Fordsville Depot Museum

While on our train adventures we visited the Fordsville Depot Museum. The first rail service came here from Owensboro in 1889 thanks to the Owensboro, Falls of the Rough, and Green River Railroad. Fordsville’s second line came two years later from Irvington via The Louisville, Hardinsburg and Western Railway. When the Illinois Central Railroad took over the OFR&GR, it built Fordsville’s third line to Horse Branch in 1891 to meet IC’s mainline. In 1893, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad took possession of the LH&W. This gave the Depot four lines on the area’s two major railroads. Passenger service was discontinued in 1941 while freight train service continued through Fordsville until 1980. The museum was stocked with much local memorabilia, but offered no trains or rolling stock on display. One item the boys did love was a device that made a steam engine whistle noise when the string was pulled it.