KRS 277.080: Railroad company may transport by motor vehicle and by air.

Any railroad company may engage in the business of a common carrier for the

transportation of persons and property by motor vehicles operated upon the highways and

by airplanes in the air, and may purchase or lease the property, rights and franchises of

any person engaged in transportation of persons or property by motor vehicle or by

airplane, and may acquire the capital stock of any corporation engaged in such

transportation, or make any agreement or arrangement, not inconsistent with laws, with

any perso n engaged or authorized to engage in such transportation. All railroad

companies exercising the powers granted by this section shall, in their operation of motor

vehicles, be deemed common carriers by motor vehicle, and shall be subject to all the

laws of this state applicable to such motor carriers.