The All Aboard Series explores the history of Kentucky’s railroad cars and features the Historic RailPark and Train Museum at the L&N Depot in Bowling Green.  All three shows are historic based, filled with drama and restoration challenges, and celebrating ingenuity as well as commitment of citizens from South Central Kentucky.   Peridot Pictures has just finished this series and delivered it to KET for a wide broadcast across the state. 

TV Schedule

The Power, the Might, and the Locomotive #101

The story of locomotion is fascinating. The invention was created to harness ‘horse power’ and move goods and people across America, faster than anyone could ever imagine. The earliest locomotive engine was created in England in the 1820’s. Soon after, the engine arrived in America where steam power dominated transportation for more than a century. Today this story is embodied in the acquisition by the Historic Railpark & Train Museum of former Chicago & Northwestern RR locomotive 2011.

· KETKY Saturday, May 29 at 9:30 am EDT

· KETKY Thursday, June 10 at 7:00 pm EDT

Mail on the Fly: The Railroad Post Office #102

Nearly a century and a half ago, the United States Post Office saw the great advantage of utilizing the speed and efficiency of the railroad in moving letters and packages across America. All across the continent, post offices were built near railroad stations to ease the transfer and increase the speed of delivery. The postal service requirements were so precise that they created uniform specifications for the building of the equipment that would carry the mail, Railroad Post Office cars. Only two remain today.

· KETKY Saturday, June 5 at 9:30 am EDT

· KETKY Thursday, June 17 at 7:00 pm EDT

The Pullman Sleeper: Last Voyage of the Towering Pine #103

The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, promoted by President Abraham Lincoln, opened the door to regular overnight travel by rail. A young entrepreneur, named George M. Pullman, saw the opportunity to exercise the great American traits of ingenuity and enterprise. Pullman’s interest in converting day coaches to private sleeping accommodations at night, created an industry that would flourish for more than a century, build an entire American city, and help overcome racial barriers.

· KETKY Monday, May 17 at 12:30 am EDT

· KETKY Monday, May 17 at 7:30 am EDT

· KETKY Monday, May 17 at 8:30 pm EDT

· KET2 Thursday, May 20 at 10:30 pm EDT

· KETKY Friday, May 21 at 5:30 am EDT

· KETKY Saturday, May 22 at 3:30 pm EDT

· KETKY Saturday, June 12 at 9:30 am EDT

· KETKY Thursday, June 24 at 7:00 pm EDT