Jackson, Tn. NC&StL Depot Museum Closes

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Sat May 02, 2020 3:15 am

https://www.wbbjtv.com/2020/05/01/histo ... um-closes/

In the works before COVID-19/CCP Virus hit.

Rick Rowlands · **Posted:** Sat May 02, 2020 8:13 am

Most likely the main culprit is poor marketing and an attraction that does not have enough interesting exhibits to peak the interest of potential visitors.

It sounds as if the museum was a city run property.

ted66 · **Posted:** Sat May 02, 2020 2:02 pm

Rick,
Is that the same thing as the Casey Jones Museum? I think it is also in Jackson, Tennessee?

Ted Miles

Crescent-Zephyr · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:15 pm **Posts:** 1799

Casey Jones is different. The article says that portions of the museum collection will be given to Casey Jones.

Trainkid456 · **Joined:** Thu May 05, 2016 6:30 pm **Posts:** 240

What a shame. I visited this place last spring. It was a really nice museum ran by a great group of people--just about as good as it gets for small depot museums. Their exhibits and model railroad layouts were incredible. The entire freight room area of the depot was taken up by an HO scale model of Jackson in the 1940s. I'm extremely saddened to hear this because the layout is most likely not going to be preserved as it was built in a way where it can't be moved easily. It was a true work of art.

I wonder what's going to happen to the rolling stock displayed outside. There are two cabooses and a former FEC diner. There is no room for them at the Casey Jones Museum. From what I remember, all of the equipment was fully intact both inside and outside. I would hate to see the city turn the place into something that requires the cars to be gutted and remodeled. They were really nice.

Thomas