Reprinted from The Right Way Magazine, Vol. 51, No. 5
The original name of this 17-mile railroad was the Chattanooga and Gulf Railroad Company. It was incorporated Nov. 12, 1889, and on Sept. 1, 1891, its name was changed to the Chickamauga and Durham Railroad Company.
It evolved into the Chattanooga and Durham Railroad Company March 30, 1897, and was created for the purpose of acquiring the property of the Chickamauga and Durham Railroad Company.
The line extended from Chickamauga to Durham, two towns situated close to the Tennessee border. It was bought by the Central May 16, 1901, and possession given June 1, 1901.
The Chickamauga and Durham tracks were abandoned by the Central in 1951.