Etowah, TN: Museum/L&N Depot and CSX/L&N Railyard

Museum: (Satellite)

Depot Park: (Satellite)

Railyard: (Satellite)

This is another example of a railroad town doing a good job of preserving its heritage.

Street View, Jun 2016

The fact that L&N built this town, and depot, as a division headquarters explains why the depot is so big.

Tony Mowell, Dec 2021, cropped

 

Larry Johnson posted nine photos with the comment: ""L & N Etowah Depot built in 1906."

Larry Johnson shared

Dennis DeBruler shared

I think this is the first time that I've seen the interior of a bay-window caboose.

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Left side view of depot

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Front view of depot

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Looking inside the caboose

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Looking inside the caboose

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Right side view of depot

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Behind the depot is the CSX mainline from Cincinnati to Atlanta

Dennis DeBruler commented on his share
The caboose is just south of the depot museum.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.3234097,-84.5244523,121m/data=!3m1!1e3

1935 Etowah Quad @ 24,000

Counting from the overpass on the topo map, the roundhouse was between 10th and 11th Streets. So the dark green dot on which I dropped a pin may have been the turntable. The locomotive on the loaded coal train on the right must be a DPU because I saw two locomotives on the other end.

Satellite