John T. Read opened the popular Read House hotel in 1872 on the site of the former Crutchfield House next to Chattanooga’s Union Depot in the years after the Civil War.
Two centuries ago, the Stockton & Darlington Railway ushered in a new era on Sept. 27, 1825, when Locomotion No. 1 pulled coal wagons and passenger coaches from Shildon to Stockton via Darlington.
A look at the history of train travel reveals that a significant development on the Northeast Corridor was the Pennsylvania Railroad’s decision to build a tunnel into New York City, a pivotal change still relevant today.