
|1899
|Licking River Railroad
|
|-
|Licking Valley Railway
|
|
|1880
|1880
|Covington, Flemingsburg and Southeastern Railway
|
|-
|Long Fork Railway
|
|C&O
|1912
|1933
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|-
|Louisville and Atlantic Railroad
|
|L&N
|1899
|1909
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Louisville Bridge Company
|
|PRR
|1856
|1918
|Louisville Bridge and Railroad Company
|
|-
|Louisville Bridge and Railroad Company
|
|PRR
|1918
|1918
|Louisville Bridge and Terminal Railway
|
|-
|Louisville Bridge and Terminal Railway
|
|PRR
|1918
|1954
|Penndel Company
|
|-
|Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad
|
|L&N
|1869
|1877
|Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railway
|
|-
|Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railway
|
|L&N
|1877
|1881
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Louisville, Cloverport and Western Railway
|
|L&N
|1880
|1882
|Louisville, St. Louis and Texas Railway
|
|-
|Louisville and Frankfort Railroad
|
|L&N
|1847
|1869
|Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad
|
|-
|Louisville, Hardinsburg and Western Railway
|
|L&N
|1888
|1892
|Louisville, St. Louis and Texas Railway
|
|-
|Louisville, Harrodsburg and Virginia Railroad
|
|
|1868
|1884
|Louisville Southern Railroad
|Chartered, but never laid track until reorganization
|-
|Louisville, Harrods Creek and Westport Railroad
|
|L&N
|1879
|1904
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Louisville, Harrods Creek and Westport Railway
|
|L&N
|1870
|1879
|Louisville, Harrods Creek and Westport Railroad
|
|-
|Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis Railway
|LH&S<br />LHS
|L&N
|1896
|1984
|Seaboard System Railroad
|
|-
|Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge Company
|
|NYC
|1888
|1917
|Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge and Railroad Company
|
|-
|Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge and Railroad Company
|
|NYC
|1917
|1968
|N/A
|
|-
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|L&N<br />LN
|L&N
|1850
|1983
|Seaboard System Railroad
|
|-
|Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway
|
|MON
|1882
|1897
|Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
|
|-
|Louisville, Paducah and Southwestern Railroad
|
|IC
|1874
|1876
|Paducah and Elizabethtown Railroad
|
|-
|Louisville Railway Transfer Company
|
|L&N
|1871
|1893
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Louisville, St. Louis and Texas Railway
|
|L&N
|1882
|1896
|Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis Railway
|
|-
|Louisville Southern Railroad
|LS
|SOU
|1884
|1894
|Southern Railway in Kentucky
|
|-
|Louisville and Southwestern Railway
|
|SOU
|1882
|1889
|Louisville Southern Railroad
|
|-
|Madisonville, Hartford and Eastern Railroad
|
|L&N
|1905
|1912
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Madisonville and Shawneetown Straight Line Railroad
|
|L&N
|1870
|1872
|St. Louis and Southeastern Railway
|
|-
|Mammoth Cave Railroad
|
|
|1874
|1931
|N/A
|
|-
|Maysville and Big Sandy Railroad
|
|C&O
|1850
|1904
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky
|
|-
|Maysville and Lexington Railroad
|
|L&N
|1850
|1856
|Maysville and Lexington Railroad, Northern Division<br />Maysville and Lexington Railroad, Southern Division
|
|-
|Maysville and Lexington Railroad, North Division
|
|L&N
|1876
|1921
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Maysville and Lexington Railroad, Northern Division
|
|L&N
|1868
|1875
|Maysville and Lexington Railroad, North Division
|
|-
|Maysville and Lexington Railroad, Southern Division
|
|L&N
|1868
|1921
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad
|
|L&N
|1852
|1871
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Memphis, Paducah and Northern Railroad
|
|IC
|1878
|1881
|Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad
|
|-
|Middle Division of the Cumberland and Ohio Railroad
|
|L&N
|1880
|1888
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Middlesborough Railroad
|
|L&N
|1895
|1896
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Middlesborough Belt Railroad
|
|L&N
|1890
|1895
|Middlesborough Railroad
|
|-
|Middlesboro Mineral Railway
|
|SOU
|1900
|1905
|Cumberland Railway
|
|-
|Millers Creek Railroad
|
|C&O
|1909
|1933
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|-
|The Milwaukee Road, Inc.
