On this day, I would drive Bob and Elizabeth on a tour that would include Elizabeth's first visits to Alabama and Mississippi on the way to the Casey Jones Museum in Jackson, Tennessee. We took I-40 to I-65 down to TN 96, where we stopped for breakfast at McDonald's before we drove into Franklin and our first stop.
The Franklin Louisville and Nashville combination station and freigh thouse built circa 1858. We then drove to Columbia.
The Columbia Louisville and Nashville station built in 1904. We also found something else here.
Patriot Rail's Tennessee Southern GP9 1974, originally Santa Fe 738, built by Electro-Motive Division in 1957. We next drove to Mount Pleasant.
Patriot Rail's Tennessee Southern GP9 1955. originally Santa Fe 715, built by Electro-Motive Division in 1956. We made our way to Florence with Bob and Elizabeth entering Alabama, a new state for her.
The Louisville and Nashville station in Florence. Next we drove west and crossed the border into Mississippi and Elizabeth's third new state in the last two days. We arrived at Corinth.
Corinth Union Station, built in 1919 and served by the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad and Southern Railway. It is now the home of the Crossroads Museum.
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio caboose 2994 built by International Car Company in 1970 on display.
Looking down the former GM&O mainline to the crossing.
Kansas City Southern GP40-3 2963, originally St. Louis-San Francisco 764, built by Electro-Motive Division in 1979.
Corinth Union Station from near the diamond.
The railroad crossing in Corinth.
One of the Big Gun cannons from the Civil War. From here we drove back into Tennessee to Selmer, our next stop.
The Selmer Gulf, Mobile and Ohio station buit in 1861.
A mural of rock and roll in Selmer. From here, we headed to Jackson, Tennessee and our next stop.
A history mural in Jackson opposite the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis (NC&StL) station. We next visited the NC&StL Depot Museum.
The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis station built in 1907.
Chesapeake and Ohio caboose 3255 built by International Car in 1969, currently Chessie System 903225.
Florida East Coast dining car "Fort Matanzas" built by Budd in 1947. Later it went to Seaboard Air Line 6117, then Amtrak 8021 before being donated to the museum.
Southern Railway steel bay-window caboose X421 built by Gantt Manufacturing in 1969.
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad handcar on display at the depot museum.
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad speeder.
NC&StL baggage cart on display. I then toured the cars.
The interior of the FEC dining car "Fort Matanzas".
Interior of Chessie caboose 3255.
A trainorder semaphore signal.
A Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad baggage cart.
A mainline tri-colored railroad signal.
Road crossing signal. From here we went into the depot where I passed out my cards and met the main curator.
A Howard Fogg painting of the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio.
The G&MO station on the model railroad inside this unique museum. From here we went up to the Casey Jones Railroad Museum.
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