Appalachia Scenic Railroads
Explore each ride's route, operating season, and how to book.
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🚂Big South Fork Scenic Railway›
A 16-mile descent into the Big South Fork gorge to the historic Blue Heron coal mining camp, with time to explore.
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🚂Bluegrass Railroad and Museum›
A 90-minute trip through central Kentucky horse-farm country to a bluff overlooking the Kentucky River.
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Historic RailPark & Train Museum›A railroad museum and historic depot offering guided tours of vintage railcars rather than a moving excursion.
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Kentucky Railway Museum›An hour-long round trip from New Haven to Boston, Kentucky, covering about 22 miles of countryside.
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🚂Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation›
Nonprofit restoring C&O steam locomotive No. 2716; no regular excursions from its Irvine/Ravenna campus yet.
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🚂Lookout Mountain Incline Railway›
A steep funicular climbs Lookout Mountain past panoramic views, billed as one of the world's steepest passenger inclines.
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🚂MATA Trolley›
Restored vintage streetcars run along the Main Street line through downtown Memphis past Beale Street and the Civil Rights Museum.
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🚂My Old Kentucky Dinner Train›
A dinner excursion covering about 35 miles of scenic countryside around Bardstown with a multi-course meal aboard.
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🚂Southern Appalachia Railway Museum›
Museum collecting antique locomotives and rolling stock; its Secret City Scenic excursion ran from the Oak Ridge K-25 area toward Blair.
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🚂Tennessee Central Railway Museum›
Vintage 1950s trains run east from Nashville through Middle Tennessee to towns like Watertown, Lebanon, Cookeville and Monterey.
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🚂Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum›
The Missionary Ridge Local runs a short narrated trip past historic bridges, a pre-Civil War tunnel and a working turntable in Chattanooga.
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🚂Three Rivers Rambler›
Trains travel from downtown Knoxville past historic sites to the trestle where the French Broad and Holston rivers form the Tennessee River.