located kentucky united_states non profit railroad museum dedicated public history heritage kentucky railroads people built originally created louisville kentucky museum location extreme southern oldest railroad stations united_states museum owns steam locomotives diesel locomotives pieces rolling stock pieces separately national_register_of_historic_places louisville nashville steam locomotive louisville nashville combine car number sleeping car cincinnati model history site current museum built louisville nashville railroad old line ran lebanon kentucky line vital importance union cause making frequent target confederate forces 1860s nearby bridge destroyed railroad station site 1990s replica station built site museum chartered railroad enthusiasts louisville wished preserve steam locomotives rail displays louisville nashville locomotive wooden coach donations including railroad track louisville nashville railroad museum moved twice chartered original location louisville site louisville soccer fields located location acres size site opened public dedication taking place september museum eventually left location flooding nearby ohio river general lack necessary space worst floods march december decided museum larger safer location museum moved village area corner land leased known station louisville nashville locomotive left river road repaired station situated acres county informed museum lease renewed land highly valuable commercial area necessary current site opened july original location acres building donated lewis businessmen wives respectively eighteen miles remaining louisville nashville railroad old lebanon line control taken control louisville nashville railroad 1970s train began site inspired renovation donations museum louisville efforts reporter fund raising told stories trains museum honored efforts november faced vandalism concerns new location june necessary build razor wire perimeter fence juveniles average age damaged historic cars trains museum director worried facility looking like fort colony given grant start traveling exhibit heritage railroad old kentucky dinner train based nashville station kentucky attractions steam locomotives louisville nashville railroad pacific style believed operating steam locomotive museum operates heritage railroad offers excursion trains selected weekends summer fall line portion main line museum operates segment boston line having abandoned east museum site large model train layout gift shop brick building replica depot locomotives old louisville trains passengers boston kentucky donated museum louisville nashville railroad president oldest known remaining pacific exist official state locomotive kentucky designated march locomotive dates early days diesel engine painted black gold kept match school colors located indiana purchased acquired louisville nashville railroad august display museum rail cars historic rail cars facility louisville nashville combine car number wood steel train cars designed times jim crow laws end trip hold white passengers rear held black passengers given louisville nashville railroad civil war centennial 1960s car pulled famous civil war era steam locomotive general touring parts eastern rail network car star hotel rails polished brass fixtures pull beds company sold car museum historic car facility cincinnati model known cardinal red color gas powered motor rail car ran cincinnati railroad whiskey route kentucky paris kentucky train rides leave regularly museum boston kentucky picturesque views way train crosses roads fourteen times single way trip total trip miles lasts approximately hour times special involve themes train haunted trains thomas exhibits buildings facility holds model train display model trains glass covered covering total area square feet include german landscape featuring village carnival depicting working placing rails
Kentucky Railway Museum