Tennessee State Map 2-1-2018.kmz

Tennessee State Map

US Government Railroads

Wolf Creek Arsenal Milan

Untitled Path

TVA Kingston

TVA Kingston Steaml Plant

TVA Kingston Steam Plant abandoned

Oak Ridge

Arnold Engineering Development Center Tullahoma

Arnold Engineering Development Center

TVA Gallatin

TVA Gallatin Steam Plant

Class I Railroads

Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Ry

NC&StL Routes

Tullahoma TN to McMinnville TN
Built by McMinnville & Manchester RR 1855
to Manchester & Charleston Ry 6-10-1875
to Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Ry 7-28-1877
to Louisville & Nashville RR 3-1957
to Seaboard System RR 12-29-1982
to Caney Fork & Western RR 12-1983

McMinnville TN to Sparta TN
Built by Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Ry 1884
to Louisville & Nashville RR 3-1957
to Seaboard System RR 12-29-1982

Cowan TN to Tracy City TN
Built by Sewanee Mining Co 1853-1860
to Tennessee Coal Iron & Railroad Co
to Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Ry Aug. 22, 1887
to Louisville & Nashville RR 3-1957
Abandoned by L&N per AFE 12673 ca1985

Tracy City to Coalmont TN
Built by Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Ry 1905
Abandoned by L&N per AFE 12673 ca1985

Coalmont TN to Palmer TN
Purchased by NC&StL from TCI&RR Aug. 22, 1887
Abandoned by L&N per AFE 12673 ca1985

Clouse Hill Branch
Built 1900
Abandoned Sept. 1920

West Ramsey Branch
Built 1900
Abandoned Sept 1920

Sartain Springs Spur
Built 1902
Abandoned Sept. 1920

Tracy City Spur
Trk 32

East Fork Spur
Line originally built by Tennessee Coal Iron & RR from Tracy City to Rattle Snake Mine. Sold to NC&StL per contract 220 dated 11-30-1900.
Abandoned March 1930 per AFE 5280
Info from ICC Valuation Maps

East Fork Spur

B Mines Spur
3334' long

Campbells Creek Branch
Sewanee Fuel & Iron Co.

Ravenscroft Branch
Built by Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Ry 1905
abandoned

Clifty Branch
Abandoned 1935

Sparta to Bon Air TN
Built by Bon Air Ry 1887
to Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Ry 12-3-1887
to Seaboard System RR 12-29-1982
abandoned

Bon Air TN to DeRossett
abandoned

Orme Branch
Built by Campbell Coal & Coke Co
to Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Ry 1904

Shellmound Old Mainline

Shellmound Cole City Branch

Cole City Spur

Nashville to Chattanooga
Built by Nashville & Chattanooga RR 1848-1851
to Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Ry 5-31-1873

Elora TN to Chase AL

Decherd TN to Elora TN
Built by Winchester & Alabama RR ca1850
to Manchester & Charleston Ry 6-28-1875

Elora to Fayetteville
Built by Winchester & Alabama RR ca1850
to Manchester & Charleston Ry 6-28-1875

Fayetteville to Capshaw
Built by Middle Tennessee & Alabama Ry ca1883
Abandoned 1929

Columbia to Fayetteville
Built as 36" gauge Duck River Valley Narrow Gauge RR 1874-1882
leased to NC&StL 1879
sold to NC&StL 11-23-1887 and converted to standard gauge in 1888
Lewisburg to Columbia abandoned 1945
Belfast to Fayetteville abandoned 1961

Centerville TN to Hohenwald TN
Built by Nashville & Tuscaloosa RR 1878-1883 as 36" gauge
converted to standard gauge 6-1894
to South Central Tennessee RR 1985

Hohenwald TN to Kimmons TN
Built by Southern Iron Co as 36" gauge
to Nashville & Tuscaloosa RR 9-24-1892
converted to standard gauge 6-1894
abandoned 1942

Kimmons TN to Allens Creek TN
Built by Southern Iron Co as 36" gauge
to Nashville & Tuscaloosa RR 9-24-1892
converted to standard gauge 6-1894
abandoned 1942

Pryor Ridge Spur
Line originally built by NC&StL per contract 220 dated 11-30-1900.
Abandoned March 1930 per AFE 5280
Info from ICC Valuation Maps

Reid Hill Branch
Trk 6
Abandoned 1928

John's Ridge Spur
Abandoned by 1930

Ramsey Branch
Abandoned 3-2-1920

North Staub Spur
2425' long
Retired 1929

Brushy Ridge Spur
3650' long
Removed by 1918

Q Mines Spur
Retired AFE 5279

Flat Branch Spur
Retired Apr. 1930

Roddy Springs Spur
Retired XG-258 Aug. 1934

A Mines Spur

Sewanee Fuel & Iron Spur
Built by NC&StL
Sold to Sewanee Fuel & Iron Co. Est. X6-265
Rail leased to SF&I

Lick Branch Spur

Memphis to Cordova
Built by Tennessee Midland Ry 1886-1888
to Paducah Tennessee & Alabama RR 1892
to Louisville & Nashville RR 1895 and leased to Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Ry 1896

Cordova to Jackson
Built by Tennessee Midland Ry 1886-1888
to Paducah Tennessee & Alabama RR 1892
to Louisville & Nashville RR 1895 and leased to Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Ry 1896

Jackson TN to Lexinton TN
Built by Tennessee Midland Ry 1888-1889
to Paducah Tennessee & Alabama RR 1892
to Louisville & Nashville RR 1895 and leased to Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Ry 1896

