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Palmetto (89, 90)
Stops:
New York City, Washington,
Richmond, Rocky Mount,
Fayetteville, Southern Pines,
Savannah
Frequency:
Daily
Distance:
829 miles
Duration:
Southbound: 14¾ hours;
northbound: 15½ hours
Equipment:
Amfleet coaches, business class, cafe
car
The Palmetto follows the same route at the Silver Meteor between
New York and Savannah, traveling mostly during daylight hours
but making a few more stops.
City of New Orleans (58, 59)
Stops:
Chicago, Champaign-Urbana,
Carbondale, Memphis, Jackson, New
Orleans
Frequency:
Daily
Distance:
926 miles
Duration:
19¼ hours
Equipment:
Superliner coaches and sleepers,
Cross Country Café car
I really like this train too. Given a choice, I prefer the southbound
trip because it offers a bit more daylight—although, come to think
of it, maybe it's because that's the direction Willie Nelson was
headed. (If you don't get that reference, go and buy his recording
of “The City of New Orleans,”
which is very possibly the best
railroad song ever recorded.) Anyway, it's dark or very close to it
when the train leaves Chicago, so you won't see much of all that
Illinois farmland as you head south to Cairo. That's where you'll
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