Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway (TAG) The mostly abandoned rail line from Chattanooga to Gadsden was constructed in 1890-91 as the Chattanooga Southern Railway. Built to haul coal, iron, and timber, it entered receivership after just a few years’s operation and was reorganized in 1896 as the Chattanooga Southern Railroad. In 1911, it was reorganized again, this time as the Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia Railroad. Another receivership in 1922 resulted in the line’s becoming the Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia Railway. It was also known by the nickname TAG Route. In 1916, the TAG had six locomotives, four passenger cars, 69 freight cars of various types, two combination cars, and ten cars of other types. The TAG had a branch line from Menlo to Coe; it was abandoned in 1920. (The branch left the main line at Coe Junction, about 2.5 miles south of Menlo.) Southern Railway purchased the line in 1971. The middle portion of the line was abandoned in the early 1980s. The northern remaining section of the line, from Chattanooga to Hedges, is now operated by the Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway.   1912 map (204K) 1915 map with Menlo-Coe branch (47K) 1929 timetable (216K) 1955 map (42K) Article on The TAG Line at About North Georgia.   Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. Copyright, Steve Storey. Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home