The reason that a small business district developed at Orphanage Road and Dixie in Fort Mitchell was because that was, literally, the end of the line: the farthest point of reach for the streetcars. It provided a ready pool of customers brought to the spot. |
Note Stevie's on the left | At Burdsall |
The St. John's Trestle | Over Sleepy Hollow |
The St. John's Trestle
From a Facebook post by Dr. Richard Cardosi
Trolley Station at Fort Mitchell Avenue
The Fort Mitchell Car
From a Facebook post by Ron E. Lawson | From a Facebook post by the Greyhound Tavern |
The last run of the trolley to Fort Mitchell |
Bill Goetz gives us a detailed view of exactly where the trolley went from Covington to Fort Mitchell.
Across from St. Mary's Cemetery |
The Cincinnati, Newport, & Covington, coming towards Fort Mitchell, in Park Hills, 1946.
In Park Hills
From a Facebook post by Phil Lind
Chuck Eilerman put some nice footage of the trolley in Fort Mitchell on YouTube
Color film of the Fort Mitchell Trolley!
A detailed photo-tour of the Kenton trolley route is at this site.