KD Subdivision
{{Short description|Railway line in Kentucky and Tennessee}}
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The KD Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Kentucky and Tennessee. The line runs from Corbin, Kentucky, to Etowah, Tennessee, for a total of {{convert|161.4|mi|km}}. At its north end it continues as the Corbin Terminal Subdivision, and at its south end it continues as the Etowah Subdivision.http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/KD-KD_Sub CSX KD Subhttp://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Huntington%20Div%20West%20ETT%20%231%201-1-2005.pdf CSX Huntington West Division Timetable
History
The oldest part of the KD Subdivision is the section between Corbin, Kentucky, and Jellico, Tennessee, which was completed in 1883 by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. At Jellico, the line connected with the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad.{{sfnp|Herr|2009|p=67}} Beginning in the late 1880s, the L&N began extending south from Jellico to create a new through route between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Atlanta, Georgia.{{sfnp|Herr|2009|p=144}} The Knoxville Southern Railroad, organized in 1887, completed a line between Knoxville, Tennessee, and the Georgia border in 1890.{{sfnp|Herr|2009|p=145}} The gap was closed in 1905 by the Knoxville, La Follette and Jellico Railroad, which completed a new line between Jellico to Knoxville.{{sfnp|Herr|2009|p=144}}
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References
- {{cite book | last=Herr | first=Kincaid A. | title=The Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 1850-1963 | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | location=Lexington, Kentucky | isbn=978-0-8131-4750-5 | edition=Revised | date=2009 | origyear=1964}}
Category:CSX Transportation lines
Category:Transportation in Knox County, Kentucky
Category:Transportation in Whitley County, Kentucky
Category:Railway lines opened in 1883
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