TIP#151 - L & N RAILROAD - PART 2 Remember to check out the KYRESEARCH message board shown in my signture line. All past tips are located there! I am returning for another look at the old railroads in Kentucky. This is taken from Collins' History, 1874. The railroad depots in existence at this time gives us an idea of how our ancestors traveled from point to point, and many of the stations were named for the resident whose land on which it was situated. The largest of the railroads in Kentucky was the Louisville and Nashville. This list will show the name of the station, the county, and the distance from the starting point - which for the L & N was Louisville of course. We are continuing the route of this line. NASHVILLE, TN TO DECATUR, AL: Nashville, Davidson, 185 (starting point from Louisville) Franklin, 204 Columbia, 231 Pulaski, 264 Veto, "near the state line", 280 Athens, AL, 292 Decatur, AL, 307 DECATUR, AL to MONTGOMERY, AL: Decatur, AL, 307 Birmingham, AL, 395 Ironton, AL, 401 Calera, AL 428 Montgomery, AL 490 Montgomery, AL to Pensacola, FL 164 Montgomery to Mobile, AL, 186 Louisville to Mobile, 676 Louisville to Pensacola, 654 LOUISVILLE to MEMPHIS, TN Louisville, Jefferson, 0 Bowling Green, Warren, 113 ½ Memphis Junction, 118 Rockfield, 123 South Union, Logan Co KY, 128 ½ Auburn, 131 ½ McLeod, 163 1/3 Russellville, 143 ¼ Cave Spring, 148 Whippoorwill, 150 Olmstead, 153 Allensville, Todd Co KY, 156 ¾ Hadensville, 161 ¼ Guthrie, 163 ½ Tait's, Montgomery Co TN, 165 ½ Hampton's, 167 ¾ Dudley's, 171 Cherry's, 173 Fair Grounds, 174 ¾ Clarksville-Cumberland River, 178 Palmyra, 188 Tennessee River, 220 Paris, 246 McKenzie, 295 Humboldt, 295 Brownsville, 321 Memphis, 377 LOUISVILLE TO GLASGOW, KY: Glasgow Junction, Barren, 90 ½ Glasgow, 101 LOUISVILLE TO BARDSTOWN: Bardstown Junction, Bullitt, 22 Big Spring, 26 ¾ Cave Spring, 28 ¾ Sayers, Nelson Co KY, 32 Samuels, 33 Nazareth, 37 ¼ Bardstown, 39 ½ KNOXVILLE BRANCH OF THE L & N: LOUISVILLE TO LEXINGTON, KY: Lebanon Junction, Bullitt, 29 ¾ Boston, Nelson Co, 34 ¾ Nelson Furnace, 39 ¼ New Haven, 45 Gethsemane, 48 ½ New Hope, 50 Chicago, Marion, 55 Loretta, 56 ½ St. Mary's, 61 ¾ Lebanon, 67 Penick, 73 Riley's, 76 ¼ Gravel Switch, 79 ½ North Fork, Boyle Co KY 80 ¾ Brumfield, 83 ¾ Mitchellsburg, 85 ½ Parksville, 88 ¾ Danville Station/Shelby City, 95 ½ Stanford, Lincoln Co KY, 103 ½ Richmond Junction, 104 ¾ Hall's Gap, 109 Crab Orchard,115 Gum Sulphur, 119 ¼ Broadhead, Rockcastle Co KY, 122 Mt. Guthrie, 126 ½ Mt. Vernon, 129 Pleasant Valley, 131 Pine Hill, 134 ½ Round Stone, 136 ½ Livingston, 140 LOUISVILLE TO RICHMOND, KY: Richmond Junction, Lincoln Co KY, 104 ¾ Hayden's, 106 Gilbert's Creek, 109 Lancaster, Garrard Co KY, 112 ½ Hyattsville, 116 Point Leavell, 117 ½ Lowell, 122 Paint Lick, 123 Moran's Summitt, Madison Co KY, 126 Silver Creek, 128 ½ Duncannon, 132 ½ Hararis, 136 Richmond, 138 ½ The next railroad we'll look at is the Mobile & Ohio Railroad. © Copyright 26 May 1998, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved, sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Sandi Gorin - 205 Clements Ave., Glasgow, KY 42141-3409 (502)651-9114 or sgorin@glasgow-ky.com - Kentucky Colonel PUBLISHING: http://members.tripod.com/~GorinS/index.html KYRESEARCH: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios BARREN CO OBITUARIES: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/BarrenObits