Casey Jones Museum - Home of an American Folk Legend 

The pocket watch stopped at the moment of impact and still shows the time, 3: 52.

The metal tobacco tin wedged in to the telegraph sounder works as an amplifier to increase the clarity and distance the sounder can be heard for the operator. One of those old tricks lost to the years and yet in a form still with us remember the stand with a plastic sound bell for the Iphone to make it loader similar idea. Nice Video Party on Jacob.

All right, I'll try and explain some of what you're seeing in Faux-682's cab. First off, what you are looking at over all there is called the back head of the boiler or the boiler backhead which has all the valves and other equipment necessary for operating the locomotive. What you are seeing: - The first thing you turned you're camera on is indeed the door to the firebox where the coal is burned to heat the water in the boiler and make the steam that runs the locomotive. It does indeed look like the handle opens the bivalve doors so that coal can be shoveled into the fire box evenly over the grating so that air flows up through the grates allowing the coal to burn hotter. The hot gases released from the coal flow forward through a series of flues or tubes to the front of the locomotive. The sheeting of the firebox and the flue tubes forms the heating area for the boiler water. Steam locomotives can burn different fuels, the earliest burned wood, then came coal as a fuel, and in the late years of the Steam-era, some burned oil. - Next major item, the large horizontal lever on the upper middle part of the boiler back head itself is the throttle that controls the flow of steam via actuating a valve in the boiler that when opened allows steam to flow to the pistons in the cylinders at the front of the engine. The pistons push or pull the rods connected to the 6 big driver wheels, providing the force needed to move the locomotive. The control of the amount of steam in turn makes the engine go faster or slower. - To the immediate left is a large steam pressure gauge and smaller air brake pressure gauges. The vertical cylinder to the immediate left of the gauges looks to be the sight glass so that the fireman and engineer can keep a close eye on the water level in the boiler. If the water level is too low, the fireman or engineer can open a valve that lets water from a tank in the tender car behind the engine flow into it until it reaches the proper level once more. - To the lower right of the throttle lever are two vertical cylinders with handles that are the independent and train brake controls, immediately above that to the right is the power reverser lever that controls the gears on the engine that controls direction (forwards or backwards).

I took a shot every time Jacob said Casey Jones and now I'm 🥴🥴🤣🍷🍺

My dad was a engineer for 22 years and he just retired. Every time I see a train I go dad that’s you.

Driving that train, high on cocaine Casey Jones you better watch your speed Love the Grateful Dead song, great video :)

I live about five minutes from Casey Jones Village. The Old Country Store in the Village was once the inspiration for Cracker Barrel restaurants (there was a huge lawsuit - my cousin was one of the attorneys involved in the settlement which included the original hash brown casserole recipe as part of his fee). In the years since, the owner (one Brooks Shaw) has passed and though the same family still owns it and another nearby restaurant (Brooksie’s Barn), it’s not nearly what it was. Most of the interesting antiques that were displayed in every nook and cranny of the place have disappeared, and the takeout cafe in the front of the building cut the souvenir, model train and Christmas shop in half. The restaurant used to have a huge buffet and excellent home cooked Southern fare, but in the past couple of years, the buffet has been cut in half, and almost everything is from a can. Their fresh corn fritters are still very good, if you can catch them making them. Breakfast is definitely the best meal there. Biscuits to die for, and they are one of the very few restaurants to serve Southern steak - fried baloney (but only at breakfast). Casey Jones’ grave would have rounded out the video well, and the cemetery he is buried in is only about ten minutes from there. The home was moved to its current location from the rail yards downtown (Jackson is still a railroad town!). It was featured in the 1970s in an ad campaign for Sears exterior paint “Great Homes of America’s”.

I was born and raised in Jackson! Casey Jones is still one of my favorite places to go! Lots of good memories there!

Bittersweet vlog for me. My dad loved trains and had them running all over the house. He's been gone 18 years, and when I hear a train's horn, I'd like to think it's him saying hello. Thanks Jacob ❤

I'm a massive train nerd and I went to this place when I was little I loved it it's so awesome

My dad absolutely loved Casey Jones. He had a show or something back in the day. Great video thanks.

I live in Jackson Tn. and I am glad you made it down this way. I enjoyed the vlog keep up the great work Jacob. I purchased your penny and hooded sweater with you and Adam the Woo on it. Great design. I appreciate what you do.

I’m a huge fan of Casey Jones and my grandparents took me here for my birthday in 2019. So happy to see that you visited this wonderful place!

