Jackson Railfest 2010
The Gulf,
Mobile & Ohio Historical Society 38th Annual Swap Meet
to be Held
in Jackson
(Jackson, TN)
The Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Historical Society will be holding it's
national annual fall meeting in Jackson at Casey Jones Museum the
weekend of October 9th. Members
of the Society will enjoy a weekend of activities in Casey Jones
Village. A Railroadiana swap meet is open to the public on Saturday,
October 9th and will be held at the historic Casey
Jones Home & Railroad Museum . Hours for the special event are 9:00
a.m. to 3:00 p.m. During those hours on October 9th, the Museum is
offering discounted admission prices of $4.50 for adults and $3.50 for
children that include the Railfest show and Museum tour.
Jackson,
Tennessee has a very rich railroad history and
specifically has ties as a GM&
O company town. Jacksonian I.B. Tigrett served as the GM & O
President. The GM& O Pullman car the Judge Milton Brown now
resides at Casey Jones Village and is the studio of American Family
Radio for West Tennessee. The station will be hosting a dedication and
ribbon cutting on Friday, October 8th beginning with a program at Noon
in the Museum followed by the ribbon cutting at the railcar.
The GM & O
Historical Society is a non-profit historical and educational
organization dedicated to preserving the history of the Gulf, Mobile
& Ohio Railroad, its predecessor lines and subsidiary companies.
It is based out of Marion, Illinois.Casey Jones Museum is located
at 30 Casey Jones Lane in Jackson's Casey Jones Village. The 8,000
square foot Casey Jones Train Station built in 2009 features greatly
expanded exhibits on the life of America's railroad legend, Casey Jones,
and the history of railroading in Jackson.
The
Casey Jones Village website is
www.caseyjones.com
. For more information contact Lawrence Taylor, Museum Executive
Director, at the Museum at 731.668.1222. For more information on the
history of the GM & O railroad visit the Historical Society website
at
www.gmohs.org.
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