Hyatt Place Bowling Green Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA, 42101 Tel: +1 270 467 0001 Welcome to Our Bowling Green Hotel Let Hyatt Place Bowling Green be the first to introduce you to southern Kentucky. Whether it’s your first time visiting or your fiftieth, the Bluegrass State has a miraculous way of making the mundane fun and the monotonous fresh again. The ability to constantly experience new and exciting things is a hallmark for business travelers—especially the ones that utilize our extended-stay perks and 24/7 dining. Every essential element of our hotel goes towards convenience and comfort, regardless of how long you stay with us, and this also explains why we’re the best family-friendly and pet-friendly hotel in the area. In fact, invite large groups of any kind without busting the bank. In addition to fantastic hotel features that offer more free amenities than you thought possible, our online reservation tool and incredible location will do the heavy lifting with your money saving.
Book a room block of ten or more guestrooms before you ride our free hotel shuttle from the Bowling Green Airport to our hotel. A Diverse Day of Activities Await As for your schedule, keep an open mind. Even busy workdays throughout the week have a few hours of downtime, and by directly asking our Gallery Hosts about your options, business travelers can learn the ins and outs of our special brand of entertainment. Test the waters of our hotel activities by visiting the outdoor swimming pool. Exit an exhausting boardroom session and exercise in our StayFit Gym so you work out more than just your mind. And before your prompt departure from our express check-out kiosk, make sure you set aside a day for activities in and around Bowling Green. A quick search on your phone with our fast and free Wi-Fi will show that our area activities are at the most ten minutes away. And that commute doesn’t even fall under your reign. With less than 5 miles separating guests from most of our local attractions, rely on our complimentary hotel shuttle service for easy access to theme parks, shopping, shows, museums, sports games, art centers, race tracks, golf courses, cave systems and much more.
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The strategic location of these super plants and our optimized manufacturing processes helps control costs and speed delivery to market.Tour the facilities »In 1944 the Louisville and Nashville Railroad placed a rail car order with the American Car and Foundry Company for 28 aluminum, lightweight, streamline passenger cars. Metal shortages during World War II delayed completion of the cars, but they were eventually delivered to the L&N in October of 1946. The new cars were used to create America’s first post war streamlined trains, the Humming Bird and the Georgian. This order of lightweight aluminum cars included four diner cars. One diner would be assigned to the southbound Humming Bird and Georgian and one each to the northbound counter parts. The new diners were numbered 2796 to 2799. Diners and lounge cars were named as well as numbered. The first three diner cars continued with the name pattern of previous L&N diners, being named famous hotels and restaurants. The fourth diner car #2799 was named Duncan Hines to honor the famous Bowling Green food critic, author and specialty food supplier.
The cars in the new lightweight fleet were constructed with corrugated aluminum sides. The windows were set inside a painted blue band. Above the blue band was another shiny aluminum corrugated band, then a blue letterboard with the road name and car number in imitation gold script. A last aluminum corrugated band was topped with a gray roof. Diners and lounge cars also carried a blue car name board near the bottom of the corrugated aluminum sides. The lower numbered cars were assigned to the Humming Bird and the higher number cars to the Georgian. Since the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad carried the Georgian over part of the St. Louis to Atlanta corridor the road name of these cars were lettered “L&N – N.C. & St.L.” Cars on the Humming Bird carried the road name “Louisville and Nashville.” The new paint scheme was a drastic change from the L&N’s previous Pullman green passenger car paint scheme. The new colors highlighted the speed and comfort of the new streamlined trains.
The Duncan Hines diner was 85 feet long, ten feet wide and seated 48 people at twelve tables. It was assigned to the Georgian when service began on November 17, 1946. The cars were decorated with ivory walls and maroon carpeting, and featured upholstery in varying shades of red and brown. Full length plate glass mirrors formed partitions at each end of the car. In 1953 the L&N received 22 new “Pine” series sleepers from the Pullman Standard Company. These new lightweight, smooth sided, steel cars were delivered in the familiar L&N colors with blue sides, gray roof with gold script letters and a gold stripe above the windows and another gold stripe near the cars’ base. At this time the lightweight corrugated aluminum cars were repainted to match the new sleepers, which helped to cover up and protect vulnerable areas of the car where corrosion often formed. Trouble areas could develop any place where steel and aluminum joined, occurring most often under the car where it was hardest to detect, and structural failures could be most serious.
In 1963 eighteen of the L&N’s lightweight aluminum coaches, diners, and tavern-lounge cars were rebuilt at the South Louisville Shop. This rebuild included the replacement of the brake shoes with new disk brakes for reduced maintenance and smoother stops. New heating and air conditioning systems were also added. This increased the reliability of the systems and the comfort of the passengers. Permanent stainless steel steps replaced drop-steps in the vestibules. The cars were repainted inside and out for a final time. By 1964 the traveling public had largely chosen other forms of transportation. In an attempt to maintain high passenger accommodations and reduce cost, all four of the L&N lightweight diners, #2796 through #2799, were remodeled into Diner-Lounge cars. This conversion saw four tables and sixteen chairs removed from each car and replaced with eleven lounge chairs. Several smoking/cocktail stands and magazine racks were also added. Drapes were also hung serving as a partition separating the diner from the lounge section.
The Duncan Hines car was then returned to service on the Georgian. Later the Duncan Hines diner was damaged in a derailment of the Georgian. On March 2, 1966 the Duncan Hines diner was located in Chattanooga, Tennessee awaiting a move to Louisville. There is no information of the extent of damage from this derailment; however, there is also no indication that the car was repaired after the derailment. This is supported in a May 9, 1968 memo from the L&N Passenger Traffic Manager, which states that diners #2797, #2798, and #2799 had all been damaged in derailments and were scheduled to be scrapped. The Duncan Hines diner would escape the cutting torch until the Georgian was discontinued in January of 1969. Later that year the Duncan Hines diner was sold, as scrap, to the Louisville Scrap and Metal Company. The one remaining lightweight diner number #2796, The Fiesta Inn was sold to the Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad. The car was painted yellow and served as a stationary restaurant until 1987 where it served “Choo Choo Chicken.”