A short local, CSX J732 (Hopkinsville to Madisonville, Ky and return) prepares to pass under the highway 41 overpass at Morons Gap, Kentucky as it heads south with its short train on the Henderson Subdivision on February 5th, 2022.

According to The Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer Website: Mortons Gap is a Hopkins County city on US 41 about five miles south of Madisonville, Kentucky. Named for Thomas Morton who settled in a gap in an east-west ridge in the southern part of the county. He built a house there circa 1805. The gap has long been used to travel through the area and the railroad and US 41 both run through it. The town was established by the South Diamond Mining Company circa 1871. Mortons Gap was incorporated in 1888. The Mortons Gap post office opened in 1871. The population in 2010 was 863. It was serviced by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in the early years and now the line is owned by CSXT.

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