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Greetings folks. Any local of Memphis, TN or frequent City of New Orleans riders care to update us on when the train will once again be able to stop at Memphis Central station? I haven't heard an update since the "service will be restored to Central station by June of 2008"........that was two...

The City of New Orleans can not catch a break this year.........freight derailment north of Jackson, MS. I wish I owned stock in the bus company Amtrak uses.................... http://www.wlbt.com/global/story.asp?s=8627318 MStrain

Does Chicago Union Station have lockers where a small bag may be stowed away during the day? Planning a day trip to Chi-town and don't care to lug the bag around all day. Any advice??? Thanks! :P MStrain

So how many folks on here have met a fling or a true significant other on a train before? Don't be TOO detailed if it was a fling....... ;) I know its probably a longshot, but you never know. MStrain

I would just like to say that the City of New Orleans has some very nice and good humored conductors. I took 5 rookies this past weekend to New Orleans and they loved the conductor....Mr. J. Powell. Not sure if he's on here or not, but he was outstanding. He played with the children on board...

So I was checking the schedule today to see if train #59, City of New Orleans, was on time since they moved it back to the old time schedule today. 59 was also involved in 2 seperate accidents yesterday, one in McComb and one in Independance, LA. The latter resulted in the passengers of the...

So my wife and I attended the wedding of a close friend in Germantown, TN this past weekend. Wedding was right there in the small historic downtown, which has the restored Germantown station near the church. Well, I was more than pleased when I found out the reception was in cafe adjacent to...

For all of you home chefs, this little book is great. The first half details the history of the dining car industry on the nation's great railroads. The second half is a selection of recipes from the dining cars themselves. Its a great read and the recipes are wonderful! I have had to...

Greetings folks. I have convinced my wife and 6 other friends to travel with me to New Orleans for a weekend trip this Summer. I have noticed in previous trips that on the side of each seat row there is a foot lever. Does this allow for the seats to be turned around to face the seats behind...

I wish I ran the advertisement department for Amtrak. This is a PERFECT opportunity to help solve a problem. "Flight cancelled? Stranded with no help? No worries....Chances are Amtrak runs a train to your destination everyday or close enough for a connecting flight. Give us a try. It...

Howdy all from balmy Mississippi. Well, I have planned a trip to Chicago for this June for a pal and myself. He lives at Fort Campbell Kentucky and would meet me at Fulton, KY around 1:45AM when City of New Orleans stops. My question is this: how will he get his ticket since the station is...

So I am sitting in my office today enjoying the beautiful Mississippi weather outside my window and a thought came to me: What were the passenger trains like before Amtrak? We know what they looked like. But was the service pretty bad or pretty good? I know the old trains were flashier and...

My wife and I are headed up to NYC next weekend for a little trip and I have yet to find a rail museum in Manhattan. :angry: Sure, I know real estate is limited....but I figured there would be SOME sort of memorial to the train there. We do have Grand Central terminal on our agenda, but I...

Well, I did it. I rode the train down to Hammond and back. :blink: Had a grand ol time. I went by myself so I coud concentrate on pictures and writing a review of the Cross Country Cafe which I will post later. I do a bit of video editing, so I put this together of my trip in a YOUTUBE...

So how many folks have slept overnight in coach on a long distancer? My hand is raised :rolleyes: I was in high school and on a Boy Scout trip to Minnesota from Jackson, Mississippi so might have just been young and full of vigor....but I don't remember it being that bad. If I recall, it...

So my wife is at work all day (nurses don't get bank holidays!) and I was bored. So I put my sidekick in the car (my Brittany spaniel) and we rode down to the freight yard south of Jackson, MS to see some KCS engines in action. Then, we drove downtown to the newly (2005 or so) renovated Union...

Well, I have decided that since I am not doing anything constructive next Sunday afternoon, I am going to take the Southbound City of New Orleans out of Jackson, MS all the way down to Hammond, LA....get off around 1:30PM and board the Northbound train around 2:45PM to return home. I haven't...

Ok gang....here's the deal: I am the 'adventurer' of my group of friends :blink: ....so I try out my hairbrained ideas, and if I come back alive then the whole group goes along the next time. I have found out that the City of New Orleans #58 leaves Jackson everyday around 5:45 PM and drops...