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The Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway (reporting mark CCKY) is a short-line railroad which is headquartered in LaFayette, Georgia, USA.The railroad operated 22 miles (35 km) 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 ...
1917 map of the railroad. The Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railroad was created through a reorganization of the Chattanooga Southern Railway in 1911. A few years later, in 1922, the line's name was changed to the Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway (reporting mark TAG) and was also known as the TAG Route.
In 1836, the Georgia General Assembly voted to build the Western & Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia to provide a link between the port of Savannah and the Midwest. [5] The initial route of that state-sponsored project was to run from Chattanooga to a spot east of the Chattahoochee River, in present-day Fulton County.
In spring 2021, Amtrak included the route in its 15-year "Amtrak Connects US" expansion vision. [3] The proposal calls for two round trips per day with a one-way trip time of 3 hours 6 minutes from Atlanta to Chattanooga, and 6 hours 34 minutes from Atlanta to Nashville.
Savannah and Western Railroad: Chattanooga, Rome and Southern Railroad: CG: 1897 1901 Central of Georgia Railway: Chattanooga Southern Railroad: SOU: 1896 1911 Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railroad: Chattanooga Southern Railway: SOU: 1894 1895 Chattanooga Southern Railroad: Chattanooga Station Company: CG/ SOU: 1905 Chattanooga Terminal ...
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The property became part of the AGS in February 1917 and was completed later that year, giving the AGS a new route into Chattanooga, via the extension, trackage rights over the Memphis-Chattanooga, and a lease of the Belt Railway of Chattanooga. [8] By the summer of 1954, the AGS retired all of their steam locomotives.
The railway is one of the main tourist attractions in the Chattanooga area, totaling over 100,000 visits annually. [8] The top station features an observation deck and a gift shop. Fire-damaged Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, after the December 7, 2024, wildfire (facing uphill (west) from just below Guild Trail).