Tag Archives: L&N Caboose

The L&N Caboose will move from Cookeville to its new home in Baxter on the morning of Monday, December 13th. Coordinator Don Prince said that the move will happen using two trucks and a crane. “We have what they call a deep-well lowboy truck which will carry actually the box part of the caboose will lift off of the wheels,” ... Read More »

Concrete work begins Monday for the new Baxter home of Cookeville’s L&N Caboose. That is according to Friends of the Baxter Depot President Glenn Jones. Jones said the train could be on the move within the next month. “Crane operator told us that he wanted the concrete to cure for two weeks,” Jones said. “Then, we’re just going to tell ... Read More »

Work has begun to move the L&N Caboose from Cookeville to Baxter. Cookeville City Council approved the donation of the caboose to the Friends of the Baxter Depot in May. Friends of the Baxter Depot President Glenn Jones said they plan on use a crane company to start the transportation. “We’re going to try to pick it up where it ... Read More »

The Friends of the Baxter Depot reached out to Cookeville about the L&N Caboose because they wanted to keep it local. President Glenn Jones said the group would get to work moving the caboose after Cookeville city council approved the move Thursday night. “I remember in 1986 when they actually brought the L&N Caboose to Cookeville and it was great ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council will donate the L&N Caboose to the Friends Of Baxter Depot. Mayor Ricky Shelton made the motion after a call from the friends this week. The Cookeville Friends of the Depot wanted to surplus the caboose because it did not historically fit with the rest of Cookeville’s Depot trains. “We declare the caboose surplus, that we donate ... Read More »

The Friends of the Cookeville Depot Museum and museum staff have asked City Council to mark the L&N caboose as surplus and sell it. Friends of the Depot President George Holmes said having two cabooses is redundant, and that they hope they could replace it with something more relevant to Cookeville. “We felt that instead of having two cabooses, perhaps ... Read More »