Lexington TN to Bruceton
Built by Paducah Tennessee & Alabama RR 1892
abandoned ca1980

Bruceton to Nashville
Built by Nashville & North Western RR before 1867
leased to Nashville & Chattanooga RR 7-1-1867
sold to Nashville & Chattanooga RR 1872
renamed Nashville Memphis & St Louis Ry 1872

Dickson TN to Centerville TN
Built by Nashville & Tuscaloosa RR 1878-1883 as 36" gauge
to South Central Tennessee RR 1985

Bruceton to McKenzie
Built by Nashville & North Western RR before 1867
leased to Nashville & Chattanooga RR 7-1-1867
sold to Nashville & Chattanooga RR 1872
renamed Nashville Memphis & St Louis Ry 1872

Martin TN to Hickman KY
Built by Nashville & North Western RR before 1867
leased to Nashville & Chattanooga RR 7-1-1867
sold to Nashville & Chattanooga RR 1872
renamed Nashville Memphis & St Louis Ry 1872

McKenzie to Martin TN

Bruceton TN to Murray KY
Built by Paducah Tennessee & Alabama RR 1891
to Kentucky West Tennessee Ry 2-28-1987
to Genesee & Wyoming ownership 2005

Perryville Branch
abandoned ca 1936

Nashville TN to Lebanon TN
Built by Tennessee & Pacific RR 1869-1871

Shelbyville Branch
Built by Nashville & Chattanooga RR 1851
to Seaboard Systerm RR 12-29-1982
to Walking Horse & Eastern RR 1985

Jasper TN to Victoria TN
Built by Sequatchie Valley Railroad 1876-78
to Seaboard Systerm RR 12-29-1982
to Sequachie Valley RR 5-20-1986

Bridgeport AL to Jasper TN
Built by Nashville & Chattanooga RR 1848-1851
to Seaboard Systerm RR 12-29-1982
to Sequachie Valley RR 5-20-1986

Victoria TN to Dunlap TN
to Sequachie Valley RR 5-20-1986

Dunlap TN to Pikeville TN

Nashville Industrial Spur
to CSX

Atlanta to Chattanooga
Built by Western & Atlantic RR 1845-1849
owned by State of Georgia
leased to Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Ry 1890
lease transferred to Lousville & Nashville RR 3-1957
lease transferred to Seaboard System 12-29-1982
lease transferred to CSX 7-1-1986

Chattanooga Trackage

Carona Branch
Can't read name on ICC Valuation Map
says Carola or Canola or Carona

Bon Air Spur

Victoria TN to Inman TN

Lewisburg existing
Built as 36" gauge Duck River Valley Narrow Gauge RR 1874-1882
leased to NC&StL 1879
sold to NC&StL 11-23-1887 and converted to standard gauge in 1888
to Seaboard System RR
to CSX

Jackson TN existing

Lyles TN to Wrigley TN
Built by Nashville & Tuscaloosa RR 1881 as 36" gauge

Old alignment

Johnsonville spur

Troy Gravel Pit spur

power plant spur?

NC&StL Sidings and Spurs

Tracy City Branch
Valuation Sec 10

Trk 3

Trk 2 Henley Spur

Slack Track 250' long

Henley Spur

Abandoned 3-1930

Storage Track

Pryor Ridge

Trk 3 Storage Trk
943' abandoned 1928
remaining 240' abandoned 1930

Trk 2 Tipple Track

Trk 5 Slack Track

Trk 6 Crossover

Tipple Track
Track removed Oct. 1915

Original switchback

Sewanee Trk 2A

Sewanee Trk 3

Sewanee New Main
Mainline relocated 12-31-1962 per AFE 54712

St. Andrews Trk 4

Sand Switch Trk 7
Parker Tipple Spur
711.5' long
transferred to Sewanee Silica Co. 2-26-1958
transferred to Wedron Silica Co. 12-31-1960

Sand Switch Trk 7-A
built 5-10-1958 per Cont 44993 for Sewanee Silica Co.
transferred to Wedron Silica Co. 12-31-1960

Monteagle Trk 161

Clouse Hill Jct. wye

West Ramsey Trk 2

Sartain Springs Trk 2
498.3' long
Hampton & Roberts

Ramsey Jct Wye

built by L&N

East Ramsey Mine Trk 1
Storage track
1022.3' long
track beyond crossover 4 removed 3-9-1916

East Ramsey Mine Trk 2
end of track beyond tipple partly covered up

East Ramsey Mine Trk 3 crossover

East Ramsey Mine Trk 4 crossover

Bagentos Bakery

Tracy City Trk 25
H. B. Werner Spur

Tracy City Trk 30 House Track

Tracy City Trk 40

Tracy City Trk 31 Wye

Tracy City Trk 26
Engine Track

Engine Track

Yard Trk

Yard Track

Tracy City Waste Bank Spur

Tracy City Spur
"Street Hill" noted on valuation map

Saunders Spur

South Staub Spur

North Staub Trk 2

Brushy Ridge Siding

Brushy Ridge Tipple Trk

Q Mine Trk 2

B Mine Trk 78

B Mines Trk 80

Coalmont Trk 84?

Coalmont Trk 85

Coalmont Trk 86 S leg wye

Coalmont N leg wye

Coalmont Trk 5
K Mine Spur

Spur
Tennessee Mountain Coal & Land Co?

