"Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel is adorned with a bright neon miniature sign version of the trains that once visited. The hotel is surrounded and fenced in by rose gardens and includes an additional area for educational historic trolley rides as well as an ice skating rink. It also features the ""Dinner in the Diner"" restaurant. The 1941 Glenn Miller song ""Chattanooga Choo Choo"" told the story of a train trip from Track 29 at Pennsylvania Station in New York City through Baltimore, North and South Carolina, and finishing the trip, or terminating at Terminal Station. (However, no such train went"
"of the property. The city's other historic station, Union Station, parts of which predated the Civil War, was demolished in 1973; the site is now an office building formerly housing the corporate offices of the Krystal restaurant chain (the restaurant chain offices have since relocated to Atlanta, Georgia). In addition to the railroad exhibits at ""the Choo Choo"", there are further exhibits at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, in east Chattanooga. The reputation given to the city by the song also has lent itself to making Chattanooga the home of the National Model Railroad Association since 1982. In addition, the athletic"
"consist included several types of sleeping accommodations for the New York-Birmingham train. It was while riding this incarnation of the train that Mack Gordon and Harry Warren wrote ""Chattanooga Choo Choo"". The song's lyrics, which do not mention the ""Birmingham Special"" directly by name, mention boarding the train on track 29 at Pennsylvania Station, which has never had a track 29. Also, when the song was recorded in 1941, the ""Birmingham Special"" used an electric, not steam, locomotive between New York and Washington. Ironically, the premier train of the Pennsylvania Railroad's rival, the New York Central Railroad's ""20th Century Limited"","
"from New York, through the Carolinas to Chattanooga.) In the year 1973, local businessmen bought the Terminal Station three years after it closed down, renamed it the Chattanooga Choo Choo after the Glenn Miller song, and began rehabilitating the building into a hotel. Today, the complex is a convention center, hotel and resort with restaurants and shops. Hotel guests can stay in half of a restored passenger railway car. Dining at the complex includes the Gardens restaurant in the Terminal Station itself (enclosed passenger loading platform), The Station House (which is housed in a former baggage storage, but on original"
"most of the platforms started to become storage before the station eventually got changed into a hotel and one by one, each track ultimately became obsolete. In April, 1973, after near absolute destruction, Terminal Station was reopened by a group of business people, who were inspired by the ""Chattanooga Choo Choo"" song and its enduring popularity. They renamed Terminal Station to ""Chattanooga Choo Choo Hilton and Entertainment Complex"". Investors poured more than four million dollars into the Terminal Station renovation project. In the year 1989, another group of business people invested another four million dollars to refurbish and renovate the"
"Birmingham Special The Birmingham Special was a passenger train operated by the Southern Railway, Norfolk and Western Railway, and Pennsylvania Railroad in the southeastern United States. The train began service in 1909 and continued, with alterations, after Amtrak assumed control of most long-haul intercity passenger rail in the United States on May 1, 1971. The ""Birmingham Special"" is the namesake of the famed Glenn Miller big band tune ""Chattanooga Choo Choo."" The Southern Railway introduced the ""Birmingham Special"" on May 17, 1909, running between Birmingham, Alabama and New York City via Atlanta, Georgia and Washington, D.C. The Southern operated the"
"from a railroad tycoon if he can successfully drive a steam train from New York City to its namesake of Chattanooga, Tennessee in 24 hours. He invites his girlfriend Maggie (Barbara Eden) and his team on the train, who invite their own guests and pick up new ones along the trip. The comedy is derived from numerous delays along the way. Chattanooga Choo Choo (film) Chattanooga Choo Choo is a 1984 American comedy film starring Barbara Eden, George Kennedy, Melissa Sue Anderson and Joe Namath, directed by Bruce Bilson which was released on May 25, 1984. The film is inspired"
"Chattanooga Choo-Choo Hotel The Chattanooga Choo-Choo Hotel (formerly known as Terminal Station) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is a former railroad station which was once owned and operated by the Southern Railway, and is currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The station is currently operated as a hotel, and is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The station was opened in 1909 and was the largest station in Chattanooga's history. The Terminal Station was the first train station in the south to help open a pathway to connect"
"could not be heard on network radio for much of 1941 due to the ASCAP boycott. In 1996, the 1941 recording of ""Chattanooga Choo Choo"" by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. The song was written by the team of Mack Gordon and Harry Warren while traveling on the Southern Railway's ""Birmingham Special"" train. The song tells the story of traveling from New York City to Chattanooga. The inspiration for the song, however, was a small, wood-burning steam locomotive of the 2-6-0 type which belonged to the Cincinnati Southern Railway, which is now"
