Lexington

Abandoned NC&STL Railway
Route Between Memphis, Jackson & Bruceton
and Perryville Branch

Lexington Station (Midland City) - Milepost 118.9
(Milepost 0.0 on Perryville Branch)

The History of Tennessee Midland Railroad & NC&STL Railway at the "The Development of Early Roads and Basic Occupations" by Yesterday's Tennessee

On February 23, 1935, there was a collision between a passenger train and a mixed train located 146 feet in northeast of Lexington Depot (approx. milepost 118.9), which resulted in injury of five passengers, one conductor, one fireman and one porter. See detail at U.S. Department Of Transportation, Investigations Of Railroad Accidents 1911 - 1993.

See track realignment in Wards (north of Lexington).

More Links Between Lexington & Perryville

• Early History of the Railroad line from Hollow Rock Junction (Bruceton) to Lexington
• Early picture (before 1900's?) of the Tennessee Midland Railroad track in Henderson County
  (near Lexington?)
• Lexington Cemetery

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