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 2 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 (the Jim Beam distillery east of town on US460) in 1970. Finally, in 1987, all operations ceased in the Frankfort area.
You would have had a good view of the shop building with it's 4 foot tall letters on top from here, as well as the yard and service tracks. Since the shop building was recently razed, only the short spur track occasionally used by RJ Corman is left to show what was once here. Cache is a large camo'd pill bottle, but you'll need your own writing utensil.