Train Station Construction Begins
Updated September 28th, 2008: We now have a construction site for the new Train Station to be built right next to the home of Casey Jones. We are so excited! Be watching for updates on our progress!
Posted September 19th, 2008:
We are pleased to announce that we are preparing to begin construction any day now of the new expansion to the Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum. The Home will remain open for tours during construction and admission has been reduced to only $3.00 per person during construction as of this week for adults and seniors. Children 10 years old and under are free.
Gifts have been relocated the parlor of the Home during construction and of course there is no charge to visit the Gift Shoppe. Note: The train engine and yellow rail car are part of a hard hat construction zone area now and due to safety reasons will reopen in the Spring when construction is completed. We do apologize. The Home itself is open during the entire construction phase for tours from 9 am to 5 pm daily.
The new addition will re-create a truly authentic 1890's train station including beaded woodwork, railroad benches and a telegrapher's window. The Museum exhibits themselves will be widely expanded in our addition and include artifacts from the life and legend of Casey Jones, his fireman Sim Webb as well as the life of a typical 1900 railroad worker in Tennessee. We will also have a theatre for viewing the story of Casey Jones and a traveling exhibit hall.
Once completed, Museum guests will walk onto a platform as they exit the Train Station as if to board a train in 1900 and will be able to climb aboard the cab of our 130 ton locomotive engine very similar to Ole #382 that Casey Jones rode to fame. Visitors can also tour the attached 80 foot rail car that will be filled with an all new model train exhibit. The original home of Casey Jones is the highlight of the tour authentically decorated in the era of when Casey Jones and his wife and three children lived there. Please watch our progress in the coming months. We will keep you posted. Thank you!
Posted September 19th, 2008:
We are pleased to announce that we are preparing to begin construction any day now of the new expansion to the Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum. The Home will remain open for tours during construction and admission has been reduced to only $3.00 per person during construction as of this week for adults and seniors. Children 10 years old and under are free.
Gifts have been relocated the parlor of the Home during construction and of course there is no charge to visit the Gift Shoppe. Note: The train engine and yellow rail car are part of a hard hat construction zone area now and due to safety reasons will reopen in the Spring when construction is completed. We do apologize. The Home itself is open during the entire construction phase for tours from 9 am to 5 pm daily.
The new addition will re-create a truly authentic 1890's train station including beaded woodwork, railroad benches and a telegrapher's window. The Museum exhibits themselves will be widely expanded in our addition and include artifacts from the life and legend of Casey Jones, his fireman Sim Webb as well as the life of a typical 1900 railroad worker in Tennessee. We will also have a theatre for viewing the story of Casey Jones and a traveling exhibit hall.
Once completed, Museum guests will walk onto a platform as they exit the Train Station as if to board a train in 1900 and will be able to climb aboard the cab of our 130 ton locomotive engine very similar to Ole #382 that Casey Jones rode to fame. Visitors can also tour the attached 80 foot rail car that will be filled with an all new model train exhibit. The original home of Casey Jones is the highlight of the tour authentically decorated in the era of when Casey Jones and his wife and three children lived there. Please watch our progress in the coming months. We will keep you posted. Thank you!
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