LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 14.--The last act in the great Southern railroad operations seems to have been made by young Victor Newcomb, to whom even the Cincinnati press of to-day accords victory.

They wish to see the estimates -- how they are to be taxed." The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company are reported to have bought 800 freight cars and 89 locomotives, running up their rolling ...

In March 1850 the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. was granted a charter by the state to build and operate a line between Louisville and the Tennessee line. The optimistic hope was that the ...

According to a survey made of the line of railroad from Nashville to Louisville, the approximate cost ofthe whole road completed and in running order, with equipments, depots, c, is 85,000,000.

Founded in 1850, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad provided rail travel for both freight and passengers. L & N, as it was commonly referred to, grew to serve 13 states in the Midwest and South.

The first L&N train to Nashville was in 1859 after the completion of the Louisville and Nashville railroad. In honor of 160 years since that first train, the "L&N Historical Society" held a ...