My Dad worked on Southern Pacific.so I can relate.Tony has spoken.

Hey...You're in my city. Welcome

My grandfather and his friend used to ride in freight cars when they were kids, they would go up to the next town and work

I thought Casey was folklore and not real. Very interesting.

I choo choo choose to like this video. Always fun Jacob!

11:03 yeah. This is the locomotive that is repainted and renumbered as Illinois Central 382. The locomotive is Clinchfield Railroad 99.

Love the fact, you went through this place, love it all my friend; love the fact you showed the same railroad hobo as it were, there is a gentleman by the name of Boxcar Willie who needs to be here, he is a former army man and a country star singer who passed away in Branson Missouri, he became as it were a honorary hobo with much respect, no harm, no foul, just look up this fine old gentleman who as passed away with railroad and truckers songs with much respect😊

Couldn't help but think of Johnny Cash when you said Jackson;). Great job, kind Sir! :)

In the very first shot where you show the train way up on the poles, there used to be a pool underneath it in front of the Casey Jones motel. I see they filled it in. That thing was disgusting. When I stayed there as a kid I remember swimming in it and there were tons of birds living up in the train and the pool patio thing was covered in bird poop and it was all in the water too. As soon as we saw it we got out of course but I still remember how nasty it was. 🤢😷

When you see the muttonchop man, you know what to expect.

Tootle! I had that book back in the day!

I stop here and eat everytime I'm in Jackson

My dad loves railroads.He worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.Tony

That's about an hour from me - would love to have seen you. Have fun in West Tennessee - Love & Respect your way!

I have never seen that Disney movie. I always thought that Casey Jones was a train and that's why Dumbo's train was called Casey Jr. You learn something new everyday.

I live about an hour from Jackson. Fun to see you visiting there!

Great vid The ICRR runs through my family’s tree a lot of my family helped build it in the 1800’s no doubt one of them knew Mr. Jones

I really love your channel, I love museums and weird stuff. But can't afford to go to any. So watching your videos makes it feel like I'm there. Never stop uploading!!!

I lived in Jackson from 1953 til 1957 and remember well seeing steam locomotives in regular service as a child. I visited the original museum but need to get back to Jackson to see the present version!

1:27 reminds me of something similar that happened in the Disney adaptation of Casey's story. Truth really is stranger than fiction!

Is that soup made out of real hobos?

thanks for the video Jacob

Jacob, the watch stopped at 3:52 AM, the exact time of the crash!

This is cool I remembered Casey Jones because of the Disney song but going to visit this museum in Tennessee sometime

I think that you have helped the amusement parks a lot. Museums don't usually get the type of advertising you have given them. A review is usually an expensive production of a local broadcaster. Amusement parks are expensive to run, so the objectivity helps them more than that T.V. station. You can tell that you have a good time doing this stuff. Adam is the same in those regards. The changes you made to the intros has been great.

I hope you ate at the restaurant! Gracious it is such good Southern cooking! Hope you went by Rusty’s Car Museum as well while you were in Jackson. It’s a cool little place. You’d love it.

Wowwwwww that’s amazing

When you were in the locomotive, the long lever that went into the boiler is the throttle, the brake was diagonal from it. The lever that you touched looked like it opened the firebox doors.

If I’m ever stuck at a train crossing I like to turn off my engine and listen to the train go by. So satisfying to hear such weight and powerful sounds of metal powering past me.

You and Adam find the most interesting places to vlog. And, your commentary covers a nice amount of back story. I'd like to see you both do another open road trip anywhere together once weather is more conducive.

Love the Casey Jones Village. Been there about a dozen times. The train car in the background is (was) actually 2 motel rooms. We stayed in one. Very nice, but it looked more like a standard motel room than a train car. It's just off I-40 & we'd stop by in our tractor trailer. Don't know if you can get in there now with the sinkhole there. We were very selective about who we told about this place. Some truckers are such scum they ruin it for everyone else. Better call ahead if you're in a truck or RV. Thank you, Jacob. 👍🏻

10:48 "All aboard, all aboard, all aboard, all aboard, all aboard"..... ect.

As for how you run a steam engine, the engineer sits on the right and controls the brake, throttle, whistle, and reverse lever. The fireman sits on the left and puts coal into the firebox as well as making sure the level of water in the boiler doesn't get too low. The engine you were in is probably missing some parts, as often happens with engines the public has access to.