Spur

Gruetli Trk 120
all but 399' on west end removed

Gruetli Spur
Sam Werner's Spur

Luchsinger Trk 2
Sewanee Fuel & Iron Interchange

Niack Tipple Trk 3

Henley Spur Trk 122

Proposed Tatesville Extension
ICC valuation map indicates not built

Collins Trk 151

Collins Trk 162
J. G. Northcutt

Collins Trk 141

Collins Spur

Palmer Trk 128
Commissary Spur

Palmer Trk 125
North leg wye

Palmer Trk 126
South leg of wye

Palmer Spur

Palmer Main Trk 1

Spruce Pine Trk 131

Spruce Pine Trk 133

Spruce Pine Trk 132

Palmer Trk?

Crossover

Chattanooga

Alton Park Branch

Chattanooga 1955 Sanborn Maps

NC&StL Structures

Sewanee Passenger Depot
Now gone

Sewanee Freight Depot
Now gone

St. Andrews Depot
now gone

Monteagle Depot
now gone

Tracy City Depot
now gone

Tracy City Roundhouse
Turntable gone by 1894

Saunders Passenger Shelter

Chattanooga Union Station

Southern Railway

Alabama Great Southern

AGS Routes

Chattanooga TN to Trenton GA
Built by Wills Valley RR1858-60
to Alabama & Chattanooga RR 11-18-1868
to Alabama Great Southern RR 11-30-1877
to ETV&G and Richmond & Danville control 1890
to Southern Ry control 1894
to Norfolk Southern control 1982

AGS Sidings & Spurs

AL

AL Existing

East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia Ry

Original ETV&G Line
Built by East Tennessee & Georgia RR 1859
to East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia RR 11-26-1869
to East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia Ry 6-30-1886
to Southern Ry 7-4-1894

Ooltewah to Cohutta
11.50 miles
Built by Tennessee State Line RR 1883
to East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia RR 3-5-1886
to East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia Ry 6-30-1886
to Southern Ry 7-4-1894

Chattanooga to Cleveland
29.12 miles
Built by East Tennessee & Georgia RR 1859
to East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia RR 11-26-1869
to East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia Ry 6-30-1886
to Southern Ry 7-4-1894

Dalton to Loudon
81.23 miles
Built by East Tennessee & Georgia RR 1852

Oliver Springs to Clinton TN
Built by East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia Ry 1888

Embreeville Jct to Embreeville TN
Built by ETV&G Ry 1891
route not certain... not clear in 1997 aerial photos

Knoxville to Maryville
Built by Knoxville & Charleston RR 1867
to Knoxville & Augusta RR 11-14-1878

Bulls Gap to Persia Jct
Built by Rogersville & Jefferson RR 1860

Persia Jct to Holston River
Built by Rogersville & Jefferson RR 1860

Holston River to Rogersville
Built by Rogersville & Jefferson RR 1867

DeArmond to Oliver Springs
Built by Walden's Ridge RR 1877 as 36" gauge
converted to standard gauge 1886

Harriman Jct to DeArmond
Built by Walden's Ridge RR 1877? as 36" gauge
converted to standard gauge 1886

Oakdale to DeArmond
Built by Oakdale & Cumberland Mountain RR 1880-81 as 36" gauge
to Walden's Ridge RR 10-23-1882
abandoned 1886
route not certain

Morristown to Wolf Creek
Built by Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap & Charleston RR 1869

Docks Jct to Turtle River Docks GA
Built by Macon & Brunswick RR 1871
to Cincinnati & Georgia RR 2-28-1880

Knoxville to Bristol
Built by East Tennessee & Virginia RR 1850-56

Loudon to Knoxville

Maryville to Walland
Built by Southern Ry 1902

Maryville to Calderwood

Wolf Creek TN to Paint Rock NC
Built by East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia RR 1881
to Norfolk Southern 1982

Douglas TN to Bulls Gap TN
Built by Southern Railway 1924
to Norfolk Southern

Southern Ry spurs & sidings

Chattnooga abandoned

Southern Ry abandoned

Citico connection

Memphis to Chattanooga sidings & spurs

Alabama Great Southern spurs

Meridian

Chattanooga Belt Ry

Cincinnati New Orleans & Texas Pacific Ry

TN

Chattanooga TN to TN/KY State Line
Built by Cincinnati Southern Ry 1880
leased to Cincinnati New Orleans & Texas Pacific Ry

Robbins TN to Helenwood TN old route

Oakdale old route

Nemo TN old route

Pilot Mountain old route

Sunbright TN old route?

Hood Landing (Watts Bar) spur

Watts Bar Power Plant spur

Sequoyah Power Plant spur

Knoxville & Ohio RR

Knoxville TN to Copper Ridge TN

Copper Ridge TN to Coal Creek TN

Coal Creek TN to Caryville TN

Caryville TN to Jellico TN

Vasper TN to La Follette TN

Coal Creek TN to New Cambria TN

New Cambria TN to Cambria TN

Briceville TN to Minersville TN
route approximate

Wye to Beech Grove TN

Newcomb TN to Wooldridge-Jellico Coal Co

mine spur

Holton TN to Fonde KY

Pruden spur

Valley Creek spur

Clairfield TN to Marion TN

Marion spur

Chattanooga to East Chattanooga
New connection built by Southern Ry

Morristown TN to Corryton TN
Built by Morristown & Cumberland Gap RR 1891
to Knoxville & Bristol Ry 3-31-1898
route uncertain

Knoxville TN to Cumberland Gap TN
Built by Knoxville Cumberland Gap & Louisville RR 1891
to Knoxville Cumberland Gap & Louisville Ry 9-2-1895
to Norfolk Southern 1982

Middlesboro to Cumberland Gap
Built by Knoxville, Cumberland Gap & Louisville Ry
to Middlesborough Belt Ry 1891
to Middlesborough RR 8-22-1895
Southern retained trackage rights on L&N

