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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 ...
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 ...
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] Other areas in Kentucky are reclaiming old railways in rail trail projects.
Free parking. 3 Bring-A-Friend free tickets (May, June, August) 3 Bring-A-Friend discounts. Exclusive events. 20% food, retail and photo discounts. Free soft drinks. 20% cabana discounts. Free ...
The rest of the video consists of run-bys of the train taken by Bill Slone as well as a trip around the entire track loop from the cab of the locomotive that was taken by Engineer Bill Johnson while operating the locomotive. This video can be found on YouTube if one searches the park's name. Footage of the train robbery show has also surfaced.
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]
With the signing the Transportation Act in 1957 to create a national interstate road system and the burgeoning popularity of air travel, passenger service began to decline in the 1960s. Amtrak took over intercity rail service in 1971, and cut back service to a single train, the Chicago-Miami/St. Petersburg Floridian.