"Choo Choo Barn The Choo Choo Barn, Traintown U.S.A. is a train display in Strasburg, Pennsylvania that features over 150 hand-built animated figures and vehicles and 22 operating trains. The Choo Choo Barn was born in 1945, in the basement of the Groff home on Franklin Street in Strasburg, PA. George Groff (the originator) had just returned from World War II, and was looking for a Christmas present for his two-year-old son Gary. He found a $12.50 Lionel train set, and he helped his son set it up. Within a few years, that simple set had taken over a large"
"system (Bike Chattanooga) with 300 bikes and 33 docking stations, all supplied by PBSC Urban Solutions, a Canadian company. Though Chattanooga's most famous connection to the railroad industry is ""Chattanooga Choo Choo"", a 1941 song made famous by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, the city serves as a major freight hub with Norfolk Southern (NS) and CSX running trains on their own (and each other's) lines. The Norfolk Southern Railway's main classification yard, DeButts Yard, is just east of downtown; Norfolk Southern's Shipp's Yard and CSX's Wauhatchie Yard are southwest of the city. Norfolk Southern maintains a large railroad repair"
"including the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel, and numerous historical railway exhibits. Hotel guests can stay in half of a restored passenger railway car. Dining at the complex includes the Gardens restaurant in the Terminal Station itself, The Station House (which is housed in a former baggage storage room and known for its singing waitstaff) and the ""Dinner in the Diner"" which is housed in a restored 1941 Class A dining car. The music venue ""Track29"" is also on the grounds of the Chattanooga Choo Choo hotel in the building that formerly housed the city's only ice rink at the back"
"mascot of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga was, for a time, a rather menacing-looking anthropomorphized mockingbird named Scrappy, who was dressed as a railroad engineer and was sometimes depicted at the throttle of a steam locomotive. Choo Choo VORTAC, a radio aid to navigation, is sited near Chattanooga at . ""Chattanooga Choo Choo"" has been performed in numerous TV shows, including several episodes of ""M*A*S*H"", 1967 episodes of ""The Red Skelton Show"" and ""The Lawrence Welk Show"", and a 2006 episode of ""Midsomer Murders"". In addition to TV shows, ""Chattanooga Choo Choo""' has been sung in numerous movies, including"
"Chattanooga Choo Choo (film) Chattanooga Choo Choo is a 1984 American comedy film starring Barbara Eden, George Kennedy, Melissa Sue Anderson and Joe Namath, directed by Bruce Bilson which was released on May 25, 1984. The film is inspired by the popular 1941 song ""Chattanooga Choo Choo"" originally recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra and featured in the 20th Century Fox film ""Sun Valley Serenade"". The film's promotional tagline is: ""The song that kept America chuggin' along is this summer's funniest movie!"" The film follows the story of football team owner Bert (George Kennedy) who will inherit one million dollars"
"to take shape during the decade, as well. At the East Chattanooga facility, a repair shop and a turntable were added to provide facilities for locomotive repair and maintenance. Beginning in the 1990s, TVRM started running trains to the Chattanooga Choo Choo (called the ""Downtown Arrow"", now discontinued) and excursions down to Summerville, Georgia on the Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway. In 2004, TVRM and the Tennessee Overhill Heritage Association partnered up in acquiring part of the former L&N Hook and Eye line between Etowah, Tennessee (Gee Creek, Tennessee) and Copperhill, Tennessee. Since then, despite skipping the 2005 season, the new"
"Choo-Choo! Choo-Choo! is a 1932 ""Our Gang"" short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 114th (26th talking episode) ""Our Gang"" short that was released. It is a remake of the 1923 ""Our Gang"" film ""A Pleasant Journey"". Exchanging clothes with a group of mischievous orphans, the kids end up on a train headed for Chicago. Pressed into service as the kids' supervisor, Travelers Aid attendant Mr. Henderson (Dell Henderson) suffers torment, especially when he tries to prevent three-year-old Spanky from socking the nose of every adult in sight. Things come to a head when the kids"
"of the Groff family home. Choo Choo Barn The Choo Choo Barn, Traintown U.S.A. is a train display in Strasburg, Pennsylvania that features over 150 hand-built animated figures and vehicles and 22 operating trains. The Choo Choo Barn was born in 1945, in the basement of the Groff home on Franklin Street in Strasburg, PA. George Groff (the originator) had just returned from World War II, and was looking for a Christmas present for his two-year-old son Gary. He found a $12.50 Lionel train set, and he helped his son set it up. Within a few years, that simple set"
"Baltimore & Ohio Railroad station, Philadelphia Philadelphia's Baltimore & Ohio Railroad station – also known as the B & O station or Chestnut Street station – was the main passenger station for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Designed by architect Frank Furness in 1886, it stood at 24th Street and the Chestnut Street Bridge from 1888 to 1963. The B&O Railroad completed the Philadelphia Subdivision in 1886, its own line between Baltimore and Philadelphia that did not rely on Pennsylvania Railroad routes. Relying on Reading Railroad routes between Philadelphia and Jersey City, New Jersey, (opposite New York"