Virginia & Southwestern Ry

TN/VA State Line to Persia Jct TN
Built by Virgina & Southwestern Ry 1910
controlled by Southern Ry

Bristol TN to Elizabethton TN
Built by Bristol Elizabethton & North Carolina Ry 1892
to Virginia & Southwestern Ry 2-23-1899
controlled by Southern Ry

Elizabethton TN to Maymead TN
Built by Virginia & Southwestern Ry 1900
controlled by Southern Ry

Maymead TN to Mountain City TN
Built by Virginia & Southwestern Ry 1902

Rexford TN to Buladeen TN
Built by Virginia & Southwestern Ry
route very approximate

Harriman & Northeastern RR

Harriman existing
Built by Harriman Ry & Construction Co 1891
to Harriman Coal & Iron RR 1-10-1891
to Harriman & Northeastern RR 11-1-1895
controlled by CNO&TP

Harriman abandoned
Built by Harriman Ry & Construction Co 1891
to Harriman Coal & Iron RR 1-10-1891
to Harriman & Northeastern RR 11-1-1895
controlled by CNO&TP

Harriman to De Armond TN
Built by Harriman Ry & Construction Co 1891
to Harriman Coal & Iron RR 1-10-1891
to Harriman & Northeastern RR 11-1-1895
controlled by CNO&TP

De Armond TN to Petros TN
Built by Harriman Coal & Iron RR 1894-95

Petros spur

Coalfield spur

Memphis & Charleston RR

Moscow to Somerville
Built by Memphis & Charleston RR 1857
Route approximate
Not visible on aerial photos in many places

Memphis to La Grange TN
Built by La Grange & Memphis RR 1837
to Memphis & Charleston RR 6-28-1852
to Norfolk Southern 1982

Memphis to Sheffield
Built by Memphis & Charleston RR 1857

Wauhatchie TN to Stevenson, AL
Southern Ry trackage rights on Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis

Chattanooga Traction Co

Red Bank Line
Built by Chattanooga Traction Co 1915-16
to Southern Ry control 1936
merged into CNO&TP 1969
see http://www.trainweb.org/tagrailway/ctc/

Signal Mountain Line
Built by Chattanooga Traction Co 1912-13
to Southern Ry control 1936
merged into CNO&TP 1969
see http://www.trainweb.org/tagrailway/ctc/

Signal Mountain Line abandoned
Built by Chattanooga Traction Co 1912-13
route approximate... assumed to be where highway is now located
see http://www.trainweb.org/tagrailway/ctc/

Mobile & Ohio

M&O Routes

Meridian MS to Jackson TN
Built by Mobile & Ohio RR 1850s
to Gulf Mobile & Ohio RR 9-13-1940
to Illinois Central Gulf RR 8-10-1972
to Gulf & Mississippi RR 7-10-1985
to Midsouth Rail Corp 4-14-1988
to Kansas City Southern RR 1-1-1994

Jackson to Cairo

Gulf Mobile & Northern

Routes

Middleton to Ripley
Built by Ripley RR 1872-74 as 36" gauge
to Ship Island Ripley & Kentucky RR 1878
to Gulf & Chicago RR 8-1-1889
to Gulf & Chicago Ry 7-1-1903
controlled by Mobile Jackson & Kansas City RR
see http://www.msrailroads.com/MJ&KC.htm
converted to standard gauge 1903
to New Orleans Mobile & Chicago RR 12-1-1909
see http://www.msrailroads.com/NOM&C.htm
to Gulf Mobile & Northern RR 1-1-1917
see http://www.msrailroads.com/GM&N.htm
to Gulf Mobile & Ohio RR 9-13-1940
see http://www.msrailroads.com/GM&O.htm
to Illinois Central Gulf RR 8-10-1972
to Gulf & Mississippi Railroad 7-10-1985
to Midsouth Rail 4-14-1988
to Kansas City Southern RR 1994
to North American Railnet, Inc.,1998 who formed the Mississippi Tennessee Railnet to operate the line.
In 2003, Mississippi-Tennessee Railnet was sold to Ironhorse Resources, Inc., who changed the name to Mississippi Tennessee Railroad.

Jackson TN to Middleton TN
Built by Gulf Mobile & Northern RR 1917
see http://www.msrailroads.com/GM&N.htm
to Gulf Mobile & Ohio RR 9-13-1940
see http://www.msrailroads.com/GM&O.htm
to Illinois Central Gulf RR 8-10-1972

Jackson TN to Dyersburg TN
Built by Birmingham & Northwestern Ry 1912
to Gulf Mobile & Northern RR 1927

Illinois Central

Yazoo & Mississippi Valley

Y&MV Routes

Lake Cormorant to Memphis
Built as Memphis & Vicksburg RR
to Louisville New Orleans & Texas Ry 8-12-1884
to Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR 10-27-1892 (controlled by IC)
to IC 1946

Low Line

Illinois Central Routes

Water Valley Dist
Built by Mississippi Central RR 1855-60
to New Orleans St Louis & Chicago RR 4-13-1874
to New Orleans Jackson & Northern RR 5-16-1877
to Chicago St. Louis & New Orleans RR 2-27-1878
controlled by Illinois Central RR
to Illinois Central RR 12-23-1922
to ICG

