Frankfort and Cincinnati Model 55 Rail Car
It is a steel rail car, heavy four-cylinder gasoline mechanical drive train engine, that could hold 43 passengers and baggage, with measurements of 43.42 feet (13.23 m) long by 8.33 feet (2.54 m) wide.Weighing only 29,000 pounds (13,000 kg), it was cheap to use, costing only 16 cents a mile.Due to always being painted red, it was called "The Cardinal", in tribute to the state bird.[3] The Cardinal broke an axle on Christmas Eve eight days before, and for the last week of passenger service the F&C Superintendent A.E.[5] The Frankfort and Cincinnati Model 55 Rail Car is one of four train vehicles at the Kentucky Railway Museum on the National Register.