Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati facts for kids

The Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati is a railroad museum in Covington, Kentucky.

Collection

The museum owns and maintains a collection of 80 historic railroad equipment located on a 4-acre (16,000 m²) site.

The museum was founded in 1975 when a club of local railroad enthusiasts decided to run passenger cars on Amtrak 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.

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 the equipment that belonged to the seven railroads then entered Cincinnati."

Pennsylvania Railroad E8 locomotive #5888 has been undergoing restoration for the past few years. A "theatrical" baggage car (the Juliet, one of 47 built by the Pennsy between 1917 and 1922) sits on the track beside the locomotive and will serve as a mobile staging area for the renovation. The museum also has a large collection of Pullman-Standard cars including the Metropolitan View built in 1938 for the PRR's Broadway Limited, and a BM70nb railway post office (PRR #6518) modernized for the same train.

Some of the other equipment includes former PRR #9408, an EMD SW1 switcher, a preserved Dinky, Brookville BMD 15-ton switcher, former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad modern lightweight coach the La Paz, a preserved troop sleeper, an early Southern Railway business car, and former RI #428 (El Comedor) dining car.

The museum is located at 315 Southern Avenue in the Latonia area of Covington.

Rolling stock

Diesel locomotives

Image	Operator	Road Number	Class	Model	Date	Notes
	Pennsylvania Railroad	5888	EP-22	EMD E8	1951	Undergoing restoration
	Pennsylvania Railroad	9408	ES-6	EMD SW1	1950

Passenger cars

Image	Operator	Road Number	Class	Type	Manufacturer	Date	Notes
	Pennsylvania Railroad	6518	BM70nb	Railway Post Office	PRR	1912	Fully equipped with sorting racks cancellation tables, parcel bins
	Pennsylvania Railroad	6062 Juliet	B70A	Baggage car	PRR	1928	Used for the transportation of Theatrical scenery
	Pullman Company Pennsylvania Railroad	Waltersburg	Plan 3410A	12-1 sleeping car	Pullman	1924
	Pullman Company Pennsylvania Railroad	Cascade Gardens	Plan 4072B	10-5 sleeping car	Pullman-Standard	1939
	Pullman Company Pennsylvania Railroad	Cascade Heights	Plan 4072C	10-5 sleeping car	Pullman-Standard	1940
	Pullman Company Pennsylvania Railroad	Metropolitan View	Plan 4080A	1-2 sleeper buffet-lounge-observation car	Pullman-Standard	1938
	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	5503 La Paz		Coach	Pullman-Standard	1949	Built for B&O streamliner The Columbian
	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	3315 Chicago		Tavern-Lounge-Observation car	Pullman-Standard	1949	Built for B&O streamliner The Columbian