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| E.K.
culvert 1905. Located a couple miles south of
Greenup |
Today we can travel along Routes 1, 207, and
773 through Carter, Greenup, and Lawerance counties
in Eastern Kentucky. Much has changed since both the Eastern
Kentucky Railway and East Kentucky Southern Railway finished
their course through our beautiful hills and valleys.
Still remaining along it's abandoned path are tangible features
of the Railway. I will be working on a web link page with up-to-date
photos and descriptions that can be viewed by a click of your
mouse. On each page of this website you will read the history
of an area and see pictures from that time. On that same page will
be a link to what it looks like
today!
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| Old
E.K. turn table. Now pool near Greenup
Fairgrounds |
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| Argillite looking south along E.K. railroad
bed |
Driving along the old path of the
Eastern Kentucky Railway a person can find a number of items that
directly or indirectly was part of the everyday operation of
the railway. I often think of those men of men that powered
their way through that virgin terrain bringing about tunnels
and railroad beds. Much of the railroad bed still holds up
the weight of vehicles traveling between Webbville, Grayson, and
Greenup over much of Route 1, 773, and some of 207. It is that
same terrian through which a train passed and our people just a
century before called their E.K.
Railway.
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