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Streetcar to be exhibited at N.Ky. museum
A museum in Covington is now showing a streetcar named Kentucky.
Workers used tow trucks, a forklift, jacks, crowbars and a lot of care on Thursday to put the historic trolley on its undercarriage and squeeze it into its exhibit space at the Behringer-Crawford Museum.
The former Green Line trolley was built in 1892 by the Brownell firm of St. Louis as an ordinary streetcar. In 1911, it was remodeled into a parlor car that hosted parties and private gatherings. Car 64 has “Kentucky” painted on its sides and was among the last to operate in northern Kentucky.
Museum director Laurie Risch told The Kentucky Enquirer that the trolley is in its original operating condition and is “a magnificent piece of history.”
The streetcar has been on exhibit since December without its carriage.
