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Kentucky Railway Museum

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Located 15 minutes north of of the Kentucky cavalry attacked in
Hodgenville in New Haven, the 1862. Led by Confederate General
Kentucky Railway Museum gives John Hunt Morgan, the cavalry at-
visitors the inside track about how tacked across the Howell farm in an
railroads shaped the state. effort to destroy the railroad bridge
Tour historic exhibits and collec- spanning the Rolling Fork River.
tions including a L&N steam engine The museum attracts more
#152 and a WWII 40-et-8 European than than 40,000 visitors annually
boxcar, then hop on a train for a and offers special train excursions
family excursion. While the museum throughout the year including dining
itself lies in Nelson County, excur- trips, mystery dinners, a Great Train
sion routes run through a scenic sec- Robbery and holiday-themed trains Kentucky’s
tion of LaRue County. at Easter, Halloween and Christmas. official train
The museum uses 17 miles of old The kid-friendly Day Out with museum of-
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Thomas the Tank Engine event takes fers themed
line, once the lifeblood of New place for two weekends in June. excursions
Haven and the Rolling Fork River including the
Valley. From the train, you can see Kentucky Railway Museum Day Out with
the Historic Howell House, the only 136 S. Main Street • New Haven Thomas event
surviving structure of the Battle of 502-549-5470 • kyrail.org in June.
New Haven, where three companies

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