Engine No 2 Versailles Kentucky 1912

by David Neace CPX

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7.000 x 5.000 inches

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Engine No 2 Versailles Kentucky 1912

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David Neace CPX

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Photograph - Photograph

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My dad found this photo sometime in the late 1950's. It is the only photo of the No 2 train. The train is arriving from Midway Kentucky and it is pulling into Versailles, Ky This photo was taken in 1912.

This 4-4-0 Pittsburgh steam train ran from Versailles to Midway and Georgetown then back again. This line was started in 1888 and ran until 1936 when it was abandoned and the track torn up. This is the paragraph on this train from the Manual of the Railroads of the United States, Issue 22 and dated February 11, 1889.

President..............W. H. Grady and
C. M. Browning.....General Freight and Passngr Mgt.
Supt and Secy.......Robt Wallace
J.P. Amsdee..........Treasurer
General Offices.....Versailles, Ky

Trains leave Versailles for Midway (8 miles) and Georgetown (18 miles) at 6:00 AM, 1:00 PM and 1:10 PM. Returning, leaves Georgetown 7:00 AM, 2:50 PM and 7:10 PM. Leaves Versailles for Midway, 10:00 AM, leaves Midway for Versailles 10:40 AM. Daily service expect Sunday.

Connection with Louisville and Nashville RR. Connection with Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific RR.

The tracks long gone, only the people that live along this old route will see the few overpasses and the track bed.

Thanks for viewing.

Dave Neace

The image was torn across the top and water stained on both the top and right side. All the scenery had faded out from the last passenger car to the right edge of the photo and the rest of the treeline above the train had faded also. I added the missing pieces of the photo in digitally and sharped the image.

Thanks for viewing

Dave Neace

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