Chattanooga Choo Choo

"Chattanooga Choo Choo" was a Glenn Miller big-band/swing song featured in the 1941 movie Sun Valley Serenade, which starred amongst others Milton Berle and Joan Davis. Released on the RCA Victor label, the record became the first to be certified a gold disc on February 10, 1942, for sales of 1,200,000. The transcription of this award ceremony can be heard on the first of three volumes of RCA's "Legendary Performer" compilations on Glenn released by RCA in the 1970s.

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Glenn Miller - Big-band - Swing - 1941 - Movie - Sun Valley Serenade - Milton Berle - Joan Davis - RCA Victor - Gold - February 10 - 1942 - Transcription - Award - Ceremony - Compilations - RCA

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The song tells the story of travelling from New York City to Chattanooga. However, the inspiration for the song was a small, wood-burning steam locomotive of the 2-6-0 type which belonged to the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, which is now part of the Norfolk Southern Railway system. That train is now a museum artifact (see below). From 1880, most trains bound for America's South passed through the southeastern Tennessee city of Chattanooga, often on to the super-hub of Atlanta. The Chattanooga Choo Choo did not refer to any particular train, though some have incorrectly asserted that it referred to Louisville and Nashville's Dixie Flyer or the Southern Railway's Crescent Limited. However, neither of these trains ever stopped in Chattanooga, and it should be further noted that it has never been possible to travel from New York to Chattanooga without changing trains at least twice.

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New York City - Chattanooga - Steam locomotive - 2-6-0 - Cincinnati Southern Railroad - Norfolk Southern - 1880 - South - Tennessee - Hub - Atlanta - Train - Louisville and Nashville - Dixie Flyer - Southern Railway - Crescent Limited - New York

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