Officials in northern Middle Tennessee are exploring adding rail access to an industrial park, according to a newspaper report.
Officials are applying for a grant that could be used to extend an R.J. Corman line that terminates near Cumberland City, Tenn., west of Clarksville, Tenn., to the nearby Stewart-Houston Industrial Park, The Leaf-Chronicle reported.
The line is a remnant of the historic Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad. R.J. Corman purchased the line 30 years ago and operates the segment as part of its Memphis Line.
TENNESSEE RIDGE, Tenn. – April 27, 1898, marked the beginning of a very obscure railroad that was built to serve the community’s iron industry. That day, the Tennessee & Cumberland River Railroad was incorporated, and the 13.95-mile line was built at a cost of $110,000. The railroad remained in operation until 1917. According to Elmer Sulzer’s 1975 book “Ghost Railroads of Tennessee,” the railroad owned one locomotive, one passenger coach and 13 freight cars. In Tennessee Ridge, the Tennessee & Cumberland River Railroad had a junction with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. On the other end, the railroad terminated in
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