Jim Flora Photo - 1960/1962
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"THE OLD TRAIN STATION" Opened in 1927 by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the depot helped bring the Kentucky Military Institute, the Army Air Corps and Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to Venice. In 1932, the Kentucky Military Institute of Lyndon, Ky., selected Venice as its winter headquarters. As part of the yearly tuition, all students were given the opportunity to ride a special "L&N" train between Louisville and Venice, arriving in early January and departing the beginning of April. KMI discontinued use of the Venice campus in 1970. Final Seaboard Coast Line passenger train service occurred in 1971. |
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Venice
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Venice
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can say positively that this picture was taken upon arrival of the KMI
Special Train in Venice in 1953. The 2nd Lt. at the left is John
Nuzum, then of Akron, Ohio, and the captain handing his luggage up is
Todd Brandon, formerly of Anchorage, Ky. Both were members of the
Class of 1953 as was I.
Edward D. Hagan
1152 Kristen Cove Jacksonville, FL 32221 Fax & Voice: (904) 786-2776 E-Mail: edhagan@aol.com |
Venice
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Venice
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| Venice train station during the winter of 1945 (All photographs taken from the 1944 Saber yearbook)  |
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  Notice the regular Army trucks. . . |
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