Mississippi & Tennessee
Grenada to Memphis

M&O Trackage Rights

South Diagonal

Memphis to Fulton

Jackson TN to Fulton

Fulton to Cairo

St Charles Air Line
Illinois Central RR

Pryorsburg KY to TN/KY State Line at Fulton
Built by New Orleans & Ohio RR 1854-55
to Paducah & Gulf RR 1-1-1872
to Paducah & Memphis RR 1-9-1872
to Memphis Paducah & Northern RR 1-21-1880
to Chesapeake Ohio & Southwestern Ry 8-8-1881
to Chicago St Louis & New Orleans RR 9-15-1897
controlled by Illinois Central RR
to Illinois Central RR 12-23-1922

Paducah

Providence connection

Princeton wye

McNary mine spur

Central City mine spur

Owensboro

South Fulton

Dyersburg TN to Hickman KY
Built by Chicago Memphis & Gulf RR 1907-11
controlled by Illinois Central RR

Aulon to Woodstock TN

DN Jct to Tiger Tail TN

Stevens to Mengelwood TN

Moffatt TN to Troy TN
route approximate

Perry TN to Bemis TN

IC Structures

IC Millington TN Depot

IC Newbern TN Depot

Carolina Clinchfield & Ohio Ry

Chestoa TN to pt 5 mi S Huntdale NC
Built by Ohio River & Charleston Ry 1899-1900
to South & Western Ry 7-1-1902
to Carolina Clinchfield & Ohio Ry 4-16-1908
to CSX Transportation 7-1-1986

Johnson City TN to Chestoa TN
Built by Charleston Cincinnati & Chicago RR 1889-90
to Ohio River & Charleston Ry 11-13-1894
to South & Western Ry 4-16-1908
to Carolina Clinchfield & Ohio Ry 4-16-1908
to CSX Transportation 7-1-1986

TN/VA State Line to Johnson City TN
Built by Carolina Clinchfield & Ohio Ry 1909
to CSX Transportation 7-1-1986

Tennessee Central RR

Hopkinsville KY to Fort Campbell
Built by Tennessee Central RR 1902-04
to Tennessee Central Ry 1-10-1922
to Illinois Central RR 8-31-1968?
to Fort Campbell RR

Fort Campbell TN to Ashland City TN
Built by Tennessee Central RR 1902-04
to Tennessee Central Ry 1-10-1922
to Illinois Central RR 8-31-1968?
to Illinois Central Gulf RR 1972
abandoned ca1984

Berry Hill to West Nashville
Built by Tennessee Central RR 1902-04
to Tennessee Central Ry 1-10-1922
abandoned ca1965

West Nashville to Ashland City TN
to Illinois Central RR 8-31-1968?
to Nashville & Western RR 2000
subsidiary of Nashville & Eastern RR

Berry Hill to Southern Jct
to Louisville & Nashville RR 8-31-1968?
to Nashville & Eastern RR 1986

Southern Jct wye

Nashville Terminal

Nashville TN to Lebanon TN
Built by Tennessee Central Ry 1901-02
to Tennessee Central RR 5-1-1902
to Louisville & Nashville RR 8-31-1968?
to Nashville & Eastern RR 1986

Lebanon TN to Monterey TN
Built by Nashville & Knoxville RR 1888-94
to Tennessee Central RR 5-1-1902
to Louisville & Nashville RR 8-31-1968?
to Nashville & Eastern RR 1986

Monterey TN to Crossville TN
Construction started by Tennessee Central RR 1893
completed 1900
to Tennessee Central RR 5-1-1902
abandoned 1980s

Monterey spur
Built by Nashville & Knoxville RR 1901-02

Crossville TN to Crab Orchard TN
Construction started by Tennessee Central RR 1893
completed 1900
to Southern Ry 8-31-1968?

Crab Orchard TN to Emory Gap TN
Construction started by Tennessee Central RR 1893
completed 1900
to Southern Ry 8-31-1968?

Emory Gap TN to Harriman TN
to Southern Ry 8-31-1968?

Harriman TN existing

Stones River Jct TN to Old Hickory TN
Built by Tennessee Central RR?? ca 1918-19

Carthage Jct to South Carthage TN
Built by Nashville & Knoxville RR

South Carthage TN abandoned
Built by Nashville & Knoxville RR

Monterey to Hanging Limb TN
Built by Nashville & Knoxville RR 1901-02

Hanging Limb TN to Wilder TN

Highland Jct to Overton TN
Built by Tennessee Central RR

Crawford spur

Campbell Jct to Isoline TN
Built by Cumberland Plateau RR 1900-1902
abandoned by 1949

Ozone TN to Fall Creek TN
Built by Tennessee Central RR 1904
abandoned by 1936

Millstone Jct to Millstone TN
Built by Tennessee Central Ry ca1900-02
abandoned before 1916

Louisville & Nashville

L&N Evansville Division

St Louis Subdivision

Louisville Henderson & St Louis Subdivision

Irvington quarry spur
shown on 1928 topo map

Henderson Subdivision

Edgefield TN to Goodlettsville
Built by Edgefield & Kentucky RR about 1859
to Nashville, Chicago & St. Louis RR 4-18-1872
to St. Louis & Southeastern Ry 10-1-1872

Amqui TN to Goodlettsville
new route built 1910

Goodlettsville TN to Guthrie KY
Built by Edgefield & Kentucky RR about 1859
to Nashville, Chicago & St. Louis RR 4-18-1872
to St. Louis & Southeastern Ry 10-1-1872

Guthrie KY to Henderson KY
Construction started by Henderson & Nashville RR 1853
Completed by Evansville Henderson & Nashville RR 1871
to St. Louis & Southeastern Ry 10-1-1872

