Louisville and Nashville Railroad

GPTKB entity

Properties (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Railroad
gptkbp:acquisition gptkb:Nashville,_Chattanooga_and_St._Louis_Railway
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Seaboard_Coast_Line_Railroad
gptkbp:deathYear 1982
gptkbp:founded 1850
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Nashville
gptkb:Nashville,_Tennessee
gptkbp:historicalEvent Post-war reconstruction
Civil War operations
Decline in passenger service
Acquisition of other railroads
Expansion_into_the_South
Merger_with_CSX
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Economic_development_in_the_South
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Louisville and Nashville Railroad
gptkbp:keyPeople gptkb:W._W._Finley
gptkb:H._B._Plant
gptkb:J._Edgar_Thompson
gptkbp:knownFor Freight and passenger services
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Birmingham_Terminal_Station
gptkb:Nashville_Union_Station
gptkb:Frankfort_Station
gptkb:Louisville_Station
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Kentucky
gptkb:Tennessee
gptkbp:notableTracks gptkb:The_Music_City_Star
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:operationalStatus Defunct
gptkbp:passengerCapacity 1967
gptkbp:railwayLine Facilitated trade and commerce
Involved in the transportation of manufactured goods
Involved in the transportation of agricultural products
Involved in the transportation of coal
Involved in the transportation of passengers
Part_of_the_American_railroad_expansion
Contributed_to_the_growth_of_Nashville
Influential_in_the_development_of_the_Southeastern_U.S.
gptkbp:route approximately 1,500 miles
Map_of_L&N_routes
gptkbp:serviceType Intercity_rail
gptkbp:successor gptkb:CSX_Transportation
gptkbp:track Standard gauge
gptkbp:trainTypes Class I railroad
gptkbp:transportation 1982