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The Big South Fork Scenic Railway is a heritage railroad in Stearns, Kentucky. The route runs for 16 miles (26 km) through lush countryside in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. There is a stop in the historic coal mining town of Blue Heron, Kentucky which can be toured. There is also a gift shop and snack bar with picnic ...
The Kentucky & Tennessee Railway in nearby Stearns, KY bought the track and a scrap company bought the old converted wooden cabooses. This resulted in the park's final fire. During the scrapping process for the wooden coaches, the bodies of the cars were accidentally set on fire with a cutting torch, with the fire quickly getting out of hand.
Kentucky Route 92 passes through the center of Stearns and leads west 29 miles (47 km) to Monticello. Eastbound KY 92 joins US 27 south to Pine Knot, then turns east to lead to Williamsburg . According to the United States Census Bureau , the Stearns CDP has a total area of 4.05 square miles (10.5 km 2 ), of which 0.03 square miles (0.08 km 2 ...
In addition, the former mining community of Blue Heron, Kentucky is preserved and interpreted via signage. The Big South Fork region contains one of the highest concentrations of natural bridges in the eastern United States and the area is located in parts of Scott, Fentress, Pickett, and Morgan counties in Tennessee, and McCreary County in ...
Constructed in 1907, the McCreary County Museum is housed in the former Stearns Coal and Lumber Company corporate headquarters in Stearns, Kentucky.The building served as the company's office headquarters in the Southern United States, and maintains the company president's office as an exhibit.
Kentucky’s Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway — a 75-mile long state highway that stretches throughout the eastern part of the state — is among the most-feared roads in the nation, according to ...
The Southern Railway's Steam Program was created by Paul Merriman and TVRM, after Merriman purchased the former Southern Railway 4501 in 1964 from the Kentucky & Tennessee Railway in Stearns, Kentucky for $5,000, equal to $49,120 today. By 1966 the 4501 had been restored during a 2-year process, conducted at Lucey Boiler Company in Chattanooga.
One of the nation’s largest railroad carriers was negligent in a train derailment in Kentucky that forced nearby residents out of their homes the day before Thanksgiving, a federal lawsuit ...