Why can't I take a train from Chattanooga to Nashville? Lawmakers are talking, but challenges run deep

One Friday in the spring of 1971, 5-year-old train enthusiast Michael Meadows and his grandmother boarded the northbound train to Nashville at Chattanooga's Union Station. Meadows' grandfather was a train man, The Chattanooga Times reported, and Michael Meadows hoped to follow suit.

Chances looked dim.

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