Paducah
and Louisville Railway - (en)
The Paducah and Louisville Railway (AAR reporting marks PAL) is a
Class II railroad that operates freight service between Paducah and
Louisville, Kentucky.
The 270-mile line was purchased from Illinois Central Railroad in
August, 1986. The 223-mile main route runs between Paducah and
Louisville with a branch line from Paducah to Kevil and Mayfield,
Kentucky and another from Louisville to Elizabethtown, Kentucky. The
PAL interchanges with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) and
Canadian National (CN), formerly Illinois Central Railroad, in Paducah.
In Madisonville, the line interchanges with CSX Transportation (CSXT).
In Louisville, the line interchanges with the Canadian Pacific Railway
(CPR), CSX Transportation (CSXT) and Norfolk Southern (NS). Class III
line connections are at Princeton with the Fredonia Valley Railroad (FVRR)
and at Louisville with the Louisville and Indiana Railroad (LIRC).
The parent company of the PAL, Four Rivers Transportation, Inc., also
operates the Evansville Western Railway and the Appalachian and Ohio
Railroad.
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