Then, on May 1, 1880, it purchased the StL&SE’s Illinois and Indiana divisions between Henderson/Evansville and St. First, it purchased the railroad’s Kentucky and Tennessee divisions between Nashville and Henderson, Kentucky in 1879. The L&N made acquisitions that helped it extend to St. Carrying freight for the industry helped pay for L&N’s further expansion.ĭuring the late 1870s and throughout the 1880s the L&N made a number of acquisitions which saw its rail lines extend significantly. Also, in the area around Birmingham deposits of coal and iron were discovered, which spawned a new steel industry. The L&N management’s post-war goal was a direct route to the Gulf Coast.īy 1872 a series of small acquisitions helped the L&N reach Montgomery, Alabama. The railroad began rebuilding and expanding in the decade after the war ended.

Nonetheless, the L&N survived the war in relatively good shape financially. However, the Civil War stopped any additional growth moreover, the war was very detrimental to the L&N’s rail lines.īecause its rail lines were located in both the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, much of the L&N’s track was destroyed by troops from both sides of the conflict. (Photo: )įour years later the railroad’s charter was finished on Octoservice to Nashville began. An L&N locomotive, part of the M-1 class nicknamed “Big Emmas,” steams near Winchester, Kentucky on June 5, 1956. The L&N’s first segment officially opened on August 25, 1855, while work continued to lay rails to Tennessee. The railroad’s owners then sought construction funding they did so, and construction began in May 1853. The Forum at FreightWaves LIVE (Fall 2019).Evolve: The Next Evolution of Oil & Gas.Podcasts: FreightWaves FreightCasts Network.

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