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    New Orleans to New York

    There is a good size tunnel between Birmingham and Atlanta. Closer to Birmingham.
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    Schedule and consist from 20th Century Limited June 1956

    Yes if a train was operated by several railroads you usually had to get a complete timetable from each line to get the full schedule. And the equipment could be off and on down the line-- not all of it listed on each railroad, And not each station had a timetable for each railroad in the U,S...
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    Schedule and consist from 20th Century Limited June 1956

    You might want to change the typo from PRO to RPO. Lots of folks today do not know that RPO means Railway Post Office
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    Schedule and consist from 20th Century Limited June 1956

    The Commodore Vanderbilt was also all pullman for years
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    Viewliner vs Superliner Roomette

    Persons who have to ''go' rather quickly and perhaps more frequently than most do appreciate in room toilets. Of course I could not possibly mean myself!!!!!!!!
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    Transition to Amtrak on the night of April 30th-May 1st 1971

    I agree with zephyr17 on the above as usual. Some of us remember the cruel and stupid case of the L&N discontinuing the Cincinnati to New Orleans Humming Bird in 1969 while passengers were on board in Birmingham eating breakfast with what should have been several hours to go At least the...
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    How viable would an Amtrak line be from Chicago - Florida?

    Of course within Chicago to Florida might be Chicago to Atlanta. At one time a very fine train known as the Georgian ran in addition to Florida. George Harris has already mentioned itt. Northbound it left Atlanta at 6 pm EST then Chicago next morning at 8.25 am CST Stops...
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    Eastbound or westbound?

    The best scenery in the US is---hands down---the westbound CZ. shortly after leaving Denver.
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    Sunset Limited Pre Amtrak With Automat Lunch Counter

    Did you google? You will find some photos that way.
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    How viable would an Amtrak line be from Chicago - Florida?

    For historical reference there used to be about six routes from the northwest to Florida points,most with more than one train they were Chicago Evansville Nashville Chattanooga Atlanta FLA Chicago Indianapolis, Louisville Nashville Birmingham Montgomery FLA Chicago (St Louis) Champagne...
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    What is your mileage?

    Any chance your Southern experience included The Tennessean? I have an equipment question if so.
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    History Question

    To the second question, a clear yes. Union Station downtown served Louisville & Nashville, Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Attantic Coast Linr,Georgia rr Terminal served Southern,Seaboard,Central of Georgia and Atlanta West Point Not much was said about suburban stops, not like...
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    History Question

    Yes that is all that was left. Both downtown stations had been torn down, The various Southern RR trains that went NYC, WAS ,ATLanta NOL all stopped briefly at Peacthree and then downtown for the long station stop at Terminal station Those were also the only trains that stopped there..The...
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    What is your mileage?

    Timetables. I have them from way back.
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    History Question

    I was on the remnant of the L&N Georgian from Chattanooga to Atlanta.. I returned to Chattanooga that night on Geryhound,an hour faster.
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    What is your mileage?

    Here is mine, Canadian 11,452 pre-Amtrak 63,648 Amtrak 141,337 TOTAL 216,437 I never traveled on business, this was all pleasure.
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    History Question

    We all know that improved highways and airports hurt the train. And has been explained the loss of the mail contract also hurt. It can also be pointed out that the interstate highway system helped the competing bus as well as the car. Before you knew it a lot of buses were faster than a lot...
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    History Question

    Many trains were much shorter at the the end of operations For example,the remnant of the Georgian,the last train thru Chattanooga, was 2 or 3 cars long at the end It had been 12 to 15 cars long before that, The fun years started going out by early 60s more or less
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    example of padding built into Amtrak schedule

    The southbound Crescent has 24 minute padding into Atlanta from much smaller Gainesvile,GA
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