We will exit I-65 at the Bernheim exit and continue across State and country roads past the Jim Beam Distillery in Clermont, KY., one of the largest bourbon distilleries in the world.

Our first stop will be in Bardstown, KY at the R.J. Corman Old Kentucky Dinner Train for a opportunity to take some photos. The dinner train is a 1940's dining experience aboard a passenger train pulled by a FP7A diesel locomotive. We hope our brief stop will spark your desire to return someday for one of their excursions.

As we circle the courthouse and start to leave the circle, look out the left side of the bus and you will see the Old Talbot Tavern, an establishment that has been in operation since 1779 and still serves some very good food. Guests that have stayed there include Washington Irving, Henry Clay, Stephen Foster, John James Audubon and Jesse James. Some guests who have stayed there claim the tavern to be haunted. Some say they have seen Jesse climb the stairs and a little colonial girl playing on the landing. Who are we to say?

It was taken back out of service in 2014 for cleaning and refurbishing of its boiler system. The museum hopes to have the work completed and the engine back in service in a few years. Therefore, our train ride will be behind one of the museum's diesels; perhaps one of their Union Pacific diesels or maybe a Monon BL2.

We will board the train for a 22 mile trip to Boston, KY through farmlands, behind distilleries, across many country roads and over the Rolling Fork River.

A brief rest in Boston while the locomotive makes a runaround, and we will re-board for the trip back to New Haven.

The ride will take about an hour.

Also, don't forget to tour the train sheds which house many 1:1 artifacts that are awaiting restoration, including Chesapeake and Ohio #2716, a 2-8-4 Kanawha.

Once again we will board the bus for a short ride to Loretto, KY where we will tour the Maker's Mark Distillery.

Production of Maker's Mark started in 1954, after its originator, T. William "Bill" Samuels Sr., purchased the distillery known as "Burks' Distillery" in Loretto, Kentucky for $35,000 on October 1, 1953.

The first bottle of Maker's Mark was bottled in 1958. It was 4/5 quart and sold for $6.79. Compare that price to a bottle of Maker's Mark today.

After the tour we will return to the gift shop where you can hand dip your own bottle in the Red "Wax" and purchase it.

We will board the bus one final time and return to the convention hotel arriving back at 5:00 pm.

The L&I has 47 employees, serves the Port of Jeffersonville, Ind, and operates over 106 miles of track between Jeffersonville, Ind and Indianapolis, Ind. It connects with the CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Paducah and Louisville railroads and has an annual volume of 20,000 carloads.

We will depart the L&IRR at 9:30am and travel back across the Ohio River via the completely refurbished John F Kennedy Bridge.

Because the train runs down the middle of Main Street and the train has the right-of-way, there is only one traffic light in downtown LaGrange and it is on a side street.

We will stop at the LaGrange Railroad Museum in the old L&N railroad depot at the end of Main Street. Here you can enjoy the many railroad artifacts and memorabilia on display throughout the museum.

A box lunch will be served in a fully restored and functional dining car.

If you prefer, you can watch CSX trains run by the property from the rear observation area.

After lunch you may go through the caboose, tank engine, Jitney, and flat car.

You may want to watch the operations of the model trains on the three professionally built operating model train layouts.

There is also a gift shop that features both prototype and model railroad artifacts for sale

Those who feel up to it may walk three blocks to downtown where they can observe the trains run down the middle of the street or they can shop ion the many shop in the many stores and boutiques that line the street

Finally we will board the bus for the return trip back to the Galt House where we will arrive at 1:00pm