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In 2009 without any ceremony Frankfort achieved 175 years of rail service. In 2010 the fact that a railroad track runs through the center of Broadway in downtown Frankfort is accepted as a fact of life. The importance the railroad once had in Frankfort's day to day life and insuring that the city remained the site of the state capital is all but forgotten. This book will try to bring to the attention of the reader how the railroad and local tr...

This book is an autobiographical account of this Kentucky boy's experiences in the U.S. Navy, from 1958 to 1961, and consists of five sections written over a period of years, plus some articles he has written for various publications.Most of the photos used in this book were personally taken by Mr, Bogart with a small Kodak camera and were processed at various locations and at different times.If you have ever wondered about the difference betw...

Patterson's Independent Kentucky Company of Engineers & Mechanics was organized at Camp Haskin near Somerset KY and mustered into service on 25 Sep 1861 under the command of Captain William F. Patterson. The unit was also known as the "Pioneer Corps" or "KY Pioneer Infantry".The regiment served unattached, Army of the Ohio, to March 1862. Engineers, 7th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October 1862. Cumberland Division, District of West Virginia...

The Wisconsin railcar had been built in 1948 in the Milwaukee Railroad Shops as the railroad's president's car. To insure his safety, the car was armor plated and given bullet proof windows. During the 1950s, the car was leased to the Union Pacific. On its return to the Milwaukee, it was again used as the president's car. When the Soo Line took over the Milwaukee, the car became Soo 1000. In 1991, Soo put the car up for sale, and it was purcha...

This story will be of interest to those interested in the development of rail transportation in Kentucky and to those who fancy the history of the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific and the Southern Railway. There stories of mergers and progress that made the railway for many years a major factor in Kentucky's economic health. The postcards are placed in the geographic settings within Kentucky, thus showing how Kentucky grew and prospered...

The Defenses of the Kentucky Central Railroad, Lexington and Frankfort Railroad, and Kentucky River during the Civil War (1861-1865). During the Civil War, railroads for the first time played a vital strategic, logistical, and communications role in military operations. Both the Federal and Confederate forces used the railroad network to transport troops and supplies. In addition, the railroad telegraphs provided instant communications from th...

The Kentucky River is formed in eastern Kentucky at Beattyville, where the North, Middle and South Forks join together. The river then flows 260 miles to the Ohio River at Carrolton. The river drains much of the central region of the state. With the appearance of the early steamboats on the Kentucky River in the 1820s, the river became the primary artery for economic growth with trade with the lower south. This dominance lasted until the Civil...

The Illinois Central Railroad (IC), between 1851 and 1856, built a rail line from Chicago IL, to Cairo IL.In 1876, IC entered Kentucky by purchasing the Mississippi Central Railroad that ran from East Cairo KY, via Fulton KY, to Canton, MI, and the New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad that operated between New Orleans LA, and Canton MI.In 1896, Chesapeake Ohio & Southwestern and Ohio Valley Railroad were sold to IC.In 1896, when IC b...

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 amalgam...

The Frankfort & Cincinnati Railroad was a standard gauge, shortline that operated in Kentucky between Frankfort and Paris, by way of Stamping Ground and Georgetown. The line connected with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad at Frankfort and Paris and the Cincinnati Southern Railway at Georgetown. The line operated 40 miles of track. The line was called The Whiskey Route after the number of distilleries located along its right of way.

Volume two concludes the account of the first and last horsecar, trolley, streetcar, and interurban lines within Kentucky. The Commonwealth's first horsecar line opened in 1844 in Louisville (Jefferson Co.), and the last horsecar line closed in 1919 in Barbourville (Knox Co).(#2) The first electric powered trolley line opened in 1882 in Middlesborough (Bell Co.), and the last closed in 1950 in Covington (Kenton Co.). The first electric overhea...

Railroad, Trolley, and Interurban Rail Lines of Frankfort, Kentucky -- 175 Years of Rail Service

History of Horsecar, Streetcar, Trolley, and Interurban Lines throughout many counties in Kentucky from 1850 to 1950. Volume one begins an account of the first and last horsecar, trolley, streetcar, and interurban lines within Kentucky.

Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in Kentucky, as seen in postcards

Each class one, class two and class three railroad in Kentucky is covered in text and photographs

The Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N, ) was incorporated in 1850 to build a rail line from Louisville, Kentucky, south to Nashville, Tennessee. The railroad was completed in 1861 just in time for the Civil War. L&N, , unlike most southern lines, thanks to providing transportation for the Federal Army during the Civil War, survived the war with money available for expansion. Thus L&N, acquired a number of southern railroads that would provi...