Frankfort and Kokomo Railroad

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The Frankfort and Kokomo Railroad was a small railroad company that operated approximately 25 miles of track between the Indiana cities of Frankfort and Kokomo.^[1] The F&K's rail lines were generally of poor condition and made the cars that traveled along it jog from side to side, leading to its nickname "The Rabbit Track Line".^[2] The first train cars made the trip between the two cities on May 28, 1874.

The F&K Railroad was consolidated in the early 1880s into the Toledo, Cincinnati, and St. Louis Railroad which then became the Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad, commonly known as the "Clover Leaf".^[1]

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1. ^ ^{a b} Kneeland v. Lawrence, 140 U.S. 209 (Supreme Court of the United States May 11, 1891).
2. ^ Hallberg, M. C. (2006-04-24). Railroads in North America: Some Historical Facts and an Introduction to an Electronic Database of North American Railroads and Their Evolution. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.