Items

• "General" (Western and Atlantic Railroad - W & A RR)
  Color postcard showing the locomotive "The General" Published by Andrews Printery, Chattanooga, Tenn. Tichnor Quality Views
• Louisville and Nashville (L & N) train billboard
• School group in front of The General at Union Station
  Union Station located at 9th and Broad Streets.
• Locomotive engineer blowing whistle
  Locomotive is in large building with dome top, could be "The General" in Union Station.
• Cumberlands Hiking Club on a chartered car on the Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia Railroad to Mays Gulf in DeKalb, Alabama
  Cumberlands Hiking Club began in the 1930s and organized several trips to areas around Chattanooga. Robert Sparks Walker was an early president and leader.
• Cumberlands Hiking Club in a chartered car on the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad to Mays Gulf in Dekalb, Alabama
  Cumberlands Hiking Club began in the 1930s and organized several trips to areas around Chattanooga. Robert Sparks Walker was an early president and leader.
• Model of "The General" unveiled
  Scale model of the Civil War locomotive presented to the City of Chattanooga and unveiled in its exhibit space in the Union Depot. Pictured at the ceremony are left to right: J. W. Tucker, Mayor Hugh Wasson, John Tyler, Paul S. Mathes, and A. C. Kalmbach. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club.
• Colonel Tom Wert signs "The General" log book
  Colonel Tom Wert of Chattanooga signs the log book of "The General" at Camp Pendleton, California. Watching him are left to right: Al Clarke, Charles Coolidge, and Gene Goforth. "The General" replica traveled from Chattanooga to Los Angeles for an American Legion convention. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club.
• Legionnaires replica of "The General" at the Alamo
  Unidentified onlookers around the replica of "The General" on its way to Los Angeles for an American Legion convention. In the background is the Alamo at San Antonio, Texas. The replica was built by Fassnacht and Sons in 1938. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club.
• Legionnaires with a replica of "The General"
  Group of legionnaires departing for an American Legion convention in Los Angeles in a replica of "The General". The model was built by Fassnacht and Sons in 1938; shown here in the National Cemetery with members of the crew bottom row, left to right: Wolf Sandikoff, Gene Goforth, Troy Barnett (driver), Joe Fehn, and Al B. Clarke; top row, left to right: Tom Merritt, Frank Marterre, Charles Coolidge, and Joe Hammack. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club.
• Replica of "The Best Friend of Charleston"
  George W. Pylant, diesel locomotive engineer, and another man examining the controls of "The Best Friend of Charleston" replica on display in the Terminal Station, Chattanooga, Tennessee. The steam engine was the first in the United States to make a scheduled commercial run. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club.
• Replic of "The Best Friend of Charleston"
  Replica of the steam engine, "The Best Friend of Charleston", on display at the Terminal Station, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Originating out of Charleston, South Carolina, the locomotive was the first built in the United States to be operated in actual transportation services. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club.
• "The General" blowing its whistle
  "The General" in Union Station blowing its whistle to open the district convention of model railroad clubs held in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club. Photograph of a photograph with typed caption.
• Blowing the whistle of "The General"
  John Hardin, Jr., member of the Chattanooga Model Railroad Club, tooting the whistle of "The General" to open the club's district convention. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club.
• General Motors "Train of Tomorrow"
  General Motors experimental "Train of Tomorrow" at Chattanooga's Union Station where it visited February 22-24, 1949. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club.
• General Motors "Train of Tomorrow"
  Four men viewing the General Motors new diesel locomotive which visited Chattanooga February 22-24, 1949. Left to right are Joe V. Williams, Jr., A. J. Law, Jr., Elbert S. Long, and H. G. Law. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club. Published in the Chattanooga Times, Feb. 23, 1949.
• General Motors "Train of Tomorrow"
  People lined up at Union Station to view General Motors experimental "Train of Tomorrow" which visited Chattanooga February 22-24, 1949. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club.
• Replica of the engine "General"
  Postcard showing the model of the "General" in the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. Replica built in Chattanooga by Fassnacht and Sons in 1938 for the "forty and eight, fun-making auxiliary of the American Legion." Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club. Also in Chattanooga Album, vol. 7, p. 331. Written on the bottom of the postcard: "40/8 'General' on the Chickamauga Battlefield, copyright Voiture Locale 645." Also in Picture File under C-Transportation-Railroads-The General.
• Chattanooga Union Railway train
  Interurban train (dummy line) on the Chattanooga Union Railway operated by C. E. James. Elmer E. Stoops is standing by the rear coach; others in the picture are unidentified. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club.
• Steam locomotive "The General"
  Steam locomotive "The General" on flat car at the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis (N. C. & St. L.) railyards. Engine, just returned from Chicago Railroad Fair, was made famous when it was stolen by Andrews Raiders in Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw), April 12, 1862. It was reclaimed the same day. Engine was exhibited at Union Depot in Chattanooga until 1972 when it was returned to Kennesaw where it is currently on display. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club.
• Train at the foot of Lookout Mountain
  Train at the foot of Lookout Mountain on the narrow passage which bears the tracks of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis, and the Alabama Great Southern Railroad systems. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club.
• Wreck of the "Dinkey" Engine No. 2
  Wreck of the "Dinkey" Engine No. 2 on Lookout Mountain shown with George Clippenger, a spectator. The narrow gauge railroad engine jumped the tracks with Thomas Derickson, engineer, and Harry S. Clippenger, fireman. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club.
• Porter locomotive No. 2 and coach, narrow gauge railway
  Narrow gauge railway locomotive "The Dinkey" and coach crossing Trestle B on the west side of Lookout Mountain below the brow. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club.
• Photographs from Arthur G. Stivers (1855-1929) family album
  Images are: 1. Unidentified couple standing next to an approaching train 2. Group sitting on a log on the edge of a creek; Winthrop T. Stivers second from the right 3. Group portrait (probably members of Highland Park Methodist Episcopal Church); Sarah Frances Pickens Stivers in third row, far right; Winthrop T. Stivers second from right; Eva Newcomb (later Mrs. Winthrop T. Stivers) third from right, and Bertha Stivers fourth from the right 4. Unidentified man and six children on large rocks; a sign appears on the rocks for R. H. Beard Wallpaper Company located at 18 W. 7th Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee from 1905-1914. Photographs from a disassembled album, original order maintained. Contains local scenes and individuals as well as family trips showing Arthur G. Stivers, his wife Sarah Frances Pickens Stivers, older son Winthrop, younger son Frank, older daughter Bertha, and younger daughter Ruth, among others. The album consists of 42 sheets measuring 28 x 35 cm. (11 x 13 3/4 in.). Many images are silvering out.
• Photographs from Arthur G. Stivers (1855-1929) family album
  Images are: 1. Unidentified man standing behind two women seated on a front porch 2. Man and a woman seated on a front porch 3. Bertha Stivers standing with a seated man and two women 4. House used for the setting of the previous three photographs; location unknown 5. Train stopped at an unknown location. Photographs from a disassembled album, original order maintained. Contains local scenes and individuals as well as family trips showing Arthur G. Stivers, his wife Sarah Frances Pickens Stivers, older son Winthrop, younger son Frank, older daughter Bertha, and younger daughter Ruth, among others. The album consists of 42 sheets measuring 28 x 35 cm. (11 x 13 3/4 in.). Many images are silvering out.