TheRailway Museum of Greater Cincinnati is arailroad museum inCovington, Kentucky.
The museum owns and maintains a collection of 80 historic railroad equipment located on a 4-acre (16,000 m2) site.[1]
The museum was founded in 1975 when a club of local railroad enthusiasts decided to run passenger cars onAmtrak 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.[2] 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 enteredCincinnati."
Pennsylvania Railroad E8 locomotive #5888 has been undergoing restoration for the past few years. A "theatrical"baggage car (theJuliet, 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 ofPullman-Standard cars including theMetropolitan View built in 1938 for the PRR'sBroadway Limited, and a BM70nbrailway post office (PRR #6518) modernized for the same train.[3]
Some of the other equipment includes former PRR #9408, anEMD SW1switcher,[4] a preserved Dinky, Brookville BMD 15-ton switcher,[5] formerBaltimore and Ohio Railroad modern lightweight coach theLa Paz, a preservedtroop sleeper, an earlySouthern Railway business car, and former RI #428 (El Comedor)dining car.[6]
The museum is located at 315 Southern Avenue in the Latonia area of Covington.[7]
| 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 |
| 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 | 6062Juliet | B70A | Baggage car | PRR | 1928 | Used for the transportation of Theatrical scenery | |
| Pullman Company Pennsylvania Railroad | Waltersburg | Plan 3410A | 12-1sleeping car | Pullman | 1924 | ||
| Pullman Company Pennsylvania Railroad | Cascade Gardens | Plan 4072B | 10-5sleeping car | Pullman-Standard | 1939 | ||
| Pullman Company Pennsylvania Railroad | Cascade Heights | Plan 4072C | 10-5sleeping 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 | 5503La Paz | Coach | Pullman-Standard | 1949 | Built for B&O streamlinerThe Columbian | ||
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | 3315Chicago | Tavern-Lounge-Observation car | Pullman-Standard | 1949 | Built for B&O streamlinerThe Columbian |
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