Louisville and Frankfort Railroad

The Louisville and Frankfort Railroad (L&F) was a 19th-century

Following the 1840 failure of the Lexington and Ohio Railroad, which had only ever managed to connect Louisville with nearby Portland, area businessmen met for years before organizing a new railroad in March 1847. The Louisville and Frankfort was chartered to connect the Ohio port to the state capital, as well as Lexington with any points east. The stretch between the capital and Lexington itself was left for the Lexington and Frankfort, chartered the next year.^[1]

After purchasing the L&O's rights-of-way west from Frankfort from the

LaGrange for the board of directors and their guests. All the initial track was laid by the spring of 1851 and the completion of a bridge over the Kentucky River near Frankfort permitted the first service along the entire mainline in August.^[1]

In 1852, the L&F was connected to the completed

Cincinnati's Kentucky suburbs. The L&F and Lexington and Frankfort merged their management and operations on January 1, 1857, and then fully merged as the Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad in 1867.^[1]

The LC&L later made up part of the L&N. Its rights of way now make up part of the CSX Transportation network.

Directors

The L&F's first president was Thomas Smith of New Castle (d. 1850). He was succeeded by James Guthrie of Louisville.^[1]

The L&F's first board of directors included Smith, John J. Jacob, William F. Field, John Hulme, Virgil McKnight, and Jacob Swigert.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The Encyclopedia of Louisville, p. 549. "Louisville & Frankfort Railroad". University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 2001. Accessed 10 October 2013.
^ The Encyclopedia of Louisville, p. 176. "Cherokee Gardens". University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 2001. Accessed 10 October 2013.

[louloufra-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The Encyclopedia of Louisville, p. 549. "Louisville & Frankfort Railroad". University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 2001. Accessed 10 October 2013.

[loucher-2] The Encyclopedia of Louisville, p. 176. "Cherokee Gardens". University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 2001. Accessed 10 October 2013.

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