The history of the Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway spanned 112 years. Its infancy sprang from an era when railroading replaced foot horseback the wagon and the flatboat as the primary means of transporting goods. Its demise ushered in the era of Sputnik and the first space explorations.There was an allure to the depots of the Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway. A station on the NC&St.L was a busy noisy and fascinating place. People and trains would come and go as baggage mail an