VERSAILLES, Ky. — Despite rough times for businesses, one Kentucky tourism destination hasn't let the pandemic derail them. 

The Bluegrass Railroad and Museum in Versailles, while still struggling to keep the engines running, is finding ways to remain open.

"We're hoping to be able to bring in enough revenue to cover our expenses, but we're certainly not going to have anything left over for projects this year," said Principal Officer John Penfield.

Bluegrass Railroad and Museum is open for business.

The museum is still providing train rides, just with new precautions in place.

"We've used caution tape to mark off every other seat so that people are not packed together. Social distancing in both our coach and our first-class cars, so that means we're only selling half of our tickets," said Penfield. "We do recommend that people follow the Governor's guidelines on the use of masks, and other than that, we ask people to use their own judgment and use social distancing as they would."

Each weekend, passengers climb aboard the nostalgic train for an 11-mile roundtrip ride through Bluegrass horse and tobacco farms, providing an escape from isolation.

The nostalgic train takes visitors on an 11-mile roundtrip.

"I think they did a really good job here with the folks putting this on, being safe and reasonable and just giving us a chance to get out and breathe some fresh air," said passenger Jay Vaughn.

Penfield says participants have appreciated that the all-volunteer organization remains open.

"We've had quite a few people come here and say, 'We're so glad that you're open because there's nothing else open and nothing to do,'" he said. "They've been happy that we're open and operating, even though we're at half capacity."