Now I'm curious. What would the typical consist of the Southern Crescent been just before it joined Amtrak?
I have a Southern Railway timetable from April 30, 1978, and it lists the following:
Coach Washington-New Orleans
Coach Washington-Atlanta
Coach New York-Atlanta
Coach New York-New Orleans
Sleeper New York-Los Angeles
Sleeper Washington-Atlanta
Sleeper Washington-Atlanta
Sleeper New York-Atlanta
Sleeper New York-New Orleans
Diner Washington-Atlanta
Diner Atlanta-New Orleans
Lounge Washington-Atlanta
Dome Atlanta-New Orleans
As you probably know, the train ran daily north of Atlanta, and tri-weekly south of there, so the New Orleans cars only operated three days a week.
The coaches were all 52-seat affairs. Each sleeper had 10 roomettes and 6 double bedrooms, save for one of the Washington-Atlanta cars, which had a drawing room, the famous Master room, and a buffet-lounge. The through Los Angeles sleeper had an overnight layover in New Orleans before continuing west on the Sunset. I'm pretty sure the dome was a coach, though that's not specified in the TT.
One heck of a train, without a doubt -- today's Crescent pales in comparison. How I would have loved to have had the chance to book that master room!