The Main Line Subdivision is a
railroad line owned by
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...
in the U.S. states of
Kentucky and
Tennessee. The line runs from
Louisville, Kentucky, to
Nashville, Tennessee, for a total of . At its north end the line continues south from the
Louisville Terminal Subdivision and at its south end the line continues south as the
Nashville Terminal Subdivision
The Nashville Terminal Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The Subdivision is broken up into five sections, all in Nashville, Tennessee.
Sections
Northern part
The northern part of the Te ...
.
The Main Line Subdivision was originally built as the namesake line of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad , commonly called the L&N, was a Class I railroad that operated freight and passenger services in the southeast United States.
Chartered by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1850, the road grew into one of the ...
. Through various mergers, it passed through the
Family Lines System,
Seaboard System, and finally to CSX.
See also
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List of CSX Transportation lines
References
CSX Transportation lines
Transportation in Jefferson County, Kentucky
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