Hardin Southern Railroad

The Hardin Southern Railroad (reporting mark HSRR) was a short line freight and tourist railroad located in Hardin, Kentucky. In 2005, the Murray-Calloway Economic Development Corporation bought the former line and leased it to the KWT Railway for the purpose of serving the Murray Industrial Park in Murray.

Hardin Southern Railroad
Overview
Reporting markHSRR
LocaleHardin, Kentucky, USA
Dates of operation2005 (2005)
SuccessorKWT Railway
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Other
Websitehsrr.com

A passenger train operated over this line until 2005. The equipment used included an EMD SW1 which was sent to Knoxville Locomotive Works in Knoxville, Tennessee. The passenger cars and a Chessie System C27A caboose went to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Norfolk Southern, with the caboose ending up on the Black River & Western Railroad in Ringoes, New Jersey.

Most of the trackage of the former Hardin Southern Railroad was removed in August 2009.


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