I was in Chattanooga and I drove around the TAG yard at Alton Park. AMD/Southern Cellulose looked to be slow. Not many boxcars. The old Lookout oil, now some sort of used cooking oil recycling place had a few tank cars. CSX pulled out a good while ago, and I don’t know how much longer NS will be interested in Alton Park. The old streetcar track is still visible in the pavement on the west side of the old Chattanooga Glass property. They have started to demolish more of the glass work’s derelict buildings. CofG had a team track that wrapped around the west side. TAG had the rights to switch it. There is a beautiful old church on the west side of the old glass complex. The pastor there in the 1940s was a fellow named Dr. Mark Cambron. He was an early dean at Tennessee Temple. In the 40s he had an up a coming preacher in to speak at this church. A young man named Billy Graham. The Pods people have moved out from the former roundhouse/diesel shops/yard office location. It is clean as a whistle and I would love to metal detect there. I fear that at some point in the near future, developers will bulldoze the yard and put up apartments. It is happening all over south Chattanooga. If you have never visited the sight, I wouldn’t put it off much longer. Remember Gadsden yard is totally abandoned and will be a thicket soon. In other news, Todd Hortons, spotted the TAG heritage locomotive in Dalton a week or so ago. He was favorably impressed. The latest issue of Railfan and Railroad has a right up about it. I am sure Trains will do likewise. I hope we all get to see her.
Warren
Warren Stephens