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The Bluegrass Railroad and Museum is a railroad museum and heritage railroad in Versailles, Kentucky, United States.. Operating out of the Woodford County Park, the Railroad offers 11-mile round trip excursions through the horse farms of Kentucky to Tyrone, Kentucky where the train stops at Young's High Bridge and allows passengers to disembark and view Young's High Bridge and the Kentucky ...
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]
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 ...
Kentucky Kingdom is less than two hours from Indianapolis by car, and it's opening this weekend. But this year, you'll have more chances to make the trip. In 2024, the amusement park will be open ...
Kentucky Central Railroad: L&N: 1861 1887 Kentucky Central Railway: Kentucky Central Railway: L&N: 1887 1891 Louisville and Nashville Railroad: Kentucky Highlands Railroad: L&N: 1907 1915 Louisville and Nashville Railroad: Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company: SOU: 1880 1900 Kentucky and Indiana Bridge and Railroad Company: Kentucky and Indiana ...
The 223-mile (359 km) main route runs between Paducah and Louisville with branch lines from Paducah to Kevil and Mayfield, Kentucky and another from Cecilia to Elizabethtown, Kentucky. The PAL interchanges with Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) and Canadian National (CN), formerly Illinois Central Railroad, in Paducah.
The train crosses roads fourteen times on a single one-way trip. The total trip is 22 miles (35 km) and lasts approximately one hour. [22] At various times special excursions will involve themes such as train robberies, haunted trains, Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, and Thomas the Tank Engine. [23] [24]
The museum owns and maintains a collection of 80 historic railroad equipment located on a 4-acre (16,000 m 2) site. [1]The museum was founded in 1975 when a club of local railroad enthusiasts decided to run passenger cars on Amtrak trains.