Owensboro & Nashville Subdivision

L&N Knoxville & Atlanta Division

K&A Routes

Saxton KY to TN/KY State Line
Built by L&N 1905

Corbin KY to Jellico TN
Built by L&N 1883

Morley TN to mine

Westbourne TN spur

Hog Camp Branch Liford to Westbourne
Built by L&N 1905

Kilsyth to Roosevelt
Crooked Fork Spur

Clinch River to Oak Ridge

Dossett to Windrock
Cow Creek Branch
Started by Knoxville, La Follette & Jellico RR 1902-1904
Completed by L&N 1905

Knoxville to TN/KY State Line

Armona to Maryville

Morley to Jena

Athens to Tellico Plains
Built by Nashville & Tellico RR 1888
to Nashville, Tellico & Charleston Ry 1-30-1893
to Tellico Ry 6-10-1899
to Athens & Tellico Ry 3-15-1910

Ocoee to Parksville TN
not sure if L&N

GA/NC Line to Murphy
Built by Georgia & North Carolina RR 1877
to Marietta & North Georgia Ry 5-9-1887
to Atlanta Knoxville & Northern Ry 12-8-1895
to Louisville & Nashville

Etowah to Junta

Knoxville to TN/GA Line
Built by Knoxville Southern RR 1890
to Marietta & North Georgia Ry 11-25-1890
to Atlanta Knoxville & Northern Ry 12-8-1895
to Louisville & Nashville

Harriman TN to Allingham TN
Built by Harriman Knoxville & Eastern RR 1912
to Louisville & Nashville RR 2-5-1913

Knoxville Passenger Station Lead

Knoxville Second Creek Spur

Knoxville Dale Ave Spur

Knoxville Third Creek Spur

Maryville Branch abandoned

Athens TN Spur

L&N Louisville Division

Main Stem First Subdivision

Main Stem Second Subdivision

Hartsville Jct to Hartsville TN
Built by Middle & East Tennessee Central Ry 1891
to Gallatin & Scottsville Ry 10-13-1906
to Louisville & Nashville RR 1-18-1907

Gallatin TN to Scottsville KY
Built by Chesapeake & Nashville Ry 1886
to Middle & East Tennessee Central Ry 10-13-1906
to Gallatin & Scottsville Ry 10-13-1906
to Louisville & Nashville RR 1-18-1907

Gallatin to Nashville

Bowling Green KY to Gallatin TN
built by L&N 1859

Lebanon Branch Subdivision

L&N Cumberland Valley Division

VA/TN State Line to Hagans

Stony Fork Branch
Built by Middlesborough Belt Ry 1891
to Middlesborough RR 8-22-1895

Middlesboro to Cumberland Gap
Built by Knoxville, Cumberland Gap & Louisville Ry
to Middlesborough Belt Ry 1891
to Middlesborough RR 8-22-1895

Cawood KY Spur

L&N Birmingham Division

L&N Nashville & Decatur Division

N&D Routes

L&N N&D Mainline
Nashville to Columbia:
built by Tennessee & Alabama RR 1853-59
to Nashville & Decatur RR 11-21-1886
Controlled by Louisville & Nashville RR
Columbia TN to TN/AL State Line:
Built by Central Southern RR 1859
TN/AL State Line to Decatur AL:
Built by Tennessee & Alabama Central RR 1859-60

Franklin Quarry Spur

L&N Nashville Florence & Sheffield Division

NF&S Routes

NF&S Mainline
Columbia to Mt Pleasant
built by Tennessee & Alabama RR 1853-59
to Nashville & Florence RR 1883
to Nashville Florence & Sheffield Ry 5-5-1887
Mt Pleasant to St Joseph:
Built by Nashville & Florence RR 1883-4
St Joseph to Sheffield:
Built by Nashville Florence & Sheffield Ry 1888

Columbia Wye

Century Phosphate Co Branch
Spur was built for Mt. Pleasant Phosphate Co. per contract dated July 18, 1903. L&N owned rails and splices only

Armour Fertilizer Spur

Siglo Wye

Ridphosco Spur
Contract dated 11-3-1923 with Ridley Phosphate Co.
transferred to Armour Fertilizer Works 12-20-1930

Napier Branch
Built by Nashville Florence & Sheffield Ry 1891
abandonment authorized 2-19-1934

Collinwood Branch
Built by Tennessee Western RR 1912-13
Controlled by Louisville & Nashville RR

West Point Branch
Built by Nashville Florence & Sheffield Ry 1887
abandonment authorized 11-27-1933

Stillhouse Branch
built per contract with West Point Iron Co. dated Sept. 25, 1890
all of branch above Chisholm Creek removed by December 1915

West Point Spur-2
10,000' branch built per contract with Sheffield Coal & Iron Co. dated Feb. 9, 1903
removed per letter dated July 25, 1916

Tennessee & Alabama Branch
built per contract with United States Iron Co. and Tenn & Ala Mineral Co. Aug 29, 1900 to Smith Ore Bank

Arrow Spur
International Phosphate Co Spur
built per contract dated Jan. 11, 1899
transferred to Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. 5-21-1903
extended 2162' beyond above plant for Tennessee Chemical Co. 9-12-1902
extended 2075' for Charleston Mining Co. June 17, 1931

Standard Phosphate & Chemical Co Spur
2525' spur built per contract dated 11-11-1908

Ridley Spur-1

Mt Pleasant Southern
incorporated Sept. 15, 1899
operated by L&N

Southport Branch

Swan Creek Branch
Built as Swan Creek Railway by L&N and completed on May 20, 1908
officially conveyed to L&N by deed dated Dec 22, 1921, even though it had always operated as part of L&N

