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May 1941 - With our nation on the brink of World War II, Big Band leader Glenn
Miller along with the Modernaires immortalized the imaginary train, nicknamed
the "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" in song. Here at the Southern Railway
Terminal Station in Chattanooga, Tennessee Train No.42, with Ps-4 No.1397
prepares to depart.

Railroad Artist
Tom Rock

PARDON ME BOY, IS
THAT THE
CHATTANOOGA CHOO
CHOO (R)
Copyright (c) 1991,
T.D.R. Productions
Sheet: 14" x 18" /
Image: 10" x 14" each

A challenge went out in 1900 by the architectural students at Beaux Arts Institute in Paris
France. The students offered themselves a prize for the best plans which could be drawn up
for a railroad station that would suit the needs of a large city. The winner of the prize was Mr.
Don Barber, an American from New York City.

In 1904, when the president of the Southern Railway decided to build a new passenger
terminal in Chattanooga, Tennessee, one architect who offered an entry was none other
than the same Mr. Barber. When Southern Railway's president saw Barber's design, he was
very much impressed. He said he felt the exterior plans were perfect but asked Barber if he
could possibly alter the interior design. Upon this request, the Grand Dome was created. It is
completely free standing and rests on four major steel supports 75 feet apart. The dome's
underside, which covered the 68 by 82 foot general waiting room, was decorated in artistic
plaster embellishments of heraldic emblems. For those nocturnal passengers who would
frequent this 24 hour station, illumination was provided by four ornate brass chandeliers,
each containing 40 lights and each centered by an 18-inch opal globe. When these lights
were on, the dome was truly lavish in its different prismatic colors.

On a bitterly cold winter morning, December 1, 1909 a crowd of several hundred gathered in
the 1400 block of Market Street for the dedication of Chattanooga's Terminal Station. After
serving Chattanooga for 61 years the Southern Railway closed the building August 11, 1970.
It was purchased, restored and reopened to the public in April 1973 and entered on the
National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Dept. of Interior on January 25, 1974.

On March 5, 1880, the first passenger train connecting the north with the south traveled from
Cincinnati, Ohio south to Chattanooga, Tennessee on the first municipal railroad, the
Cincinnati Southern Line. A reporter dubbed the train the "Chattanooga Choo-Choo", and
Big Band leader Glen Miller and the Modernaires immortalized this legendary train in song
May 7, 1941. These paintings, done in 1991, mark the 50th Anniversary of this song and a
fitting tribute to Southern Railways Terminal Station "The Chattanooga Choo-Choo".