Thank you for showing everyone that place for people who can't get there. Hope the sinkhole doesn't get bigger. Keep up the good work the videos are good.

I think I had one of the "Tootle" the train engine books when I was a little girl. And I remember the wax kool-aid drinks, too. I loved them! And, of course, you can still buy them.

I've never heard of this museum before, but now I want to take my mom there, she ❤ trains.

Elderly, Cabbage Patch person...!? That was hilarious.

That still goes on to this day. Now they are called crusties, gutter punks, railriders, etc. We had a gang of them here in town where I live a few years ago.

The food there is really good especially the fried corn bread it's fried on a flat griddle in front of you

I used to live here i love that place they have good icecream and fudge

There’s nothing better than sitting down at the end of the day and watching the latest carpetbagger vid.

The telegraph says, "Drink more Ovaltine"

I had that Casey Jones stuffed dog, Tootles book and I was a locomotive engineer for 25 years. Found the Casey Jones wreak site by accident looking for gas. They moved the museum as the old one was falling in. Like to see that one there. Cool beans

I love this museum!

Que pasa Jacob! I finally finished watching this Vlog. It took me a few tries.

Thank you so much for your walk through and exploration! We are about to do the story in home school this week and this was perfect addition since we cannot travel there currently!

I didn't cringe, at all, when you mentioned the room was where Casey and his wife did 'husband and wife' intimate things. ;) I loved it!

Fun place to be to me Gonna have to check this out in person sometime soon

Hi Jacob awesome vlog at the Casey Jones museum. 👍🏻😃

There was a TV show series about him to play by the Skipper from Gilligan's island . You can find them on RU-vid

I've heard about Casey Jones through the song all my Life. It was nice seeing this video it was very informative an interesting.

My great grandmother lived in this house they called my great great grandmother and they picked the house up and moved it to where it is now used to be on chester st in Jackson tn downtown

Come on, you rounders, if you wanna hear- a story about a brave engineer- Casey Jones was the roller's name- On a six-eight wheeler that he rode t' fame

I will never get to the C.J. Museum . Thank you for the tour.

I love train museums!!!!

John Luther Jones is a real hero on the Illinois Central railroad

Whow what a story!!Great vlog!!

That's cool! I haven't thought about Casey Jones for years! I didn't even know he was a real person!!! 😎

Oh wow im surprised the sink whole wasn't on the news it might of been but i live close to Jackson my self and just wow

awesome video, jacob. Casey jones's house is gorgeous. I'd love to live in a house like that. 😊

im a huge fan love these videos super interesting thanks jacob 🙏🤝

Wish we would have know you were in Jackson. We would love to meet you!

Great vlog. Hopefully one day you can make it to Galveston Tx. train station museum.

Good one Jacob 😎👍🏻

My grandmother took care of casey jones widow when she was in the nursing home she said he was a drunk

Amazing, Jacob! There last yr. & SO, AGREE; Entirely "Underated"😐 Thank You, for sharing; Enjoyed!

Used to work here! Wish I had known you were in Jackson.

7:26 that voice sounds like Reba McEnitre.

Very nice video, thx. For sharing. Have a Good Week

I used to be a hobo, and got allot of these symbols tatted on me. This is awesome thank you.

I have a civil war era rail road tunnel near my house, it's way back in the woods. About 15ft from the new railroad tunnel and I've always wondered what some of those symbols were. Thanks lol.

As a kid I had the record " Casey Jones" and used to play it over and over. Still remember the words. Interesting museum. Did not know there was one dedicated to him. Keep Safe❤Keep Well❤

Bro this is crazy one of my favorite youtubers going to somewhere I live

very good, thank you

Wasn't Casey Jones that guy in a hockey mask that helped the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from time to time?

I'm embarrassed to admit I did not know Casey was a real person. Very interesting vlog.

Great find

I had no idea he was a real person. That old fashioned soda fountain place looked incredible!

A very nice video

Steaming and a rolling!

Been there. Cool place

You was only 45 mins from me! That’s twice you have been very close to me!!! You should come over to Shiloh battleground. Wish I knew you was around, would love to meet you. Hope you enjoyed you time here.

I hope that scary sinkhole doesn't hurt anyone!

So Casey was training his kids to drive trains. :D

i used to watch the tv show in the 60's. alan hale i think. i never knew casey jones was real... learn something every day. but i am a foreigner, that's my excuse :)

Additional parking? I think not!.Lol.

wow so cool casey jones so sad he past away