Mt Pleasant Spur-3
route uncertain
based on 1902 topo map

Couch Creek Branch
1.18 miles abandoned June 30, 1917

Sharp Branch
Built per agreement with Shoal Creek Iron Co. and Smith & Sharp Mining Co. dated May 10, 1889 to Wright & Kelly Ore Banks

Independent Phosphate Co Spur
1023.3 ft long
built per contract dated Sept 10, 1908

Iron City Spur

Iron City Old Alignment
West Point Branch old alignment

Wisdom Ore Mines Branch
Built per contract dated June 5, 1903 with Napier Iron Works for branch 2.083 miles long

JJ Gray Jr Spur
built May 1919 to Van Leer Ore Bed
to Tennessee Products Corp. July 2, 1926

NF&S Spurs and Sidings

Iron City Spathite Iron Co Spur
built per contract dated 11-30-1895

Hoover & Mason Spur

L&N Lewisburg Division

LD Routes

L&N LD Mainline
Brentwood TN to TN/AL State Line:
Built by Lewisburg & Northern RR 1914

L&N Nashville Terminal

Brentwood TN to Union Station

Radnor Cutoff
Built by L&N ca1914-17

Radnor to Glencliff

Industrial branch

L&N Memphis Branch

Van Leer TN to Cumberland Furnace
route uncertain

Marion TN to Van Leer

Van Leer TN to Pond

Hematite TN to Marion

Clarksville TN to Guthrie KY
Built by Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville RR 1860

Princeton Jct TN to Princeton KY
Built by Indiana Alabama & Texas RR 1885-87

Memphis to Paris
Built by Memphis & Ohio RR 1860

Paris TN to Clarksville TN
Built by Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville RR 1860

Memphis Jct to TN/KY State Line

New alignment

Danville-McKinnon old alignment

Central of Georgia

Lyerly to Chattanooga
Built by Chattanooga Rome & Columbus RR 1887-88
to Savannah & Western Ry 1891
back to Chattanooga Rome & Columbus Ry 1894
to Chattanooga Rome & Southern Ry 6-30-1897
to Central of Georgia Ry 5-16-1901
to Norfolk Southern Corp 1982

Alton Park Branch
Central of Georgia

St Louis-San Francisco

Memphis to Holly Springs MS

Memphis Trackage

Memphis to St Louis
Built by St Louis Memphis & Southeastern RR 1902-04

Missouri Pacific

Bald Knob to Memphis

Union Ry

Tennessee Shortlines

Beaver Dam RR

TN/NC State Line to Crandull TN
Built by Beaver Dam RR 1900-01
owned by Empire Lumber & Mining Co
route approximate
based on 1911 topo map

Brimstone RR

New River TN to Brimstone Siding TN
Built by New River Lumber Co ??
to Brimstone RR 1942
controlled by W. M. Ritter Lumber Co
to Brimstone & New River RR 1965
to New River Ry 4-1-1966
to Georgia Pacific control
to Cincinnati New Orleans & Texas Pacific RR (Southern Ry) 1970
to Norfolk Southern

spur
Built by New River Lumber Co ??
to Brimstone RR 1942
controlled by W. M. Ritter Lumber Co
abandoned before 1954

Brimstone Siding south
Built by New River Lumber Co ??
to Brimstone RR 1942
controlled by W. M. Ritter Lumber Co
to Brimstone & New River RR 1965
to New River Ry 4-1-1966
to Georgia Pacific control

Chattanooga & Lookout Mountain Ry

Mountain Jct to Lookout Inn
Built by Chattanooga & Lookout Mountain Ry 1887-89
streetcar relaid on roadbed 1913-1920
see https://railga.com/chlook.html

Chattanooga & Montlake RR

Crossman to Montlake TN
Built by Chattanooga & Montlake RR ca1904-05
route very approximate

Corinth & Counce

Crandull & Shady Valley Ry

Crandull TN to Shady TN
Built by Crandull & Shady Valley Ry 1909
owned by Empire Lumber & Mining Co
based on 1911 topo map

logging spur?

spur

East Tennessee & Western North Carolina RR

Johnson City TN to Hampton TN
Built by East Tennessee & Western North Carolina RR
graded only 1869-70
completed 8-22-1881 as 36" gauge

Hampton TN to Cranberry NC
Built by East Tennessee & Western North Carolina RR
completed 7-3-1882 as 36" gauge

Cranberry spur

Emory River RR

Lansing TN to Gobey TN
Built by Emory River RR?

Gobey TN to Mahan TN
Built by Emory River Lumber Co as 42" gauge?
to Emory River RR and converted to standard gauge

Johnson City Bakersville & Southern Ry

Unicoi TN to Limestone Cove
Built by Johnson City Bakersville & Southern Ry 1905 as 36" gauge
to Unicoi Ry 1909
abandoned 1918?

Kentucky & Tennessee

Stearns KY to Co-operative KY
Stearns to Barthel built by Kentucky & Tennessee RR 1903
rest built 1904-08

K&T
Built by Kentucky & Tennessee RR

Knoxville Sevierville & Eastern Ry

Vestal TN to Sevierville TN
Built by Knoxville Sevierville & Eastern Ry 1909
to Knoxville & Carolina RR 11-1-1921
to Tennessee & North Carolina Ry 1927
to Smoky Mountain Railroad 1927

spur to dam
abandoned after dam completed

Laurel Fork Ry

Elizabethton TN to Braemer and beyond
Built by Laurel Fork Ry 1912
controlled by Pittsburgh Lumber Co.
route very approximate
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_Fork_Railway

Laurel Ry

Mountain City TN to Damascus VA
Built by Laurel Ry 1903-06
owned by T. W. Thayer Lumber Co
based on topo map

Laurel Ry logging spur?

