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Re: PHOTOS: Jon's Juice Junket, part 15 - Chattanooga Choo-Choo Trolley |
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Posted by Jon Bell on Fri Jun 4 23:38:49 2010, in response to PHOTOS: Jon's Juice Junket, part 1 - New Orleans, posted by Jon Bell on Sun May 16 00:21:04 2010. After my morning excursion on the Music City Star in Nashville, I scooted down I-24 to Chattanooga, the last stop on this trip. The Chattanooga Choo-Choo complex (the former Terminal Station) has a short trolley line within its grounds. It uses an ex New Orleans Perley Thomas car that ran on the original Canal Street line.This line was built in a long U shape, running from one of the station platforms, out past some of the other buildings in the complex, and finally doubling back to end up next to a theater on the other side of the entrance from the terminal building. That theater has since been converted for use of part of CARTA's (the local transit system's) headquarters, and the trolley now uses only about half the line, from the terminal out to the end of the grounds, a few hundred yards. Brief excursions run every two hours. At the complex, you can stay in one of several railroad cars that have been converted to hotel accommodations. I tried to book one of them, but couldn't get a room anywhere in the complex, either a normal room or a railroad car. When I got there, I found out why: the Tennessee State H.O.G. (Harley Owners Group) is meeting there this weekend. The grounds are full of motorcycles, vendors' tents, etc. And the sound of motorcycle engines, of course.       Tomorrow morning, on my way out of town, I'll probably stop at the Incline Railway. |
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