Eastern Kentucky Railway. E. K. Railway purchased 25,000 acres of land in Little Sandy Valley at close of the Civil War. Tracks laid to this site June 10, 1871. Grayson was location of depot and repair shops. Stinson Branch was laid, 1893, with more straight track than any similar length in E. K. Railway main line. Service on E. K. Rwy. ended January 1933. Presented by Eastern Ky. Railway Historical Society and Collis P. Huntington Railway Historical Society. NOTE: This marker was replaced and given the number 1596. We are working on resolving this issue.