Our goal is to put one of the Last L&N Steam Engines in the world back to work pulling excursion trains for our museum, as well as educate the public regarding the heritage of Kentucky’s Railroads and the people who built them.  The L&N 152 needs both boiler and running gear work. 

Please visit the Crew 152 Facebook page for the most up to date information and photos. Work continues on the drivers of Kentucky Railway Museum’s  steam locomotive 152.  You can see some great videos by That Steam Guy on the museum’s Facebook page.  Check it out!

Chuck and Shirley Hinrichs

We want to remember the family of former chapter member Chuck Hinrichs who passed away August 1, 2022, at the age of 92.  Graveside services were held at Kentucky Veteran’s Cemetery West Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 11:00a.m. Chuck served the West Kentucky Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society for several years as the newsletter editor and helped me get my start at it when he decided to give it up.  I always appreciated his somewhat dry sense of humor and admired his railroad history knowledge, especially of the IC.  – ed.


Chapter member Jim Pearson Captured the Tennessee Moonshine Sippin’ Excursion Train from the Tennessee Central Railway Museum (TCRX), which operates out of Nashville, TN on June 12th, 2021.

Dear WKC/NRHS Member,

During the July meeting of the Western Kentucky Chapter/NRHS we discussed the possibility of taking a rail excursion on the Tennessee Central Railroad this fall. When the committee met last week, it was decided to make October 30th the primary trip. Unfortunately, that excursion is almost completely booked.

Our second choice was the October 9th trip to Watertown and their “Fall One Mile Long Yard Sale”. This excursion is about ninety miles and six-and-a-half-hours round trip.

If we have 16 or more people sign up the club will get a group rate of 36.00 per person (ticket). If you have a friend that is not a member of our chapter but would like to attend please invite them. All ticket sales will be final and there will not be any refunds. Tickets are transferrable to another person. If we purchase enough tickets the Tennessee Central will put all of us on one car.

If you are interested, we need to know how many tickets to order for you. There will be a final calculating of the number of tickets at the Monday night meeting (Aug. 16th). If you cannot attend the meeting on Monday you can email me at wwfarrellky@gmail.com or call 270 839-4177.

William Farrell

Keith has asked me to pass on to everyone that it’s been decided to cancel tomorrow night’s chapter meeting due high covid rates and also because he said 6 of our members may have been exposed during a gathering, so we’re being cautious.

We’ll take a look at the September meeting as the date gets closer.

I’ll judge the July 2021 photo contest in the next day or so and announce the winners.

Be safe out there!