Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Defunct railway company in the southeastern United States (1851-1957) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway was a railway company that operated in the U.S. states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. It began as the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, chartered in Nashville on December 11, 1845, built to 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge[2] and was the first railway to operate in the state of Tennessee.[3] By the turn of the twentieth century, the NC&StL grew into one of the most important railway systems in the southern United States.[4]: iii, Dedication
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Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee |
Locale | Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia |
Dates of operation | 1851–1957 |
Predecessor | Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad |
Successor | Louisville and Nashville Railroad |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Previous gauge | 5 ft (1,524 mm) and 4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm)[1] |
Length | 1900: 1,189 miles (1,914 km) |
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