(rshsdepot) GM&O and L&N Tennessee Depots

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Some tidbits on Tennessee depots from a former GM&O shop employee with whom I
correspond frequently.

Henry

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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 13:51:12 -0500 (EST)
From: fernj_@_iswt.com
To: root_@_net.bluemoon.net
Subject: Depot

Henry,

Thanks for the info on the Philadelphia, MS GM&O Depot.  I am sure I 
have been by there many times on GM&O trains, but cannot remember what 
it looked like.

The L&N Depot in Jackson, TN is a beautiful yellow brick building and 
has been acquired by the city of Jackson and turned into a RR Museum.  
There are a number of coaches  parked around the area, but not much in 
the museum itself except for photographs etc.  The Casey Jones home is 
still in Jackson along with a locomotive similar to the one in which he 
was killed.  Casey is buried in the Catholic Cemetery in Jackson.

Jackson was of course a railroad town with the L&N, GM&O and IC 
Railroads all coming in there.  The Jackson Union Station for GM&O and 
IC has been torn down since forever it seems.  It was a large wooden 
structure and in bad shape and probably unsalvageable, plus it was torn 
down before the historical signifience of these old buildings was 
realized.

The GM&O station in Union City, TN has been taken over by the Chamber of 
Commerce and completely renovated.  A GM&O caboose sits beside the depot 
courtesy of the widow of a lawyer to whom it had been presented 25 years 
ago.

Thanks again for the info,

Jesse


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