Elkhorn City Railroad Museum

Elkhorn City Railroad Museum
Elkhorn City Railroad Museum
Established	1990
Location	100 Pine Street, Elkhorn City, Kentucky 41522
Coordinates	37°18′18″N 82°20′30″W / 37.304996°N 82.341548°W / 37.304996; -82.341548
Type	Railroad
Website	elkhorncityrrm.tripod.com

The Elkhorn City Railroad Museum is a railroad museum located in Elkhorn City, Kentucky, United States. The museum was established in 1990 and is dedicated to educating the public on the history of railroads in Kentucky's Eastern Mountain Coal Fields region. It is managed by the Elkhorn City Heritage Council.^[1]

More than 1,000 pieces of railroad memorabilia are on display, including two cabooses, velocipedes, motor cars, antique uniforms and equipment.^[2]

References

↑ History of the Elkhorn City Railroad Museum Retrieved on 2010-12-03
↑ Things to Do Pikeville-Pike County Tourism. Retrieved on 2010-12-3

History of Railroads in Kentucky

Companies	Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad Louisville and Nashville Railroad

Individuals	Basil W. Duke

Museums	Big South Fork Scenic Railway Bluegrass Railroad and Museum Elkhorn City Railroad Museum Historic Railpark and Train Museum Kentucky Railway Museum Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati

Stations	Ashland Coal and Iron Railroad Office Ashland Coal and Iron Railroad Store Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Passenger and Baggage Depots Henderson, Louisville and Nashville Railroad Depot Hopkinsville L & N Railroad Depot Illinois Central Railroad Station and Freight Depot Louisville and Nashville Railroad Depot Louisville and Nashville Railroad Passenger Depot Louisville, Henderson, and St. Louis Railroad Depot Old L & N Station Paris Railroad Depot Shelbyville L & N Railroad Depot Stanford L&N Railroad Depot Union Station (Louisville) Union Station (Owensboro)

Vehicles	Frankfort and Cincinnati Model 55 Rail Car L & N Steam Locomotive No. 152 Louisville and Nashville Combine Car Number 665 Mt. Broderick Pullman Car

Bridges	Barren River L & N Railroad Bridge Big Four Bridge Cairo Rail Bridge C&O Railroad Bridge Cincinnati Southern Bridge Fourteenth Street Bridge (Ohio River) Henderson Bridge (Ohio River) High Bridge of Kentucky Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Bridge Metropolis Bridge Newport Southbank Bridge Sciotoville Bridge Young's High Bridge

Other	Cincinnati Southern Railroad Culvert--CSRR Lexington Extension of the Louisville Southern Railroad Louisville and Nashville Railroad Office Building Mitchellsburg Louisville and Nashville Railroad Culvert Russell Railroad YMCA Tank Pond Railroad Underpass

Museums in Kentucky

Art	Kentucky Folk Art Center Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft Museum of the American Quilter's Society Speed Art Museum University of Kentucky Art Museum

Aviation	Aviation Museum of Kentucky

Biographical	Bill Monroe Museum General George Patton Museum of Leadership Muhammad Ali Center Rosemary Clooney Museum U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum

History	Adsmore Ashland Bardstown Historical Museum Barthell Coal Mining Camp Big Sandy Heritage Center Blue Heron Coal Mining Camp Bluegrass Heritage Museum Civil War Museum Coal Miners' Museum David A. Zegeer Coal-Railroad Museum Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum Federal Hill F.M. Stafford House Frazier History Museum Harland Sanders Café and Museum Highlands Museum and Discovery Center Historic Locust Grove Hunt-Morgan House James A. Ramage Civil War Museum Kentucky Coal Mining Museum Lexington History Center Magoffin County Pioneer Village and Museum Mary Todd Lincoln House McCreary County Museum Mountain Homeplace Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History Portland Museum Riverside, The Farnsley-Moremen Landing Samuel May House Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History Thomas Edison House

Rail	Bluegrass Railroad and Museum Elkhorn City Railroad Museum The Historic Railpark and Train Museum Kentucky Railway Museum Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati

Religious	Creation Museum Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill Shaker Museum at South Union

Science & technology	East Kentucky Science Center Kentucky Science Center Kentucky River Museum National Corvette Museum

Sports	Kentucky Derby Museum Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory

Miscellaneous	Callahan Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind Cumberland Inn Museum International Bluegrass Music Museum Garrard County Jail Museum Vent Haven Museum

Visitor Attractions of the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield

Parks

State	Buckhorn Lake Carr Creek Carter Caves Cumberland Falls Dawkins Line Rail Trail Dr. Thomas Walker Fishtrap Lake Grayson Lake Greenbo Lake Jenny Wiley Kingdom Come Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Natural Bridge Paintsville Lake Pine Mountain Pine Mountain Trail Yatesville Lake

Federal	Big South Fork Cumberland Gap

Interstate	Breaks Interstate

Museums

Barthell Coal Mining Camp
Bell County Coal House & Museum
Bell County Historical Society Museum
Big Sandy Heritage Center
Blue Heron Coal Mining Camp
Bobby Davis Museum and Park
Breathitt County Museum
C.B. Caudill Store & History Center
Cloverfork Museum
Coal Miners' Museum
Cumberland Inn Museum
David A. Zegeer Coal-Railroad Museum
East Kentucky Science Center
Elkhorn City Railroad Museum
F.M. Stafford House
Harland Sanders Café & Museum
Hensley Settlement
Highlands Museum and Discovery Center
Kentucky Coal Mining Museum
Kentucky Folk Art Center
Knox Historical Museum
Magoffin County Pioneer Village and Museum
Marie Stewart Museum & Craft Shop
McCreary County Museum
Morgan County History Museum
Mountain Homeplace
Mountain Life Museum
Northeastern Kentucky Museum
Samuel May House
Swamp Valley Museum
U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum
Wolfe County History Museum

Forests

Reservoirs

Natural features

Miscellaneous

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