<P> In 1971 the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, successor to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, purchased the remainder of the L&N shares it did not already own, and the company became a subsidiary . During this period, in common with other lines, the L&N was cutting back passenger service . Amtrak, the government - formed passenger railway service, took over the few remaining L&N passenger trains in 1971 . In 1979, amid great lamentations in the press, it ceased passenger service to its namesake cities when Amtrak discontinued The Floridian, which had connected Louisville with Nashville, and to Florida via Birmingham . </P> <P> By 1982 the railroad industry was consolidating quickly, and the Seaboard Coast Line absorbed the Louisville & Nashville Railroad entirely . The merged company was known as "SCL / L&N", "Family Lines," and was depicted as such on the railroad's rolling stock . During the next few years several smaller acquisitions resulted in the creation of the Seaboard System Railroad . Yet more consolidation was ahead, and in 1986, the Seaboard System merged into the C&O / B&O combined system known as the Chessie System . The combined company became CSX Transportation (CSX), which now owns and operates all of the former Louisville and Nashville lines . </P> <P> A number of historical groups and publications devoted to the line exist, and L&N equipment is well represented in the model railroading hobby . The L&N Railroad is also the subject of at least two songs, the 2003 Rhonda Vincent bluegrass song "Kentucky Borderline", and "The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore" by Jean Ritchie and individually performed by Michelle Shocked, Johnny Cash and Kathy Mattea . Dutch blues / rockband The Bintangs had a hit in the Dutch charts in the late 1960s with "Ridin' on the L&N" (a cover from the Dan Burley / Lionel Hampton - composition from 1946 . This composition also was covered by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers . </P> <P> In 1926 the L&N turned over approximately 137 acres to the Kentucky State Park Commission, making possible the creation of the state's Natural Bridge State Park . </P>

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