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Dreaming of Rails in a River Town: The Origins of the Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad

April 13, 2026 The Turntable
In the middle of the nineteenth century, Clarksville, Tennessee, was a town shaped by water.

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Remembering historic railroads: The Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville

April 29, 2024 Todd DeFeo
The Middle Tennessee community of Clarksville was once a bustling transportation hub.

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Looking Back at the Budds Creek Railroad Disaster 153 Years Later

July 28, 2022 Railfanning.org Digital Library
July 28, 2022, marks 153 years since the devastating Budds Creek railroad disaster in Montgomery County, Tennessee, along the Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad.

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DeFeo Presents on Indiana, Alabama & Texas Railroad

February 6, 2021 Railfanning.org News Wire
Railfanning.org Editor Todd DeFeo on Saturday presented a lecture about the Indiana, Alabama & Texas Railroad at the Southern Museum.

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Feds Give $2.2 Million for Cumberland River Bridge Rehabilitation and Automation

September 26, 2020 Railfanning.org News Wire
The feds are sending up to $2.2 million to help rehabilitate and automate a bridge over the Cumberland River in Clarksville, Tennessee.

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New Book to Highlight History of the Indiana, Alabama & Texas Railroad

July 1, 2020 Railfanning.org News Wire
“A Brief History of the Indiana, Alabama & Texas Railroad,” published by The DeFeo Groupe, an Atlanta-based content creation firm and publisher of Railfanning.org, focuses on the development and operation of the railroad, including the decade before the railroad formally formed. The book will be available starting in August.

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Streetcars in Clarksville, Tennessee, the Focus of New Book

June 15, 2020 Railfanning.org
A new book will highlight the history of streetcars in Clarksville, Tennessee. “A Faster Means of Locomotion: A Brief History of Streetcars in Clarksville, Tennessee” will be available starting in August.

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The Road to the Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad

May 29, 2020 Todd DeFeo
The movement to develop railroads in the Volunteer State dates to January 1830, when the state Senate approved a measure to support state aid for internal improvements.

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Slippery Tracks Led to 1926 Louisville & Nashville Train, Clarksville Street Car Crash

April 17, 2020 Todd DeFeo
On the evening of Oct. 2, 1926, motorman George Hogue threw on the brakes of Citizens’ Railway Co. streetcar No. 5 as it passed the crossing at Commerce and Tenth streets in Clarksville, Tennessee.

History

The Start of Streetcars in Clarksville, Tennessee

February 7, 2020 Todd DeFeo
The Middle Tennessee city of Clarksville once had a fairly robust network of streetcars. The system ran for more than four decades before it ultimately ceased operations during the 1920s.

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