We have a cabin at Cloudland Canyon for a few days. It has been a while since I have driven parallel with the old TAG right of way, through the Chattanooga valley. It is shocking how nature has reclaimed the tracks. I had held out hope that some day maybe TVRM would take it over for trips along the base of Lookout Mountain or that an industry would re-occupy the old latex plant footprint. From say 2008 back you could still pick out locations from old TAG pics. There was one spot parallel to the highway where a detoured Southern Pelican passenger train was photographed. This was the late 1960s and due to a derailment over on the AGS. Prior to 2008, the spot still looked identical with the exception of an oval Southern milepost instead of a diamond TAG milepost. It is so thick there now that you can¡¯t see the tracks at all. The Pelican detoured over TAG more than once by the way. A 1950s detour was photographed at nearby Cooper Heights. The track here too is virtually jungle. Sad.
Warren
Warren Stephens