Maysville and Lexington Railroad

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The '''Maysville and Lexington Railroad''' was a 19th-century [[railway company]] in [[Kentucky]] in the [[United States]], connecting [[Maysville, Kentucky|Maysville]] on the [[Ohio River]] with [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]] at the center of the state.<ref name=":0" /> It operated from 1850<ref name=":0" /> to 1856, when it failed. It was subsequently re-established as two separate companies {{ndash}} a [[Maysville and Lexington Railroad, Northern Division|Northern]] and a Southern division, in 1868.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last=Herr |first=Kincaid A. |author-link= |date=1964 |title=The Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 1850-1963 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jnaPZDIda_oC&dq=maysville+and+lexington&pg=PA115 |location=Lexington, KY |publisher=The University Press of Kentucky |page=115 |isbn=}}</ref> Both were eventually incorporated into the [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad|L&N]]<ref name=":0" /> and today make up part of the [[CSX Transportation]] system.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
The '''Maysville and Lexington Railroad''' was a 19th-century [[railway company]] in [[Kentucky]] in the [[United States]], connecting [[Maysville, Kentucky|Maysville]] on the [[Ohio River]] with [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]] at the center of the state.<ref name=":0" />
It operated from 1850<ref name=":0" /> to 1856, when it failed. It was subsequently re-established as two separate companies {{ndash}} a [[Maysville and Lexington Railroad, Northern Division|Northern]] and a Southern division, in 1868.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last=Herr |first=Kincaid A. |author-link= |date=1964 |title=The Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 1850-1963 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jnaPZDIda_oC&dq=maysville+and+lexington&pg=PA115 |location=Lexington, KY |publisher=The University Press of Kentucky |page=115 |isbn=}}</ref> Both were eventually incorporated into the [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad|L&N]]<ref name=":0" /> and today make up part of the [[CSX Transportation]] system.


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