|MILW
|MILW
|1985
|1986
|Soo Line Railroad
|
|-
|Mississippi Central Railroad
|
|IC
|1859
|1874
|New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad
|
|-
|Mississippi River Railway
|
|IC
|1860
|1872
|Paducah and Memphis Railroad
|
|-
|Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|
|GM&O
|1848
|1940
|Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|
|-
|Monon Railroad
|MON
|MON
|1956
|1971
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Morehead and North Fork Railroad
|
|
|1905
|1973?
|N/A
|
|-
|Morehead and West Liberty Railroad
|
|
|
|1906
|Morehead and North Fork Railroad
|
|-
|Morganfield and Atlanta Railroad
|
|L&N
|1905
|1921
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Mount Sterling Coal Road
|
|C&O
|1874
|1882
|Kentucky and South Atlantic Railway
|
|-
|Mountain Central Railway
|
|
|1914
|1928
|N/A
|
|-
|Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
|
|L&N
|
|1873
|Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
|
|-
|Nashville and Clarksville Railroad
|
|IC
|1901
|1902
|Tennessee Central Railroad
|
|-
|Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
|N&C<br />NC
|L&N
|1873
|1957
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Nashville and North Western Railroad
|
|L&N
|1855
|1871
|Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
|
|-
|New Orleans and Ohio Railroad
|
|IC
|1852
|1869
|Paducah and Gulf Railroad
|
|-
|New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad
|
|IC
|1874
|1877
|Central Mississippi Railroad
|
|-
|Newport and Cincinnati Bridge Company
|
|L&N
|1868
|1904
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Newport News and Mississippi Valley Company
|
|C&O
|
|
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|-
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|N&W<br />NW
|N&W
|
|1998
|Norfolk Southern Railway
|
|-
|Northern Division of the Cumberland and Ohio Railroad
|
|L&N
|1878
|1900
|Shelbyville, Bloomfield and Ohio Railroad
|
|-
|Ohio and Big Sandy Railroad
|
|C&O
|1889
|1902
|Lexington and Big Sandy Railway
|
|-
|Ohio and Kentucky Railway
|
|
|1894
|1933
|N/A
|
|-
|Ohio and Kentucky Bridge Company
|
|C&O
|1886
|1886
|Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer and Bridge Company
|
|-
|Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia Railway
|
|C&O
|1886
|1887
|Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
|
|-
|Ohio River and Charleston Railway of Kentucky
|
|C&O
|1894
|1902
|Lexington and Big Sandy Railway
|
|-
|Ohio Valley Railroad
|
|IC
|1880
|1886
|Ohio Valley Railway
|
|-
|Ohio Valley Railway
|
|IC
|1886
|1897
|Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|-
|Ohio Valley Coal and Mining Company
|
|IC
|1886
|1888
|Ohio Valley Railway
|
|-
|Ohio Valley Railroad and Mining Company
|
|IC
|1882
|1886
|Ohio Valley Coal and Mining Company
|
|-
|Olympia and Owingsville Railway
|
|
|1916
|1918
|N/A
|
|-
|Owensboro, Falls of Rough and Green River Railroad
|
|IC
|1882
|1897
|Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|-
|Owensboro and Nashville Railroad
|
|L&N
|1877
|1881
|Owensboro and Nashville Railway
|
|-
|Owensboro and Nashville Railway
|
|L&N
|1881
|1921
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Owensboro and Russellville Railroad
|
|L&N
|1867
|1873
|Evansville, Owensboro and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Owingsville and Olympia Railroad
|
|
|1915?
|1916
|Olympia and Owingsville Railway
|
|-
|Paducah and Elizabethtown Railroad
|
|IC
|1877
|1882
|Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad
|
|-
|Paducah and Gulf Railroad
|
|IC
|1869
|1872
|Paducah and Memphis Railroad
|
|-
|Paducah and Illinois Railroad
|PI
|CB&Q<br />IC<br /> L&N
|1910
|
|
|Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway, Canadian National Railway, and CSX Transportation
|-
|Paducah and Memphis Railroad
|
|IC
|1872
|1877
|Memphis, Paducah and Northern Railroad
|
|-
|Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama Railroad
|
|L&N
|1892
|1895
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Paducah Union Depot Company
|
|IC
|1888
|1913
|Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|-
|Paris, Georgetown and Frankfort Railroad
|
|
|1871
|1888
|Kentucky Midland Railway
|
|-
|Passenger and Belt Railway
|
|C&O
|1888
|1895
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|-
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|PC
|
|1968
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
|-
|Penndel Company
|
|PRR
|1954
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
|-
|Pennsylvania Railroad
|PRR
|PRR
|1921?
