First Passenger train departing Cincinnati for Chattanooga
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ChapterhouseInc
N 35° 02.235 W 085° 18.384
16S E 654481 N 3878484
Known as the Chattanooga Choo-Choo
Waymark Code: WMM5R
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 08/14/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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It was on March 5, 1880, that the first passenger train leaving Cincinnati for Chattanooga was nichnamed the "Chattanooga Choo-Choo."

This historical occasion opened the first major link in public transportation from the North to the South. The "Choo-Choo" was operated by the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, America's first municipal railway system.

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Date of FIRST: 03/05/1880

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