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Though the Amtrak excursions ended, the cars remained as the core of the present collection. At that point the goal of the museum changed and now focuses on the preservation of the equipment. Tom Holley, former chairman of the board, stated "Now the primary purpose of the museum is the collection of
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trains. Several local members purchased cars for this goal. In the late 1980s, Amtrak tightened its restrictions on passenger cars, making it too expensive for most private citizens to keep them up.
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The museum owns and maintains a collection of 80 historic railroad equipment located on a 4-acre (16,000 m) site.
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The museum was founded in 1975 when a club of local railroad enthusiasts decided to run passenger cars on
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E8 locomotive #5888 has been undergoing restoration for the past few years. A "theatrical"
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The museum is located at 315 Southern Avenue in the Latonia area of Covington.
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the equipment that belonged to the seven railroads then entered
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Some of the other equipment includes former PRR #9408, an
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Passenger and Baggage Depots
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Index

railroad museum
Covington, Kentucky
Amtrak
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania Railroad
baggage car
Juliet
Pullman-Standard
Metropolitan View
Broadway Limited
railway post office
EMD SW1
switcher
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
La Paz
troop sleeper
Southern Railway
El Comedor
dining car
EMD E8
Pennsylvania Railroad
EMD E8
EMD SW1
Pennsylvania Railroad
EMD SW1
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railway Post Office
Pennsylvania Railroad
6062 Juliet
Baggage car

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