|1968
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|
|-
|Pennsylvania Terminal Railway
|
|PRR
|1903
|1918
|Louisville Bridge and Terminal Railway
|
|-
|Pine Mountain Railroad
|
|L&N
|1905
|1913
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Portsmouth and Tygart Valley Railroad
|
|
|1892?
|≤1911
|N/A
|
|-
|Princeton and Ohio River Railroad
|
|L&N
|1882
|1885
|Indiana, Alabama and Texas Railroad
|
|-
|Red River Valley Railroad
|
|
|
|1914?
|N/A
|
|-
|Richmond, Nicholasville, Irvine and Beattyville Railroad
|
|L&N
|1888
|1899
|Louisville and Atlantic Railroad
|
|-
|Rockcastle Railroad
|
|
|1913
|1913
|Rockcastle River Railway
|
|-
|Rockcastle River Railway
|
|
|1913
|1932
|N/A
|
|-
|St. Louis and South Eastern Railway
|
|L&N
|1872
|1879
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|St. Louis and Southeastern Railway
|
|L&N
|1872
|1872
|St. Louis and South Eastern Railway
|
|-
|Sandy Valley and Elkhorn Railway
|
|C&O
|1902
|1933
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
|-
|Seaboard System Railroad
|SBD
|
|1983
|1986
|CSX Transportation
|
|-
|Shelby Railroad
|
|L&N
|1851
|1902
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Shelbyville, Bloomfield and Ohio Railroad
|
|L&N
|1900
|1901
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Short Route Railway Transfer Company
|
|IC
|1873
|1897
|Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|-
|Soo Line Railroad
|SOO
|
|1986
|2006
|Indiana Rail Road
|
|-
|South Kentucky Railroad
|
|IC
|1871
|1880
|Ohio Valley Railroad
|
|-
|South and Western Railroad
|
|ACL<br />L&N
|1905
|1908
|Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
|
|-
|South and Western Railway
|
|ACL<br />L&N
|1902
|1906
|South and Western Railroad
|
|-
|Southern Railway
|SOU
|SOU
|1894
|1990
|Norfolk Southern Railway
|
|-
|Southern Railway in Kentucky
|
|SOU
|1894
|1944?
|Southern Railway
|
|-
|Southern Division of the Cumberland and Ohio Railroad
|
|L&N
|1878
|1903
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Southwestern Railroad
|
|SOU
|1876
|1889
|Louisville Southern Railroad
|
|-
|Tennessee Central Railroad
|
|IC
|1902
|1922
|Tennessee Central Railway
|
|-
|Tennessee Central Railway
|TC
|IC
|1922
|1968
|Illinois Central Railroad
|
|-
|Tennessee and Kentucky Railroad
|
|L&N
|1881
|1881
|Owensboro and Nashville Railway
|
|-
|Tradewater Railway
|TRWY
|
|1982
|1995
|Western Kentucky Railway
|
|-
|Tug River and Kentucky Railroad
|
|N&W
|1913
|1936
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|
|-
|Versailles and Midway Railway
|
|SOU
|1884
|1889
|Louisville Southern Railroad
|
|-
|Wasioto and Black Mountain Railroad
|
|L&N
|1908
|1915
|Kentucky and Virginia Railroad
|
|-
|Williamson and Pond Creek Railroad
|
|N&W
|1912
|1936
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|
|-
|Winchester and Beattyville Railroad
|
|L&N
|1878
|1893
|Beattyville and Cumberland Gap Railroad
|
|-
|Woodford Railroad
|
|SOU
|1871
|1889
|Louisville Southern Railroad
|
|}
Electric
- Blue Grass Traction Company
- Camden Interstate Railway
- Central Kentucky Traction Company
- Georgetown and Lexington Traction Company
- Louisville Railway
- Louisville, Anchorage and Pewee Valley Electric Railway
- Louisville and Eastern Railroad
- Louisville and Interurban Railroad
- Louisville and Northern Railway and Lighting Company
- Ohio Valley Electric Railway
See also
- List of United States railroads
Notes
References
- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Kentucky (PDF). Retrieved May 9, 2005.