I gather from other conversations in this forum that big changes are on the way for the City of New Orleans.
With the New Orleans crew base gone and the dining car gone, it appears that this train will turn into a daylight schedule with early departure/late arrival times at the two endpoints. With that, the sleeper cars will be gone.
Although change is hard to accept, I wonder if there could be a silver lining somewhere on this cloud.
For example, with the City of New Orleans changing to another schedule, could we expect the Illini to switch to an early morning northbound schedule? If indeed that's the plan, I think that riders in southern Illinois would appreciate being able to make an all day trip to Chicago and back, a la the Pere Marquette and the Blue Water Limited, both in Michigan.
Secondly, I would anticipate that the St. Louis connector bus would have more business if it is kept in service.
Thirdly, you can expect more business from Tennessee and Kentucky since both of those states will get daylight service instead of service at pre-dawn hours.
Tell me what you think about this.
With the New Orleans crew base gone and the dining car gone, it appears that this train will turn into a daylight schedule with early departure/late arrival times at the two endpoints. With that, the sleeper cars will be gone.
Although change is hard to accept, I wonder if there could be a silver lining somewhere on this cloud.
For example, with the City of New Orleans changing to another schedule, could we expect the Illini to switch to an early morning northbound schedule? If indeed that's the plan, I think that riders in southern Illinois would appreciate being able to make an all day trip to Chicago and back, a la the Pere Marquette and the Blue Water Limited, both in Michigan.
Secondly, I would anticipate that the St. Louis connector bus would have more business if it is kept in service.
Thirdly, you can expect more business from Tennessee and Kentucky since both of those states will get daylight service instead of service at pre-dawn hours.
Tell me what you think about this.