{"id":34,"date":"2019-08-30T19:59:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T23:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/?p=34"},"modified":"2020-04-11T19:32:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T23:32:02","slug":"chattanooga-choo-choo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/?p=34","title":{"rendered":"Chattanooga Choo Choo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;Pardon me boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo?<br>Track twenty nine! Boy you can gimme a shine<br>Can you afford to board a Chattanooga Choo Choo?<br>I&#8217;ve got my fare and just a trifle to spare<br>You leave the Pennsylvania station &#8217;bout a quarter to four<br>Read a magazine and then you&#8217;re in Baltimore<br>Dinner in the diner, nothing could be finer<br>Than to have your ham &#8216;n&#8217; eggs in Carolina<br>When you hear the whistle blowin&#8217; eight to the bar<br>Then you know that Tennessee is not very far<br>Shovel all the coal in, gotta keep it rollin&#8217;<br>Woo, woo, Chattanooga, there you are&#8230;&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I quickly learned the words to Glen Miller&#8217;s Chattanooga Choo Choo  when I found out that we were moving to Chattanooga! My dad loves trains (he works as a breakman on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad as a retirement job) and he instilled that love in me. Seeing the Chattanooga Choo Choo hotel was at the top of my to-do list in Chattanooga. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hotel is in an old train terminal building which was built in 1906. It was supposed to be demolished, but it was saved and restored. Now, it is a beautiful hotel, and much more. There are shops and restaurants attached with a garden out back, and of course, the famed &#8220;Choo Choo.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We explored the grounds this morning, and had brunch in the Frothy Monkey, which is a coffee shop attached off the lobby. It was a great morning. 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