by President, Rich Hane

Those of you that made it down to the train station in Hopkinsville for our May meeting were treated to an interesting program hosted by Wallace Henderson. The setting was beautiful, several trains came bye, and the evening was a lot of fun.

The recent floods have severely impacted the Kentucky Railway Museum (KRM) with sections of track heavily damaged and 40 inches of water in the model train center. As of May 15th the train rides have resumed on a modified basis with the trains going to New Hope, KY. The Days out with Thomas the Tank Engine were held on June 5-6 and June 12-13. The train track, museum, and model train center are all in need of volunteers to help restore this wonderful train museum and donations are urgently needed since insurance and FEMA funds will only pay a portion of the repairs needed. You can contact them at 502-549-5470, email at kyrail@bardstown.com and website at kyrail.org.  They do a great job of presenting the history and equipment of railroads and are in need of our help. The museum and train rides are a nice way to introduce young people to the great tradition of American railroading. There is a nice variety of diesel and steam powered trains and some well preserved passenger cars.

I am looking forward to seeing all of your smiling faces at our next meeting at The Center here in beautiful downtown Madisonville at 7pm on Monday, June 28th.