1920 map shows NC&StL extension branching off from the main line at the Cravens Yard and crossing St. Elmo Avenue and South Broad Street
Map shows line going under Alton Park Boulevard and then under line from the Lookout Mountain tunnel
Alton Park extension heads for the main industrial section of Alton Park after crossing 38th Street
There is no longer any sign of the section of the NC&StL extension that curved up toward Wilson Road to meet the Central of Georgia extension
Extension from Central of Georgia came down from just below Rossville Boulevard
Deteriorated trestle over Chattanooga Creek
photo by John Wilson
Approaching the trestle over St. Elmo Avenue
photo by John Wilson
At the St. Elmo Avenue trestle
photo by John Wilson
St. Elmo Avenue trestle and NC&StL insignia on the side
photo by Wes Schultz
Abandoned cross tie and metal plates
photo by John Wilson
Track by Broad Street Lube
photo by John Wilson
Crooked crossties
photo by John Wilson
Fragment of track at South Broad Street
photo by John Wilson
Double traffic lights remain at Broad and 33rd, though tracks are up on both sides
photo by John Wilson
Headed for Williams Street
photo by John Wilson
Across from WDEF TV
photo by John Wilson
Crossing Williams Street at the old streetcar line
photo by John Wilson
Headed for Alton Park Boulevard
photo by John Wilson
On the way to the Alton Park Boulevard Viaduct
photo by Wes Schultz
Old concrete viaduct on Alton Park Boulevard for Alton Park extension
photo by Wes Schultz
Shadows fall on Alton Park Boulevard viaduct for Alton Park extension
photo by Wes Schultz
Few cross ties remain on section of Alton Park extension beyond where it went under the train from the Lookout Mountain tunnel
photo by Wes Schultz
Tracks on Alton Park extension are still intact near 38th Street
photo by Wes Schultz
Alton Park extension crosses 38th Street
photo by John Wilson
Across 38th Street by Alton Park industry
photo by Wes Schultz
Rail cars on the NC&StL Alton Park extension
photo by Wes Schultz
Extension still active in Alton Park
photo by Wes Schultz
Crossing Central Avenue to main section of Alton Park industry
photo by Wes Schultz
To the industrial heart of Alton Park
photo by John Wilson
Line crossed Workman Road
photo by Wes Schultz
Line curved from here to join Central of Georgia extension to Alton Park
photo by Wes Schultz
Central of Georgia extension to Alton Park breaks off main line near Rossville Boulevard and soon crosses Workman Road (the old Hamill Road)
photo by John Wilson
Headed to Alton Park with Lookout Mountain in the distance
photo by John Wilson
On the way to Alton Park
photo by John Wilson
Central of Georgia extension to Alton Park crosses Wilson Road just off Workman Road
photo by John Wilson
COG extension to Alton Park reaches Central Avenue
photo by John Wilson
COG extension curves toward Alton Park industry
photo by John Wilson
Central of Georgia extension arrives at industrial site
photo by John Wilson
Crossing at Alton Park industrial section
photo by John Wilson
End of the line at chemical facility
photo by John Wilson
In the hey-day of the train in Chattanooga, Alton Park was served with, not one, but three rail lines.
The TAG Railway came through from St. Elmo, and there were also extensions from the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad on the west and the Central of Georgia on the east.
The NC&StL branched off at the Cravens Yards just past the curve around Moccasin Bend. The main line of the NC&StL only crossed Chattanooga Creek once, but skirted it several times. But it was necessary to build a trestle across the creek for the Alton Park extension.
A concrete trestle was built across St. Elmo Avenue, but the extension crossed South Broad Street at grade. An insignia of the NC&StL can still be seen on the side of the St. Elmo Avenue trestle.
Once across South Broad, the territory was within the city limits of Alton Park. It remained its own city with a mayor and city government until 1929. Alton Park voters first rejected annexation, but a second vote was in favor by 287 to 187 after it was promised that South Market Street would be extended to the community.
The single track continued in a straight line just north of 33rd Street, first going across the old streetcar line to Lookout Mountain (later Williams Street). It passed under a concrete overpass at Alton Park Boulevard. A short distance beyond that it went under the line that was constructed after a railroad tunnel was built through the north end of Lookout Mountain.
Past Chandler Avenue, the extension veered toward a crossing of 38th Street at Central Avenue. It went beside Central and crossed Hooker Road (now Workman Road). From there it curved east and joined the Central of Georgia's extension just short of Wilson Road.
A spur off the NC&StL extension crossed Central Avenue toward the main Alton Park industrial area.
The Central of Georgia constructed its extension near the old Card Lumber Company and Berry Lumber and Stove Company (Brainerd Lumber Company) off of Rossville Boulevard near Walthall Avenue.
It crossed the section of the current Workman Road that then was called Hamill Road and then went across a trestle over Chattanooga Creek.
The Central of Georgia extension crossed Wilson Road and then Central Avenue as it entered the main industrial part of Alton Park.
The Central of Georgia extension to Alton Park is still intact, but most of the tracks on the NC&StL extension have been taken up.
There is still a double set of traffic lights at the NC&StL extension crossing of South Broad Street, but motorists need not worry - there are no tracks on either side.
There are fragments of track past Chandler Avenue, then they are in good shape in the vicinity of the 38th Street crossing and beyond to Workman Road. There is no longer any sign of the tracks that went east to join the Central of Georgia extension near Wilson Road.