The first passenger train that linked the North to the South was named the Chattanooga Choo-Choo. It left Cincinnati, Ohio for Chattanooga, Tennessee on March 5, 1880. The Choo-Choo was operated by the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, America's first Municipal Railway System.
In 1941 the movie "Sun Valley Serenade" featured a song by Glenn Miller titled "Chattanooga Choo Choo" which told of a story of a train trip from Pennsylvania Station in New York City through Baltimore, North and South Carolina, and terminating at track 29 in Terminal Station in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The Passenger Trains stopped operating in 1970 when passenger traffic dwindled.
More of our history gone by the way....technology??? Danny loved riding the steam engines when he was younger....thought it was great....Rachel and Noah love riding "Thomas" every year when he comes around...and Shane is not so sure about it all...sometimes he goes and sometimes he doesn't...cool photo...
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