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Tennessee Central Railway

December 31, 2006 Todd DeFeo

The Tennessee Central Railway connected Nashville, Tenn., and Hopkinsville, Ky. The railroad operated until it went bankrupt in 1968. It was taken over by the Illinois Central Gulf, which operated trains through Clarksville until the early 1980s.

Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad

December 31, 2006 Todd DeFeo

Today, it’s not much more than a bookmark in history. But, for about 20 years, the Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad operated an 82-mile stretch of track between Paris, Tenn., and Guthrie, Ky.

The Indiana, Alabama & Texas Railroad

December 31, 2006 Railfanning.org

The Indiana, Alabama & Texas Railroad was one of three railroads that used to pass through the Gateway to the New South. However, despite the suggestion of its name, the road never reached Indiana, Alabama or Texas.

Tennessee City Grappling With Lack of Class I Rail Service

February 12, 2004 Todd DeFeo

Montgomery County, looking to attract a large-scale auto assembly plant is grappling with a lack of Class I rail service in the area.

An ‘Appalling Catastrophe’

February 1, 2004 Todd DeFeo

At about 8 p.m. on Sept. 29, 1906, a northbound Louisville & Nashville Railroad passenger train — No. 102 — steamed towards a swing bridge crossing the Cumberland River. Near the overpass, a glowing red light broke the night’s darkness, signaling for an approaching train to stop.

Cross-Tie Reaches One Year

January 15, 2004 The Cross-Tie

With the January 2004 edition, The Cross-Tie marks an anniversary — one year.

Web site features trains in Marietta, Ga.

December 30, 2003 Railfanning.org

An updated website chronicles railroad activity in this metropolitan Atlanta town.

Editor Lectures on Clarksville Railroads

December 1, 2003 The Cross-Tie

Todd DeFeo, publisher of The Cross-Tie, presents a lecture — Railroads in Clarksville: The Present and the Future — to a journalism class at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tenn.

New web site features trains in Metuchen, N.J.

September 10, 2003 Railfanning.org

A new web site features pictures of trains speeding through Metuchen along the Northeast Corridor.

An engine from the Nicholasville, Ky., -based short line R.J. Corman sits idle outside the engine house in downtown Guthrie.

Railroad History Runs Deep in Guthrie, Ky.; Trains Still Run

June 1, 2003 The Cross-Tie

Driving into this small town, hugging the Kentucky- Tennessee state line, one can feel a sense of history, long forgotten over several decades.