Ashland → Lexington · 124 Miles
Station by Station
The all-time station list, compiled from C&O's List of Officers, Agents, Stations, Etc., 1892–1957. Mileposts are measured from Fort Monroe, Virginia, per C&O practice from 1930 onward. Bold names with gold markers were agency stations; the smaller entries are flag stops, tunnels, and operating points.
Five watersheds, no easy running. The line crossed five separate drainage divides between
Ashland and the Bluegrass Plateau near Mt. Sterling — the price of running an east–west railroad
through country whose streams flow south to north. Every ridge meant another grade up and another
down, culminating in the notorious Corey Hill between Aden and Olive Hill. West of Lexington,
C&O trains continued 94 miles to Louisville over Louisville & Nashville rails under
trackage rights formalized in 1895.
From the Engineering Files
Maps & Profiles of the Line
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