Rail Service

Paducah and Louisville Railway
The line runs from Kentucky Dam to Calvert City to Paducah through Marshall County.  It is a vital part of Calvert City's industry.

Paducah & Louisville Railway 
   425 North Main Street 
   Calvert City, KY  42029
   (270) 395-4080 

Murray-Calloway Co. Economic Development Corporation
Formerly NC&StL, this railroad was built around 1890 through Murray, Hardin, Benton, and Paducah.  Over the next 100 years, the railroad went through several different acquisitions.  In 1983, when Seaboard Systems owned the line, it suspended local operations and pulled 30 miles of tracks from Hardin to Paducah.  The remaining tracks from Hardin to Murray was purchased by another railroad company which seldom used it.  In 1993, the railroad was bought by the Hardin Southern Railroad (the line from Hardin to Murray) and served primarily as a nostalgic train ride until 2005.  Then the Murray-Calloway Co. Economic Development Corporation purchased the line from Hardin to 1 mile north of Murray where the tracks join the KWT Railroad.

Pictured top to bottom:  A line of railcars on the P&L Railroad in Calvert City.  The old NC&StL tracks ends at Kentucky 80 in Hardin.  The line once ran to Paducah, but was pulled from there to this site over 25 years ago.

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