Marbledale Packet & Marine Company

The Marbledale Packet & Marine Company (Est. 1920) is a marine company co-owned by the Knoxville & Asheville Railroad. It takes railroad cars down the river via rail barges from Knoxville to Kingston railhead and back. Until 1957, it also took passengers and goods to Louisville, Farragut, Lenoir City, Loudon, Woodland Cove, Morganton, Vonore, and Cillowhee, Tennessee. This is the company that owns Jerry, Lynn, Hunter, and Chatty.

History
In 1920, the Knoxville & Asheville Railroad took control of the Knoxville, Harriman & Southern Railroad. However, it didn't have any trackage to go into the city limits in order to connect to the KH&S. So the railroad started a side business to take railroad cars down the river via rail ferries to Kingston.