Views From the Southern Museum’s ‘Trains, Trains, Trains’

KENNESAW, Ga. — The ominous threat of bad weather wasn’t enough to deter the more than 300 people who turned out to the Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History to help celebrate its 10th birthday. During the inaugural Museum Night, guests had the rare chance to climb aboard The General locomotive made famous during the Civil War’s Great Locomotive Chase. Visitors also partook in a multitude of family-friendly activities – including a railroad camp, slot cars and an operating model train layout – and could view a pair of antique vehicles on display – a 1940 Packard and

The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, Ga., is now displaying a Medal of Honor given to a Civil War soldier who participated in the Great Locomotive Chase.

When Casey Jones’ locomotive crashed near Vaughn, Miss., he vaulted into history and American folklore.