Monday, May 30, 2011

Chattanooga, Tennessee - Chattanooga Choo Choo hotel (Terminal Station)

Chattanooga Choo Choo hotel - Terminal Station
hotel lobby
Cinncinnati Southern Railroad
Caboose
Trolly
Switcher
Control console

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Nashville, Tennessee - Centennial Park

NC&StL 576 (100 feet long - 70 inch driving wheels) 
John W. Thomas - President of the NC&StL Railroad
Below John W. Thomas shows figure holding locomotive "General"

Nashville, Tennessee - Union Station

Union Station (now a hotel)
CSX 7352 - Kayne Ave. rail yard beside Union Station
CSX Switchers 1111 and 1119 - Kayne Ave. railyard
Kayne Avenue rail yard

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Marietta, Georgia - Visitors Center

1898 Depot now a Visitor Center
Glover Locomotive 81421 - built 1916
Coupling hook
Railroad baggage cart

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Marietta, Georgia - Marietta Museum of History

Bell from a Glover Locomotive
Room of James Andrews prior to start of Great Locomotive Chase

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Kennesaw, Georgia - Memorial Park

"GENERAL" Monument - marks the start of the Great Locomotive Chase
William Fuller Monument - conductor of train pulled by the General
Andrews Raid - about the Great Locomotive Chase

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Cartersville, Georgia - Etowah River Bridge

Remains of original bridge - built approx. 1840's
Current bridge - built approx. 1940's

Kennesaw, Georgia - Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, Pt 2

GENERAL - from Great Locomotive Chase
Glover Locomotive Factory 
Glover Locomotive Factory
Merci Boxcar
Smith Valve Gear Patent Model