Casey Jones Museum - Home of an American Folk Legend

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[doloresvargas]

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

[Nowhereman]

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).

[allenfunstuff]

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.

[blakem]

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

[lauraodle]

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 ❤

[amandareplogle]

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

[stephenwoods]

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!

[belagracie]

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”.

[nathancorcoran]

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

[julianacromey]

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

[jeffersonsmith]

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.

[daltondick]

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!

[tancoplays]

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

[danielayers]

Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better watch your speed

Love the Grateful Dead song, great video :)

[shaneshane-kozz]

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

[morbidoptimism]

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!!!

[doloresvargas]

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

[curtislittle]

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😊

[robertmcevoy]

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

[nikkie]

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