Feds refuse to force tennessee pass rail line sale. Mark brainard, a volunteer at the tennessee valley railroad museum, talks about chattanoogas railroad history and the east tennessee and georgia railroad that passed through in 1858. Royal gorge route railroad drivers eye view youtube. Carter railroad museum east tennessee state university on november 16, 2007, the george l. Summary shows relief by hachures, drainage, counties, cities and towns, roads, and railroads. The era of transition, east tennessee historical society publications 23 1951. Trains magazine offers railroad news, railroad industry insight, commentary on todays freight railroads, passenger service amtrak, locomotive technology, railroad preservation and history, railfan opportunities tourist railroads, fan trips, and great railroad photography. A private firm is even potentially building a new railroad into the basin via the existing route.
In 1945, the old tennessee pass tunnel was replaced by a newer tunnel. Railroad maps, 1828 to 1900, available online, tennessee. Dpu practices have mostly developed after tennessee pass was taken out of service and that may be a good example of how innovations in technology can reduce, negate, or overcome a physical condition that would seem to make tp uneconomic otherwise. Reorganized in 1973 by the southern railway as the tennessee railway, it remains a subsidiary of the norfolk southern corporation sold at foreclosure on valentines day in 1918. Historian a lively and broad look at the old reliable. Midland as well as rollins and hagerman passes in the history books. The tennessee valley railroad is a heritage railway company that was established in 1961. District court, nashville, tennessee, donated the collection to the tennessee state library and archives. I recently was messaged on facebook about a group that is moving to restore the former drgw tennessee pass route for scenic line use. Initially it was designed to be a museum, preserving whatever railway equipment was donated to them. An important work for tennessee and railroad history. Tennessee pass elevation 10,424 ft 3,177 m is a high mountain pass in the rocky mountains.
Rock islandtennessee passfort collins trolleys, colorado rail annual no. The railroad s backers expect the uinta basin railway to handle three to 10 trains per day, including inbound frac sand shipments. Tennessee pass elevation 10,424 ft 3,177 m is a high mountain pass in the rocky mountains of central colorado in the united states. The last revenue train ran over tennessee pass on august 23, 1997 a westbound taconite train.
I was given part of bernie kempinskis old n scale layout, the tennessee pass the layout was featured in the 2001 model railroad planning book. The pass traverses the continental divide north of leadville in a gap between the northern. Union pacifics tennessee pass could become short cut for. The line, now owned by the union pacific railroad, is currently embargoed the tracks are out of service but still. His special gift was as a collector of truly remarkable photographs illustrating the pioneering days of the railroads. Tennessee pass was a tough, and therefore costly, railroad to operate. Located on the main campus of east tennessee state university, the george l. This group is to showcase the history of railroads in tennessee. The murphy branch of the western north carolina railroad delivered thousands of mountaineers from the wilderness of their landlocked hills. The railroads backers expect the uinta basin railway to handle three to 10 trains per day, including inbound frac sand shipments. The northern pacific railroad, the sioux, and the panic of 1873 by m. A full history of this important 296 mile railroad that ran from western kentucky through nashville to eastern tennessee.
A year after iron rails reached asheville in 1880, workers scattered to the west of the city, digging, filling, and blasting an extension of the line that stretched 116 miles to murphy, providing thousands with a path to reach the outside world. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in the underground railroad, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Examines over 100 years of rio grande on tennessee pass on the royal gorge route, pp. The narrator then describes coras journey with ridgeway, during which another captured slave, jasper, wont stop singing. The tennessee central railway company records are a part of the record of the eastwest railroad through tennessee that operated between hopkinsville, kentucky, and the harrimanemory gap. A sale of the tennessee pass line to colorado pacific would create a nearly 400 mile route extending from. Wilson county, tennessee ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Railways have a long, long history of grabbing free land, then selling off their. Missionary ridge train ride tennessee valley railroad.
Popular railroad history books meet your next favorite book. A history of the dixie line, the first freight train linking its namesake cities made its initial run on february 11, 1854. Carter railroad museum was dedicated at east tennessee state university by etsu president paul stanton with a large, enthusiastic crowd in attendance. Tennessees civil war railroad experience involved a complex interplay of overall military strategy, major combat engagements that involved railroads in a direct or indirect way, individual attacks specifically aimed against railroad equipment and facilities, and noncombat military events. Last info i saw was the tennessee pass line is intact from pueblo to. Map of united states showing major relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, railroad stations, the railroad network, with emphasis on tennessee. The tennessee railroad reporting mark tenn was a short line standard gauge 4 ft 8 1. The pass was named after tennessee, the native state of a group of early prospectors. Tennessee pass needs a new home page 1 n and z scales. The mission of the tennessee valley railroad museum is to collect for preservation, operation, interpretation, and display, railroad artifacts in an authentic setting to educate the public concerning the role of railroads in the history and development of our region.
Here are four additional pictures of the tennessee pass depot from the denver public library. Unusually for a heritage railway, it was not formed to preserve a particular route or railway line from closing down. Instead, the railroad hedged and allowed the tennessee pass line to sit, unused, as thieves stole all the copper along the route and thistles grew between the ties. To look back at the rio grandes history, one is struck by its ability to be many things, from promoters tool, to lucius beebe goldrush icon, to transcontinental contender, to bigtime coal road. Also there is a nice picture of the depot on page 211 of the book george l. The rio grande continued freight services through the gorge until 1989, after which various mergers and acquisitions led to closure of the tennessee pass line, including the gorge segment in 1997. New enlarged scale railroad and county map of tennessee showing every railroad station and post office in the state, 1888. In this video i will go over the history of tennessee railroads. A history of the rock island railroad in colorado, pp. Find best sellers about civil war, american legends, breweries and wineries, and more. New book rio grande volume 6 tennessee pass in color ebay. Wilson county, tennessee genealogy familysearch wiki. In recent times, the rio grandes tennessee pass line was the highest active mainline railroad mountain pass in the united states.
The photographs are outstanding and the history of this line is well researched and written. I was planning to use it in my new layout, but those plans have changed and now i need to find it a new home. Probably in 200 years the public outcry will be so much the government will just tell the railroad to pull up the tracks, without hearings or anything. Union pacific opposes firms plan to revive tennessee pass route. They do have a page set up on facebook named help save the tennessee pass rail line. However, the saving grace of tennessee pass would be the pueblo gateway onto the missouri pacific. The tennessee pass line was passed, and checked out for a ways, some years ago, and it was in remarkably good shape for being mothballed. Nashville and chattanooga railroad tennessee encyclopedia. This 24hour marathon fundraiser is hosted by the the community foundation of middle tennessee and they offer additional grants to participating non. Herr, louisville and nashville railroad, 18501963 1964. Group wants surface transportation board to encourage sale of. A pictorial story of the war between the states, 18611865, before his death, was a railroaders writera working hoghead on the southern pacifics portland division and historian of the great days of steam. Guide to wilson county established 1799 genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, civil war records, revolutionary war records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers. This line was first chartered under nashville and chattanooga railroad on december 11, 1845.
This chapter begins with another runaway ad, a 16yearold biracial girl called peggy. Rocketing to the rockies by michael doty and mel mcfarland. Missionary ridge local trips begin at the grand junction depot and take passengers along one of the original railroad lines into chattanooga, crossing bridges and diving through the missionary ridge tunnel before arriving at the other side of our museum, east chattanooga. Up considering sale of tennessee pass route trains magazine. Railroads, the pioneers building americas transportation backbone, and more. Union pacific has not used the tennessee pass line since the. Trains it is a welcome event that this book is once again available. New enlarged scale railroad and county map of tennessee. Mississippi mountain moved nashville north carolina note organized party passed period person pioneers portion present president railroad reached received representatives returned river robertson secretary senate session settlement settlers sevier. Yet another good example of why it may have been wiser to just mothball it instead of ripping it. This title features 1990s action on tennessee pass as the last rio grande locomotivepowered trains move traffic over the continental divide.
Tennessee pass 18 years later trains magazine trains. The alaska rr in the age of steam 19141945 hb good used condition moderate. The line, now owned by the union pacific railroad, is currently embargoed the tracks are out of service but still in place. Batterdale books buys and sells secondhand books on british and overseas railways, canals, trams and buses, and industrial history. Nothing called the last days of tennessee pass the rio grande.
It had the best routing to and from the city of nashville, and was an important gateway route as well as connector. Response from goplaces4461848, guest relations manager at from the river to the rail. Tennessee railroad civil war history events by date. Tennessee central, 545 s main st, memphis, tn 38103, usa. It seems ups favorite tactic is to let a line just sit.