"Choo Choo Classic and was a regular PGA stop from 1983 to 1991 with the Chattanooga Classic. Hixson, Tennessee Hixson is a former unincorporated community and now part of the city of Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. It is in the northeastern part of Chattanooga and is part of the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Hixson is typically defined as the area north of Rivermont (a Chattanooga neighborhood), east of the city of Red Bank and U.S. Highway 27, and south of unincorporated Middle Valley and Thrasher Pike. It is bordered to the east by the Tennessee River."
"Sonderzug nach Pankow ""Sonderzug nach Pankow"" (""Special Train to Pankow"") is a song by the German rock singer Udo Lindenberg, released as a single on 2 February 1983. It was a reaction to the refusal of the West German singer's wish to perform a concert in East Germany by the East German administration in charge. The text of this approximately three minutes long song appeals ironically directly to East German leader Erich Honecker. The melody is based on the 1941 swing classic ""Chattanooga Choo Choo"" by Glenn Miller. With regard to the Berlin borough Pankow, the title is based on"
"Buffalo Line The Buffalo Line is a railroad line owned by the Norfolk Southern Railway in the U.S. states of New York and Pennsylvania. The line runs from Buffalo, New York southeast to Rockville, Pennsylvania near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania along a former Pennsylvania Railroad line. Its north end is at Seneca Yard in Buffalo, with no direct access to the Lake Erie district, and its south end is at the Pittsburgh Line at Rockville. The line is operated by the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad between Buffalo and Machias, New York, the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad between Machias and Driftwood,"
"Chattanooga Choo Choo ""Chattanooga Choo Choo"" is a 1941 song written by Mack Gordon and composed by Harry Warren. It was originally recorded as a big-band/swing tune by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra and featured in the 1941 movie ""Sun Valley Serenade"". It was the first song to receive a gold record, presented by RCA Victor in 1942, for sales of 1.2 million copies. The song was an extended production number in the 20th Century Fox film ""Sun Valley Serenade"". The Glenn Miller recording, RCA Bluebird B-11230-B, became the #1 song across the United States on December 7, 1941, and"
"building plans is designated as ""Mail Sorting Facility"") and the ""Dinner in the Diner"" which is the complex's fine dining venue, housed in a restored 1938 Class A dining car. Some parts of the complex are connected by a heritage streetcar line, operated by a 1924-built ex-New Orleans Perley Thomas trolley car. Hotel guests and customers can reserve a completely refurbished and restored authentic sleeper car, some of which are salvaged from the same trains that used to run through Terminal Station. Union Station (Chattanooga) Chattanooga Choo-Choo Hotel The Chattanooga Choo-Choo Hotel (formerly known as Terminal Station) in Chattanooga, Tennessee,"
"hotel and to bring in and hire new management and staff. The 1989 update resulted in the hotel's current moniker: The Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel. The Beaux-Arts-style station designed by Donn Barber was one of the grandest buildings in Chattanooga, featuring an arched main entrance. The building also has an high ceiling dome with a skylight in the center section. The station included a main waiting room, bathrooms, ticket offices, and other services ready to help potential passengers. The original Terminal Station was merely one story in height, so the aforementioned dome and skylight made this area look gargantuan in"
"Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway The Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway is a short-line railroad which is headquartered in LaFayette, Georgia. The railroad operated of the Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway (a.k.a. the TAG route) from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Kensington, Georgia, which reverted to the Norfolk Southern System and was partially removed after the Dow Reichhold Specialty Latex LLC plant in Kensington closed in August 2008. The ""C&C"" also operates of the former Central of Georgia Railroad from Chattanooga to Lyerly, Georgia. That line is leased from the state of Georgia. The locomotives the C&C operates are 102 (former Chicago and North"
"the Louisville and Nashville railroad ran passenger trains through Union Station and the Southern Railway ran trains through Terminal Station. The last train, the L&N's ""Georgian"" left in 1971. Being bisected by the Tennessee River, Chattanooga has seven bridges that allow people to traverse the river; five of the bridges being automobile bridges, one a rail bridge, and one a pedestrian bridge. These are the following, from west to east: The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA) offers non-stop service to various domestic destinations via regional and national airlines, including Allegiant Airlines, United Express, American Eagle, Delta Connection, and US Airways Express."
