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The Dawkins Line Rail Trail is an 18-mile (29.0 km) rail trail in Johnson and Magoffin Counties in Kentucky. The multi-use trail, suitable for biking, walking, and horseback riding, occupies an abandoned rail corridor that was constructed in the early 20th century for the Dawkins Lumber Company. [1] It is the longest rail trail in Kentucky.
1867–1933. Technical. Track gauge. 4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Eastern Kentucky Railway ( reporting mark EK) was a railroad in northeastern Kentucky, United States. It served mainly mine traffic, running north from Webbville through Grayson to Riverton (now part of Greenup) on the Ohio River and Chesapeake and Ohio ...
The railroad hauled lumber, furniture, farm chemicals, and scrap, but was originally built to haul tobacco to market. The line was abandoned in 1985 and its rails were removed. In later years, at least 2.5 miles of the old Cadiz Railroad - from Jefferson Street to Fortner Drive - were converted to a walking/running/biking trail.
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 ...
Length. 40.8 mi (65.7 km) The Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad is a defunct shortline railroad based in Kentucky. Despite its name, it had no connections with Cincinnati, Ohio. [1] The Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad ran between Frankfort, Kentucky, and Paris, Kentucky, with a major stop in Georgetown, Kentucky; a distance of 40 miles (64 km).
Length. 10,396 miles (16,731 kilometers) The Louisville and Nashville Railroad (reporting mark LN), commonly called the L&N, was a Class I railroad that operated freight and passenger services in the southeast United States. Chartered by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1850, the road grew into one of the great success stories of American business.
Poland Tunnel, abandoned pedestrian tunnel between the ghost towns of Poland and Walker, south of Prescott. Mule Pass Tunnel, 1,400-ft long, road SR 80, Bisbee, Arizona. Deck Park Tunnel, 2,887-ft twin road tunnels, Interstate 10, Phoenix. Queen Creek Tunnel, 1,200-ft road US 60, just east of Superior.
The former Louisville and Nashville Railroad Lebanon Branch (AKA Knoxville Branch) was 77 miles long and ran from Lebanon Junction in Bullitt County to near Mt. Vernon in Rockcastle County. Construction of the branch began in 1857, reaching Lebanon in that year. The line was extended to Crab Orchard [1] in 1866 and completed in 1868.