Thunder Over Louisville, Kentucky Railway Museum, and more!
- From: "Sherman L. Cahal" <shermancahal@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:15:45 -0700 (PDT)
Over the past few months, I've been doing a lot of exploring in
Kentucky -- museums, events and just driving the back roads and
finding something new and unique about my home state. I've also been
venturing into other states, so this is not entirely about Kentucky...
And I continue it with this month's updates to American Byways by
presenting some new additions!
Kentucky Railway Museum --
http://www.americanbyways.com/index.php?catid=434
As a child, I was simply fascinated with model railroads. I attempted
a few times to construct a model railroad set with an HO-gauge,
constructing and gluing the building forms together, making plaster
roadways, forming hills, landscape, and of course, lay track and
install locomotives. I gave up the hobby a few years ago, but taking a
step into the Kentucky Railway Museum, located in New Haven, was a
step back into time. The museum features a sizable collection of
railroad artifacts and memorabilia, a dining car exhibit, a handcar
and track inspection car, steam locomotive whistles, and various
photographs and sundries, housed in a replica of the original New
Haven depot. Next door is a 3,000 sq. ft. model train center is next
door that is operated in conjunction with Family Modular Lines that
offers exhibit space and displays, showcasing layouts from the HO-
scale to the G-gauge. The museum also offers excursions along the
scenic Rolling Fork River valley in central Kentucky in a restored
passenger train as a 22-mile train excursion rumbles by serene
pastures and hardwood forests, and historic sites.
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Thunder Over Louisville --
http://www.americanbyways.com/index.php?catid=433
Kicking off the Kentucky Derby Festival annually in Louisville,
Kentucky on April 12, Thunder Over Louisville included a day-long
airshow and the largest fireworks display in North America. I
personally attended some of the airshow as time permitted, and had a
front row view along the riverbank in Louisville, immediately
downriver from the Clark Memorial Bridge. As this was my first
attendance at the festivities, I was simply amazed at the amount of
coordination and effort that was involved to bring forth this event,
which included the cooperation of not only the United States Military,
but N.A.S.A., several cities and two states. It was well worth braving
the 40F, windy and rainy weather.
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Civil War Weekend in Hurricane (W.Va.) --
http://www.americanbyways.com/index.php?catid=432
Commemorating two engagements of the Civil War in Hurricane, West
Virginia, the annual Civil War Weekend is held on the last weekend in
March in Valley Park. The event pays tribute to the soldiers of both
the Union and the Confederates who testified in a war that revolved
around state's rights and slavery, and hosts two battlefield
reenactments, two recreated camps, a living history lantern tour, and
a military ball.
There are now six photographs and a brief history behind the Battle of
Scary Creek and a skirmish along the banks of Hurricane Creek.
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I've also added photographs to the Sally Brown and Crutcher Nature
Preserves in Kentucky --
http://www.americanbyways.com/index.php?catid=86
Enjoy!
Sherman Cahal
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