The L&N Railroad In Kentucky As Seen through Postcards

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 provide the L&N with track extending south from Louisville to Pensacola Florida; Mobile Alabama; and New Orleans Louisiana. L&N's Kentucky track was served by fifteen yards: Madisonville Owensboro (Doyle) Bowling Green Skilman Louisville (Strawberry) Latonia DeCoursey Paris Lexington Winchester (Patio) Corbin Ravenna Hazard (Crawford) Loyall and Harlan. Within the following pages we will journey over the L&N in Kentucky via postcards but our journey routes will not always follow direct L&N train routing.