"used track 29 at Grand Central Terminal. The time points mentioned reflect liberties for rhyme and suggest the pre-Bristol reroute. The Pennsylvania ended through service north of Washington in 1956. By 1964 the sleeper service had been eliminated. However, the longer route, along the same trackage as far south as Chattanooga, the Southern's ""Pelican,"" retained sleeping cars. Through service to Memphis, Tennessee (connecting in Chattanooga) ended on January 31, 1967. The Southern Railway dropped the ""Birmingham Special"" name on February 1, 1970. Service south of Bristol ended August 11, 1970, although a rump train operated north from Birmingham to the"
"Plano station Plano, also known as the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Depot is an Amtrak intercity train station in Plano, Illinois, United States. The station was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on November 12, 1993. Currently, four Amtrak trains stop at Plano per day. These serves are the ""Illinois Zephyr"" and the ""Carl Sandburg"". The ""Illinois Zephyr"" stops in the morning (to Chicago Union Station) and in the evening (to Quincy). The ""Carl Sandburg"" stops in the morning (to Quincy) and the evening (to Chicago). The ""Southwest Chief"" and ""California Zephyr"" pass through the station"
"years, Amtrak revived Washington–Chicago service using the same B&O tracks (now CSX Transportation) between Washington and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the Amtrak ""Capitol Limited"". Capitol Limited (B&O train) The Capitol Limited was an American passenger train run by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, originally between New York City and Grand Central Station in Chicago, Illinois, via Union Station, Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh. For almost 48 years, it was the B&O's flagship passenger train, noted for personalized service and innovation. At the time of its discontinuation on May 1, 1971, when Amtrak took over most rail passenger service in the U.S., the"
"a shoeshine boy: The singer describes the train's route, originating from Pennsylvania Station in New York and running through Baltimore to North Carolina before reaching Chattanooga. He mentions a woman he knew from an earlier time in his life, who will be waiting for him at the station and with whom he plans to settle down for good. After the entire song is sung, the band plays two parts of the main melody as an instrumental, with the instruments imitating the ""WHOO WHOO"" of the train as the song ends. The 78-rpm was recorded on May 7, 1941, for RCA"
"Zoo Junction Zoo Junction is an important junction on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where the Northeast Corridor meets the Keystone Corridor (ex-Pennsylvania Railroad main line). Zoo Junction is a flying junction, where multiple tracks cross one another by bridges to avoid conflict with other trains. In 1870 the Pennsylvania Railroad built the Connecting Railway from Frankford Junction to Zoo to bypass congested street running in Philadelphia. Instead of reaching the city directly from the north, the Connecting Railway turned west, crossed the Schuylkill River on the Connecting Railway Bridge (a stone arch viaduct) and then turned south to"
"a railroad line leased by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Tennessee & Georgia. The line runs from Chattanooga, TN to Marietta, GA for a total of 119.1 miles. At its north end it continues south from the Chattanooga Subdivision of the Nashville Division and at its south end it continues south as the Atlanta Terminal Subdivision (Chart A). This line, originally built to gauge, is famous because of the Andrews Raid (commonly referred to as the Great Locomotive Chase), which took place on the W&A during the American Civil War on the morning of April 12, 1862. In"
"Shenandoah (B&O train) The Shenandoah was an American named passenger train of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), one of four daily B&O trains operating between Jersey City, New Jersey and Grand Central Station in Chicago, Illinois, via Washington, D.C. and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from the 1930s to the 1950s. Other B&O trains of that period on the route were the ""Capitol Limited"", ""Columbian"", and the ""Washington - Chicago Express"". An alternate branch originated in Detroit and met with the Chicago part of the train at Deshler, Ohio, south of Toledo. While the trains were advertised as beginning in New York"