Links of Interest

NC&StL General Links

• The NCSTL-PS Discussion Group - email distribution group related to everything NC&StL (open to the public with registration).
• Photos by H.C. Hill, Sr. - Some of the few surviving photos taken by Mr. Hill in his capacity of official company photographer for the NC from 1915 to 1951. This website is devoted to his memory.

NC&StL Engine 576

• The NC&StL 576 Mailing List - Discussion group focused on preserving engine 576
• Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Dixies: A short history of 576.
• Surviving Steam Photo Archive - Tennessee

NC&StL Related Museums

• Cowan Railroad Museum
• Bridgeport Train Depot and Museum in Bridgeport, Alabama
• Jackson, Tennesee Depot Museum
• Huntsville, Alabama Depot The North Alabama Railroad Museum operates an Alco S-2 in NC&StL colors.
• Tennessee Central Railroad Museum in Nashville
  • Nashville NTrak Modular layouts located at the Tennessee Central Railroad Museum.
• TVRM - Tennessee Valey Railroad Museum, Chattanooga, TN.  NC Deisel #710, Caboose #41 and more.
• Kennesaw GA Depot - Preserved NC&StL Depot across the street from the Museum.
• Kennesaw GA - Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History - Home of "The General"

Rail Operations Related to the NC&StL

• CSX - The Chattanooga subdivision:  Wartrace to the Cumberland Tunnel
• CSX Transportation Bruceton Subdivision
• CSX Transportation Memphis Subdivision

Items of Historical Interest

• Dutchmans Curve - the 1918 wreck
• Nashville & NW Railroad - a predecessor to the NC&StL
• "That Mournful Sound" - Article on the 1918 Disaster in Nashville; worst train accident in US history.
• Union Station, Nashville Tennessee. Once served by the Flyers, it's now a hotel.
• Cumberland Mountain Tunnel: Narative from original National Register nomination form
• The Andrew's Raid - Actual facts behind the Great Locomotive Chase involving the General and the Texas in 1862.

Rail Sites Related to the NC&StL

• Abandoned NC&STL Railway: Route between Memphis, Jackson & Bruceton
• Jasper/Pikeville Branch - Web site of the South Pittsburg Historic Preservation Society.  Information and photos regarding the Sequatchie Valley Railroad leading off the main line at Bridgeport, AL.
• NC&StL Nashville Division
• NC&StL Paducah and Memphis Divisions
• CSX merger family tree on trains.com - Also try a search for NC&StL - will list additional articles available.
• SRM Features - Western & Atlantic: "Crookedest Road Under the Sun" - a book by Col. James G. Bogle, (US Army Retired) that chronicles the construction and operation of the Western & Atlantic Railroad which was later leased to the NC&StL by the State of Georgia.
• The Trains of the South site -- some great photos!
• Working on the Railroad - an article written by Bob Baudendistel that includes a right of way agreement used by the NC&St.L in 1887.
• Dixie Line steam locomotives: a database of steam locomotive specifications.
• Historic Main Street Inn Bed & Breakfast in Wartrace is a railfan friendly accomodation.

NC&StL Model Railroading

• Decals for passenger cars, F-3 and F-7 Diesels from Fallen Flags Decals.
• Decals for NC&StL 2 Bay Hoppers from Curt Fortenberry

NC&StL Items For Sale

• Watercolors by Frank Crowe - NC&STL 4-8-2 #558 and NC&STL 4-8-4 #574 rolling a freight train northbound out of Chetoogeta Mtn. tunnel.
• The Time Machine offers NC&StL themed clocks, mousepad and lightswitches.
• Rebel Rails - T-shirts and hats in a wide range of railroads. Check out the NC&StL J-3 hat, mousepads, magnets and more!.
• NC&StL #106 recreated in marble, to bring to you memories of the glory days of the rail road. Made from Georgia marble and made in the U.S.A.. Limited Editions.
  

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