CRJ700 ON BLUEGRASS DEP SID IS ADVISED THEY ARE OFF TRACK. THEY SHOW OTHERWISE. EVENTUAL CLRNC DIRECT IIU RESOLVES PROB.

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WE WERE CLRED FOR THE BLUEGRASS BWG TRANSITION OFF RWY 18C. THE FLT PLAN WAS LOADED AND VERIFIED IN THE FMS. WE BRIEFED THE DEP. INITIAL TKOF CLRNC WAS FOR A HDG OF 240 DEGS. ONCE AIRBORNE; WE WERE ASSIGNED A NEW HDG OF 210 DEGS AND TOLD TO INTERCEPT THE BLUEGRASS. THE HDG SEEMED ODD TO US BECAUSE IT WAS ALMOST PARALLELING THE CVG 206 DEG RADIAL. THE FMS DID FINALLY CAPTURE THE COURSE AND WE WERE ESTABLISHED ON THE DEP. APCHING 13000 FT IN THE CLB; THE CTLR ASKED US IF WE HAD A CURRENT DATABASE IN OUR FMS. WE SAID YES; AND HE REPLIED THAT HE SHOWED US OFF THE BLUEGRASS AND TOLD US TO COME TO A HDG OF 180 DEGS TO INTERCEPT. ACCORDING TO OUR NAV DISPLAYS; THIS HDG TOOK US E OF COURSE. WE COMPLIED WITH HIS INSTRUCTIONS AND RECHKED TO ENSURE THE FMS WAS LOADED CORRECTLY. THE BLUEGRASS DEP WAS CONFIRMED. THE CTLR THEN GAVE US DIRECT TO IIU TO RESUME THE DEP. HE TOLD US TO CHK THE DATABASE WHEN WE LANDED. WE DID AND FOUND ALL THE POINTS WERE CORRECT. BOTH THE CAPT AND I WERE AT A LOSS FOR WHAT ERROR WAS MADE; BUT THE CTLR'S INITIAL HDGS SEEMED TO BE PUTTING US TOWARD THE TRFWA TRANSITION ON THE SID. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DOUBLECHK ALL POINTS ON THE DEP TO ENSURE THE FMS DATABASE MATCHES THE CURRENT DEP CHARTS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR ADVISES THEY ARE 99% CERTAIN THE CTLR WAS THINKING OF THE TRFWA TRANSITION RATHER THAN THE BLUEGRASS. MULTIPLE CHKS OF THEIR GPS UPDATED FMS INDICATED NORMAL OP. ALL VECTORS GIVEN BY THE CTLR SEEMED MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE TRFWA TRANSITION. EVENTUAL NON COMMITTAL CLRNC DIRECT TO IIU TO RESUME THE DEP SEEMED TO INDICATE THE CTLR REALIZED HIS ERROR. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE MULTIPLE NEW SIDS OUT OF CVG WERE FIRST INTRODUCED. RPTR SUSPECTED THE CTLR WAS SIMPLY CONFUSED.