The Big South Fork Scenic Railway train travels over the former Kentucky & Tennessee Railway making a 16 mile round trip into the Daniel Boone National Forest and Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area. The Puducah Railroad Museum also includes a model railroad layout.
The Paducah Railroad Museum displays equipment and memorabilia from various railroads, including the three roads that served Paducah, the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy as well as the Illinois Central. Directions Paducah Paducah Railroad Museum 2716 was returned to the Kentucky Railway Museum in March 2001 and was placed under a shelter there, where it remains today. After pulling excursions in Indiana, C&O 2-8-4 No. The 3,000 square feet exhibit space includes displays and operating layouts such as HO scale, N-scale, S-scale & G gauge from a variety of time periods. Kentucky Railway Museum, in conjunction with Family Modular Lines, operates a large model train building. Locomotive cab and caboose rides are also available. Museum offers dinner trains, murder mystery trains, train hold ups and Santa Trains. Open air and air conditioned coaches are available. Open year round with excursion train rides running from April through December. A 90 minute train rides take you over 22 miles of former Louisville & Nashville track. Among the diverse locomotives is the museum’s centerpiece, the 1905 Rogers built ex- L&N 4-6-2 No. Housed in a replica of the original New Haven station, the Kentucky Railway Museum has more than 50,000 railroad items, including over 120 pieces of rolling stock and engines. The Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati a collection of railway equipment and over 70 railway cars, including large Pullman cars, several switchers from the seven railways that served Cincinnati along with a a Pennsylvania Railroad E8A diesel locomotive. Covington Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati Self guided interactive museum, theater and model train exhibit. Directions Bowling Green Historic RailPark & Train Museum The area is also rich in Civil War history. There are also two restored depots along the line, at Deatsville and Limestone Springs. A ride aboard the My Old Kentucky Dinner Train is a chance to experience a wonderful bygone era. Four course meals are server aboard the dinner train, that features elegant vintage 1940s dining cars, offers a place to enjoy relaxed conversation, along with the fine cuisine and gracious service. Special event trains include a Mystery Train, a Valentines Train, a North Pole Express as well as other event trains. Corman Railroad Company operates the My Old Kentucky Dinner Train over a 15 mile year-round rail excursions that include both lunch and dinner trips. Amtrak’s Cardinal and the City of New Orleans routes pass through Kentucky and the folklore legend “Casey” Jones was born in Cayce, Ky. High volumes of coal originate from the eastern areas of the state. Total track routes for the state of Kentucky are a little over 2600 miles and the 2 major freight haulers transit through the “Blue Grass State” today are the CSX and NS, linking the South and the Midwest. Kentucky’s first railroad was the Lexington & Ohio, opening in 1834. 2008 pulls occasional excursions and light freight hauling around the Lexington area. The RJ Corman Central Kentucky Lines’ Chinese QJ Class 2-10-2 No. Kentucky has 11 steam locomotives, with most of them on display around the state. The Kentucky Railway Museum operates scenic excursions on 17 miles of former Louisville & Nashville track and is home to L&N #152, a 4-6-2 Pacific type steam locomotive that is also the official steam locomotive of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The Bluegrass Scenic Railroad & Museum operates several theme scenic train rides from April through the December holidays. My Old Kentucky Dinner Train operates year-round using 1940’s dining cars. Kentucky scenic train rides can be found on the Big South Fork Scenic Railway operating from the end of March through December. Find Your Perfect Train Ride in Kentucky Today
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