The Railroads of Kentucky During the 1940s & 1950s

by Charles H. Bogart

Kentucky claims to be the birthplace of railroading west of the Appalachian Mountains. In 1832, the Lexington & Ohio Railroad (L&O) began to build track from Lexington to Louisville. Unfortunately the L&O got no further than Frankfort on the Kentucky River when it ran out of money. Railroad construction in Kentucky would stagnate until the 1850s when four companies started to build track, three were north-south and one east-west. An amalgamation of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1387972006
• ISBN13: 9781387972005
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"