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[stormin]

In a word what links George Bernard Shaw's Eliza Doolittle and the nickname 'Chattanooga Choo-Choo'? Any help or shunt in the right direction would be most welcome.

[Anna Bain]

Train? Rhymes with rain, Spain and plain.

[Dingoeater]

The train that Gordon and Warren were thinking of when they wrote the song was a Mogul Class 2-6-0 locomotive if that helps at all, but the nickname was coined by a St. Louis journalist in the 19th Century. Not sure what the Doolittle connection would be though...

[handicap-1]

Could the answer be "Transylvania" see below and Eliza is presented to the Queen of Transylvania in "My Fair Lady"

[edit] Trivia Chattanooga Choo Choo
The song's lyrics are parodied in the dialogue of the 1974 movie Young Frankenstein. The title character, played by Gene Wilder, arrives by train and asks a passing lad "Pardon me boy, is this the Transylvania Station?" and is answered "Ja, ja, track twenty-nine!" and "Oh, can I give you a shine?" The youngster is indeed carrying a shoeshine box. In the song, the singer asks about the Chattanooga Choo Choo and speaks of boarding at New York City's Pennsylvania Station in the following strophe.
Many versions of this song have been recorded over the years, including a rock and roll version by Bill Haley & His Comets recorded in 1953.