Subj : Chattanooga
To   : Mrproper
From : Angus Mcleod
Date : Mon Jul 04 2005 12:51 pm

  Re: Chattanooga
  By: Mrproper to Angus Mcleod on Mon Jul 04 2005 10:28:00

 >  >  > I dunno if it still runs or not but there was a "Chattanooga Choo Choo
 >  >  > featured elegant dining cars etc. and took you on a tour of hstoric ra
 >  >
 >  > "Chattanooga Choo Choo" was a song, written by Glen Miller and performed
 >  > by his orchestra some time around 1940.  The term did not refer to any
 >  > particular train, and was actually inspired by a beat-up old train that
 >  > ran on an entirely different line.
 >  >
 >  > The song, BTW, was the first ever to be certified with a GOLD disk.
 > 
 > I live 15 min south of chattanooga, there is still a train that runs seasonl
 > called the chattanooga choo choo, It's an historic train that runs through t
 > countryside... "Trust me, I've been on it"

I'mm willing to bet that the name was given to the train long after 1941, 
when the song first came out and popularized the name!


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