Miscellaneous Museums

Here's a few more scenes from our recent vacation. In Paducah, there's an IC 2-8-2 on display alongside the flood wall between downtown and the river. It is well-maintained cosmetically.

Now where have I seen that number before?



Behind the locomotive are an IC Harriman-style baggage car and an unusual outside-braced waycar.

The backhead appears to be complete and in good shape.

Also in town is the Paducah Railroad Museum, run by an NRHS chapter. It has a large collection of artifacts and models, but is only open on Saturday.

Owensboro, Ky. has some street running, as seen here. It also has a history and science museum with a coal mine in the basement, presumably similar to MSI's, but it wasn't open when we were there.

In fact, we missed several other museums too: a quilt museum, a bluegrass museum, a creation museum, a tobacco museum (?), and the "mothman" museum in Point Pleasant, W.V. Maybe next time!