Louisville and Nashville Combine Car Number 665

United States historic place

Louisville and Nashville Combine Car Number 665

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

L&N #665

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Location| 136 S. Main St., New Haven, Kentucky
Coordinates| 37°39′25″N 85°35′33″W﻿ / ﻿37.65694°N 85.59250°W﻿ / 37.65694; -85.59250
Built| 1913
Architect| American Car and Foundry Company
Architectural style| Railroad Car
NRHP reference No.| 97001343 [1]
Added to NRHP| November 19, 1997

The Louisville and Nashville Combine Car Number 665, also known as the "Jim Crow Car", is a historic railcar on the National Register of Historic Places, currently at the Kentucky Railway Museum at New Haven, Kentucky, in southernmost Nelson County, Kentucky.

The Combine car was built at the American Car and Foundry Company located in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1913; a custom design given to it by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. It was number 865, later numbered 665.[2] It served at least three different branches of the L&N: Maysville Branch, Glasgow Branch, and Springfield Branch.[3]

Its nickname, the "Jim Crow Car", relates to the Jim Crow laws of pre-1965 United States, which allowed for separate facilities for blacks under the policy of separate but equal. A law passed on May 24, 1892, called the Separate Coach Law, specifically declared that railroad passenger cars must be segregated. It is the only preserved two wood side steel car; one of only two ever made.[4] The car is 77.5 feet (23.6 m) by 9.66 feet (2.94 m) and weighs 104,300 pounds (47,300 kg). It has a central baggage section separating two passenger sections. Each passenger section has a cast-iron stove and a bathroom. Waste from the bathrooms was deposited directly on the rails.[2]

In 1919 the L&N was forced by law to have a separate coach for blacks; often white drunks would be placed in the black car instead of one of those for whites.[3]

In 1958 the car was given to the Kentucky Railway Museum by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.[3]

When The General of Great Locomotive Chase fame was undergoing restoration in 1962 by the L&N, the Combine Car was hooked up to The General to test how well the engine was repaired.[5] During the trips the Combine Car held several different artifacts related to the Chase for its passengers to admire.[6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. ^ a b Parrent p.7-1
3. ^ a b c Parrent p.8-2
4. ^ Parrent pp.7-1,8-1
5. ^ "The General Becomes An Oil Burner". The Great Locomotive Chase. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
6. ^ Herr p.323

* Herr, Kincaid A. (2000). The Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 1850-1963. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2184-1.
* Parrent, Jonathan V. (July 1997). Louisville and Nashville Combine Car Number 665 NRHP Nomination Form. Murray State University.

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Companies|

* Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad
* Louisville and Nashville Railroad

Individuals|

* Basil W. Duke

Museums|

* Big South Fork Scenic Railway
* Bluegrass Railroad and Museum
* Elkhorn City Railroad Museum
* Historic Railpark and Train Museum
* Kentucky Railway Museum
* Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati

Stations|

* Ashland Coal and Iron Railroad Office
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* Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Passenger and Baggage Depots
* Henderson, Louisville and Nashville Railroad Depot
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* Union Station (Louisville)
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Vehicles|

* Frankfort and Cincinnati Model 55 Rail Car
* L & N Steam Locomotive No. 152
* Louisville and Nashville Combine Car Number 665
* Mt. Broderick Pullman Car

Bridges|

* Barren River L & N Railroad Bridge
* Big Four Bridge
* Cairo Rail Bridge
* C&O Railroad Bridge
* Cincinnati Southern Bridge
* Fourteenth Street Bridge (Ohio River)
* Henderson Bridge (Ohio River)
* High Bridge of Kentucky
* Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Bridge
* Metropolis Bridge
* Newport Southbank Bridge
* Sciotoville Bridge
* Young's High Bridge

Other|

* Cincinnati Southern Railroad Culvert--CSRR
* Lexington Extension of the Louisville Southern Railroad
* Louisville and Nashville Railroad Office Building
* Mitchellsburg Louisville and Nashville Railroad Culvert
* Russell Railroad YMCA
* Tank Pond Railroad Underpass

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