Abandoned Railroads#48: F&C Traditional Cache
FJ40thom: giving up the spot
Abandoned Railroads#48: F&C
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This is another in my series of caches highlighting some of the physical features that still remain of railroads that no longer exist in the central KY area.
The Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad ran between Frankfort, KY and Paris, KY. Although incorporated in 1871 as the Paris, Georgetown, and Frankfort Railroad, construction did not begin until 1888. The name of the railroad had been changed to the Kentucky Midland by then and the line was completed in 1890. As with many railroads built during this time in KY, convict labor was used for the bulk of the work.
Due to the many distilleries along the route, the railroad was nicknamed ‘The Whiskey Route’. Another nickname was ‘Forty Miles and Forty Bridges’ due to the numerous water crossings between the towns. Prohibition virtually forced the railroad to stop operations and the increased use of cars and trucks to transport people and goods finally caused the railroad to abandon the Paris-Georgetown line in 1967. It was abandoned from Georgetown to Elsinore in 1970. Finally, in 1987, all operations ceased in the Frankfort area.
I stumbled upon this spot while going for the cache in the graveyard. This location may have stayed in place after the F&C abandoned it and used by CSX to switch local industries. I'm not sure when it was taken up, but it's pretty obvious where it crossed 19th Street!
Cache is a pill bottle, so bring your own pen. Houses very close by, so be stealthy.
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