My Old Kentucky Dinner Train

The My Old Kentucky Dinner Train in Bardstown, Kentucky, is one of the most celebrated moving dining experiences in the American South — a beautifully appointed dinner train that rolls through the rolling bluegrass countryside of Nelson County, the heart of Kentucky’s legendary bourbon whiskey country, while passengers enjoy a multi-course gourmet dinner in elegantly restored 1940s-era dining and lounge cars. The 2.5-hour round-trip journey between Bardstown and Limestone Springs passes through some of the most archetypically Kentuckian landscapes in the Bluegrass State — horse farms, bourbon distilleries, tobacco barns, and rolling fields framed by white plank fencing. Bardstown itself is one of the most historically significant small cities in Kentucky, home to My Old Kentucky Home State Park, the Stephen Foster Story outdoor musical drama, and the remarkable concentration of bourbon distilleries that has made the area a centerpiece of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. The dinner train operates year-round with service most Fridays and Saturday evenings, and special occasion trains for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, and the Christmas season are among the most popular events. The quality of the onboard cuisine is consistently praised, making the MOKDT one of only a handful of dinner trains in the country that is genuinely destination-worthy for the dining experience alone.