Subj : Chattanooga
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Mrproper
Date : Mon Jul 04 2005 02:16 am

  Re: Chattanooga
  By: Daryl Stout to MIKE POWELL on Sun Jul 03 2005 17:45:00


 > MP>> I mentioned it because if you were interested in a sample yard on your
 >   >> prototype's network, Holiday Inn now owns the Chatenooga Union Station,
 >   >> iirc they have a heck of a mountain line right nearby, lots of good fea
 >   >> to pick and choose from.
 > 
 > MP>Yep, I was down there a few years back.  There where the Holiday Inn is,
 >   >there is also a static display of the Chatanooga Choo-Choo, and a pretty
 >   >neat model railroad nearby that.  I also road the Incline railway while I
 >   >was there.  That was also pretty neat.  ;-)
 > 
 >   There was a tragic event in history when one of the Incline cables
 > broke, and the car thundered down the hill, crashing at the bottom.
 > Several were injured and others killed. :(
 > 
 >   Is there a touring railroad, so to speak, around the periphery of the
 > Choo-Choo, where one can get a look at things, or does one have to
 > walk??
 > 

I dunno if it still runs or not but there was a "Chattanooga Choo Choo" it
featured elegant dining cars etc. and took you on a tour of hstoric railways.


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