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But it will always be remembered by the people of Tennessee and.
It was actually absorbed by the L&N organization in 1957 to become part of the Nashville and W&A divisions.
In 1880, to eliminate the threat of competition that was developing between the two companies, the Louisville & Nashville RR acquired control of the NC&StL Ry., much to the dismay of the citizens of Nashville, and for the next 77 years it operated as a prosperous subsidiary of the Old Reliable.
At its zenith in the 1920s, it operated approximately 1,259 miles of track, from the Mississippi and Ohio rivers through Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama, to Atlanta, Georgia.
Paducah and Memphis were reached in 1896, when lines of the former Paducah, Tennessee & Alabama RR were leased from L&N.
In 1890 it gained entrance into Atlanta as lessee of the state-owned Western & Atlantic RR.
During the next 25 years, it became known to the public first as the Tennessee Line, then as the Lookout Mountain Route. in 1873, after absorbing the Nashville & Northwestern RR.
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Returned to its owners in September 1865, it became the Nashville, Chattanooga & St.
Military Railroad for over two years.
Taken over by the Union Army during the Civil War, it suffered extensive damage from Confederate attack but was rebuilt and operated by the U.
S.
The NC&StL Railway originated in 1845 as the Nashville and Chattanooga RR.
It was originally published in 1967, and its reputation as the foremost work on this railroad is still unchallenged.
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