Overview
The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway began as the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, chartered in Nashville, Tennessee, on December 11, 1845. Built to a five-foot gauge, the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis was the first railway to operate in Tennessee. In 1880, the Louisville & Nashville Railroad took a controlling interest through a hostile stock takeover. The railroads operated separately until merging in 1957.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Railroad
- Founded
- December 11, 1845
- Ended
- 1957
- Geographic area
- Alabama;Georgia;Kentucky;Tennessee
- Disposition
- Merged with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad