Chattanooga and trains share a storied, interconnected history. While freight trains rumble through Choo Choo City regularly, passenger trains ceased their routes here decades ago. Still, remnants of ...

As the Chattanooga Choo Choo complex chugs through one of the biggest-ever makeovers to its hotel, gardens and iconic rail cars, the site for which the city is widely known turned 50 last week. "This ...