Little River RR

Walland TN to Townsend TN to logging camp
Built by Little River RR 1901
controlled by Little River Lumber Co.

Middle Tennessee RR

Leatherwood Jct to Mt Pleasant TN
Built by Middle Tennessee RR 1910-12
leased to Nashville Interurban Ry 1920 and operated with gas-electric motor cars

Franklin TN to Leatherwood Jct
Built by Middle Tennessee RR 1907-1910
leased to Nashville Interurban Ry 1920 and operated with gas-electric motor cars
route Southall to Franklin very approximate

Leatherwood Jct to Leatherwood TN
Built by Middle Tennessee RR 1907-1910
leased to Nashville Interurban Ry 1920 and operated with gas-electric motor cars

Morgan & Fentress Ry

Nemo TN to Catoosa TN
Built by Tennessee Timber Coal & Iron Co 1911
to Morgan & Fentress Ry 3-17-1914
out of service 1929
abandonment approved by ICC 11-10-1936

Nashville & Atlantic RR

Rocky River TN to Rocky Branch
Built by Nashville & Atlantic RR 1923-24
controlled by Rocky River Coal & Lumber Co
abandonment approved 3-4-1939

Campaign TN to Rocky River TN
Built by Nashville & Atlantic RR 1921-22
controlled by Rocky River Coal & Lumber Co
abandonment approved 3-4-1939

Oneida & Western RR

Oneida TN to Big South Fork TN
Completed by Oneida & Western RR 6-1915
controlled by Tennessee Stave & Lumber Co
to Jewell Ridge Mine control 1946

Big South Fork TN to Gernt TN
Completed by Oneida & Western RR 7-1-1916
controlled by Tennessee Stave & Lumber Co
to Jewell Ridge Mine control 1946

Gernt TN to Christian TN
Completed by Oneida & Western RR 12-31-1916
controlled by Tennessee Stave & Lumber Co
to Jewell Ridge Mine control 1946

Christian TN to Acyork TN
Completed by Oneida & Western RR 1918

Acyork TN to East Jamestown TN
Completed by Oneida & Western RR 1921

East Jamestown to Jamestown TN
Completed by Oneida & Western RR 12-10-1930

Rockwood & Tennessee River Ry

Rockwood to Rockwood Landing TN
Built by Rockwood & Tennessee River Ry 1868
owned by Roane Iron Co

Tennessee Alabama & Georgia

Blowing Spring Spur
Shown on 1910 Soil Survey Map

Kensington GA to GA/TN State Line
Built by Chattanooga & Southern Ry 1888-91
to Chattanooga & Southern RR 1-10-1896
to Tennessee Alabama & Georgia RR 2-1-1912
to Tennessee Alabama & Georgia Ry 1922
to Southern Ry 1971
to Chatooga & Chickamauga Ry
out of service since 2009

Chattanooga TN to TN/GA State Line
Built by Chattanooga & Southern Ry 1888-91
to Chattanooga & Southern RR 1-10-1896
to Tennessee Alabama & Georgia RR 2-1-1912
to Tennessee Alabama & Georgia Ry 1922
to Southern Ry 1971

Tennessee Northern RR

Tennessee Ridge TN to Bear Springs TN
Built by Tennessee Northern Ry 1897
to Tennessee & Cumberland River RR 1903?
said to where road later located

Tennessee Kentucky & Northern RR

Algood TN to Livingston TN
Built by Overton County Ry 1904-06
to Cincinnati-Nashville Southern Ry 10-1-1912
leased to Tennessee Kentucky & Northern RR 1912
abandonment approved 12-16-1933

Tennessee RR

Oneida to Jakes Branch TN
Built by?
to Bird M. Robinson
to Tennessee Ry 7-13-1904
to Tennessee RR 6-29-1918
to

Jakes Branch TN to River Jct
Built by Tennessee Ry 1904-05
to Tennessee RR 6-29-1918
to

River Jct TN to Beech Fork TN
Built by Tennessee Ry 1905-10
to Tennessee RR 6-29-1918
to Tennessee Ry 1973
controlled by Southern Railway
to Norfolk Southern control

Beech Fork extension
Built by Tennessee Ry 1910-13
to Tennessee Ry 1973
controlled by Southern Railway
to Norfolk Southern control

Extension to Indian Fork
to Tennessee Ry 1973
controlled by Southern Railway
to Norfolk Southern control

Indian Fork to Buffalo TN

Mine spur

Buffalo TN to Fork Mountain

Fork Mountain spur

Tioga wye

Buffalo spur

Shea TN to Clinchmore TN

Clinchmore spur

Beech Fork to Garland TN

Smokey Jct to Asher Fork
Built by Tennessee Ry 19??

Straight Fork spur

Montgomery Jct to Dean TN

Dean spur

Stanley Jct to Morning Glory

Tennessee & North Carolina RR

Newport TN to Waterville TN-NC
Built by Tennessee & North Carolina RR 1900-02
controlled by William Whitmer & Sons
to Tennessee & North Carolina Ry 6-7-1920
controlled by Boice Hardwood Co
abandoned 1-1-1938

Tennessee & Sequatchee Valley RR

Spring City TN to Jewett TN
Built by Tennessee & Sequatchee Valley RR 1880-82 as 36" gauge
owned by Walden Ridge Coal & Iron Co
to Tennessee Central RR 12-1888