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Currently the station is part of the complex for the My Old Kentucky Dinner Train, named for the My Old Kentucky Home State Park, where Stephen Foster allegedly got the inspiration for his song My Old Kentucky Home. Customers ride on vintage 1940s-era dining cars pulled by diesel-electric FP7A locomotives for a 150-minute, 37-mile ride to ...
Fun with the Family Kentucky, 2nd: Hundreds of Ideas for Day Trips with the Kids. Globe Pequot. ISBN 0-7627-3490-6. Hay, Melba Porter (2002). Roadside History: A Guide to Kentucky Highway Markers. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-916968-29-4. Herr, Kincaid A. (2000). The Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 1850-1963. University Press of Kentucky.
Visitors riding “Rail Explorers” pedal over train tracks on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023 at the Bluegrass Scenic Railroad and Museum in Versailles, Ky.
The Bardstown Line became home to My Old Kentucky Dinner Train, which made its inaugural run in 1989. In 1990, R. J. Corman's first Distribution Center was opened in South Union, Kentucky. R. J. Corman Material Sales began in 1994, after the company agreed to begin serving as Conrail's full-service track and rail material distributor.
Bardstown features a tourist attraction known as My Old Kentucky Dinner Train. Run along a 20-mile (30 km) stretch of rail purchased from CSX in 1987, guests are served a four-course meal as they make a two-and-a-half-hour round-trip between Bardstown and Limestone Springs. [5] The Kentucky Railway Museum is located in nearby New Haven. [6]
Commuters may think of a train ride as a dull, bare-bones trek on the Long Island Railroad or even an affordable Amtrak trip. Either of these modes of transportation will get you where you're ...
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 ...
On a frosty day in January, I boarded an overnight train in Denver for a 15-hour ride to Salt Lake City. The train was cozy and social, and the views were striking and diverse. Ride along with me.