25-year renewal. The agreement is governed by the five-member Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern Railway, who are appointed by the Mayor of the City of Cincinnati. The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific is operated by Norfolk Southern as part of the Alabama Division. Between Cincinnati and Somerset the line is under control of the North End Dispatcher, Knoxville, Tennessee. Somerset to Hixson, Tennessee, is dispatched by the South End Dispatcher, Knoxville. The CT (Chattanooga Terminal) Dispatcher controls the last few miles and a few surrounding lines into Chattanooga. More than 50 trains a day can be seen on the CNO&TP, with the heaviest concentration between Danville and Harriman, Tennessee. Quite a bit of the traffic is intermodal and automotive. General manifests, local freights, grain, coal, and other bulk commodities make up the rest of the traffic. In 1925 CNO&TP reported 1688 million ton-miles of revenue freight (not including Harriman & Northeastern) on 338 route-miles operated; in 1967 it had 4116 million ton-miles on 337 route-miles. Revenue passenger-miles were 134 million in 1925 and 15 million in 1967. In 2023 it was announced that Norfolk Southern had reached an agreement to buy the Cincinnati Southern for $1.6 billion, subject to approval by voters in Cincinnati, the Surface Transportation Board and the Ohio General Assembly. See also Queen and Crescent Route Interstate Commerce Commission v. Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Co. Cincinnati–Blue Ash Airport, formerly owned by the City of Cincinnati outside the corporation limits French Park (Amberley, Ohio), also owned by the City of Cincinnati outside the corporation limits References Southern Railway Ties, August 1963 Trackside Guide No. 1 - Cincinnati, Trains September 2002 Railroads of Cincinnati, includes a history of the CNO&TP with photos Further reading Tate, Curtis. "Tunnel Trouble: Building and Rebuilding the Cincinnati Southern, 1869–1999." Ohio Valley History 12.3 (2012): 68-77. excerpt External links Particularly Everything Blog - Queen and Crescent: Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Kentucky railroads Ohio railroads Tennessee railroads Former Class I railroads in the United States Predecessors of the Southern Railway (U.S.) Railway companies established in 1881 5 ft gauge railways in the United States 1881 establishments in Ohio Rail transportation in Cincinnati